The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-05
FARM HELPS.

On n great many farms the grain
feeding can be greatly simplihed by
the use of a simple two-wheeled truck
with one wooden leg, or better still,
a truck with three wheels. This truck
should hold one or two feeds and may
be divided If desired for different kinds
of grain. 1t should be so made that
1t can be showed along by thighs
while feeding. II you use a measure
and chalk down over each COW what
she is getting, and nail stick on The
truck with good snap on II to hold
a lantern stranger can feed the
COWS same as you would do 1t your
self while you are at the convention.
OF III varieties of potatoes tested
at the Ontario agricultural college,
the following varieties are among The
best when yield, size, freedom from
rot and quality are considered: Late
Empire State, Dempsey seeding, Ru-
raj New Yorker No. 2. Medium
of the North, Burpee's extra early.
Early-Early Fortune, Early Harvest,
Extra Early Eureka and Early Dawn.
The result OF planting potato sets of
different sizes and at different dis
tGnces were in favor of two-ounce sets
planted 12 inches apart, or the heaviest
sets planted the closest together. Plant
Ing one set hill has given the best
average results for eight years.
House plants are subject TO a num-
Der of varieties of lice and some fun
gus diseases. Most of these may be
controlled by applying, for the former
tobacco water as spray and for the
latter flowers OF sulphur busted on
the leaves. 1t is asserted by one OF
experience that insects on house plants
can be killed by wrapping the pots
50 the soil cannot fall out and then
immerslng the plant in water heated
to 130 degrees. Immerse for one or
two seconds, take out for a few min
utes and repeat the process two or
three times.
To make the horse feel good and
work with alacrity, well-feed and
groom him with studious regularity.
The man who handles horses as
nervously as he can, makes the horses
long to be handled by some other man.
Professional cattle feeders invariably
Increase their holdings when few cat
tie are on feed while those who feed
only a carload occasionally drop out.
There is a widely prevailing opinion
that growing feeders and finishing cat
lie for market are two distinct lines
OF business incompatible on the same
plant So far from this being the
case, however, 1t has been ascertained
that those breeding their own feeders
with a pronounced type in view and
finishing them before marketing real
ize the larger profit.
The department of agriculture gives
Colorado credit for an average Yield
Of wheat for the state of 20 bushels,
yet individual yields went as high as
30, GO and in one instance 7S bushels
to the acre Ten acres on the state
farm produced $50 bushels These
figures show the possibilities OF wheat
culture, and how far short of the pos
sible, on the average, is the realization.
Alaska wheat did not figure in any
Of these yields. Good farming did the
job. AT the average Minnesota yield
an acre, this year, 10 bushels, II would
take 25 acres to produce the $50 bush
els mentioned.
Habitual standing on hard floor
often stocks" the best legs horse ever
wore.
No matter how we'll the colt Is bred,
his future worth depends on how
he's fed
Individual hog houses placed side
by side in the yard and filled with
straw, make excellent sleeping quart.
ers for brood sows as well as for fat
tening pigs They afford cheap but
very efficient shelter.