The state herald., 1909-05-28
NJ FARM
AMM.., 1


Keep the little chicks growing.
Improve the roads and bring the
town closer.
Cleanliness is absolutely essential
for successful poultry raising.
Now is the time to begin the fight
on lice and mites in the henhouse.
Make up your mind you will take
better care of the tools and machinery
this year than last.
1t is easy to use one OF the various
types of road drags. all modelled on
-, the King idea.
Oats require a well-prepared seed
bed. II is time well spent in pulver-
izing the soil. Use the harrow freely.
Animal for animal, mules bring a
higher price than horses. Why not
raise few?
Have you kept the road drag busy
alongside Of your place? Not much
work. but 1t improves the road a
heap.
Test your seed corn. You will then
know whether you are planting corn
that will grow or not.
Begin the grain ration with the lit
tie chicks early. Many do not be-
lieve in feeding soft mashes to little
chicks at all.
II your seed corn is not what II
ought to be. don't plant It. 1t will pay
you to buy of some one who has good
seed corn to sell.
Seed corn in the ear brings high
er price than that which is shelled.
but 1t is worth more. Pay the differ
ence and get the best
Make II the rule to constantly i'm
prove the stock on your farm. II you
start with scrub stock don't be con-
tent to continue with that grade, but
use pure bred sires and breed up. In
few years you will be In possession
of a fine grade of animals.
In the opinion OF some who have
tried 1t. the best crop to precede the
sowing OF alfalfa is cowpeas. After
the vines are removed or plowed un.
der. the ground should be well broken
and kept clean of weeds and grass by
surface cultivation until II Is seeded
in alfalfa the following fall.
II you made proper selections OF
: seed corn Inst fall and have kept 1t
well you are among those to be con-
graduated and undoubtedly are the
envy of improvident farmers who by
hit and miss methods are now forced
TO use most anything that is left for
planting.
II is foolhardy policy to sell the
good cows when wishing TO reduce the
size OF the herd. Just because you can
get little better price for the good
ones than the poor ones. Sell the
poorest every time. even though they
do not bring nearly so much. Such
policy will help build up. not tear
down. your herd.
II your neighbor seems to get along
better than you do: II his farm. which
Is right alongside yours and ought to
be no better soil than yours. raises
better crops than yours does: II he
seems TO get along easier than you
do. watch him. study his methods
There is n reason for II. and you can
learn from him II you will.
tired horse Just In from the hard
work OF the field is In no condition TO
MI up on grain. Water. and rub down.
and let stand for n while before feed
ing. In this way the digestive organs
will be ready to begin their work with
yigor. and the rest and the feed dur.
Ing the night will put him In vigorous
condition for the work OF the next
day,
one Of tho coldcst. rawcst days this
spring when | went out TO look over
my acres and was grumbling nj tho
unpromising conditions the notes OF u
bird from the southland reused me
and I said: III they can sing while
the north wind blows and snow in In
tho air. and are not worried over tho
weather. no can !. for He who carcth
for the birds care,h for me" And that
ended my Crouch for that day. at least
with n separator on the farm. you
can feed tho sweet warm skim milk
10 the hogs and calves when Il has iin
highest feed value. II saves handling
Il two or three times. an under the old
method; saves the innumerable cans
and INNS in which you used TO set