The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
NJ FARM
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Experiment. but do not speculate.
A good road brings the town nearer
and market day more frequent.
Lousy pigs will not thrive. Get rid
n the lice BY dipping.
Shade for the hogs. as well as other
farm animals.
The repair in season saves the I'M
seasOnable delay caused by an un
teiecd for breakdown.
First select the proper place for a
thing and then see that 1t is put in
its proper place.
Turnips or rutabagas may be sown
broadcast and make excellent fall
feed for the sheep and hogs.
More hawks and owls mean less
field mice and rats. Which do you
prefer? Well, take the former.
no single breed can rightly claim to
possess the only good qualities.
Every farm should be miniature
experiment station. Every farmer
should be investigating and testing
oct some proposition which will in:-
prove conditions on his farm and
make it remunerativc.
1t is 4 good rule in fattening hogs
never to feed quite as much as they
want. or not enorG so they will
waste any. They viii take the next
feed better and do better. At the
same time DE sure to keep pens and
sleeping quarters well cleaned out.
In caring for the sheep remember
that the feed lot must be dry, with
plenty of clean. dry bedding: the ami
mails must have plenty of clean, pure
water, and the feed tToughs should be
kept clean. These should be arranged
so that the sheep cannot foul them
with their feet. Another point is to
keep them from becoming excited or
frightened To this end it is better
that enc person feed them all the
time.
One-sided feeding isn't good for the
pocket book or the animals. Alfalfa
is a one-sided feed in the other direc-
ton from corn, and should not be fed
exclusively any more than corn. Al
faifa cannot be balanced by feeding
bran. but can be balanced by feeding
corn or cornneai. In rOughage, tim
othy hay is Eaiancer to 60 along
with the alfalfa. One-sided foods are
good if they are properly combined
when being fed. The great number
OF these foods make it imperatively
necessary that the feeder educate him.
self on the constituents of the differ
ent kinds OF plants and grains that
are used in stock feeding.
II the farmer wishes to be his own
repair man. and he can do SO in most
cases il he is at all handy. he will find
that vice and set of taps and dies
will come in handy Get sizes one
quarter. five-sixteenths, three-eighths.
seven-Sixteen;hs and onehalf-inch
hollis. These sizes will cover almost
everything common on a farm. You
can buy blank nuts and you can cut
the rods any length you want with an
Ordinary cold chisei. You can put
nut on each end OF the bolt This an
on the end and nut on the other A
great many farmers try to keep bolts
at different sizes. but it is much bet
ter to buy the round rods and make
your bolts as you want them.
PiuDS require the same generous
care, cultivation and fertility, as any
other fruit crop. None will respond
mere quickly Or give better returns
for the time and money invested than
piuIns. 1t is useless to try to grow
good p!ums without thorough cult
walton. To conserve moisture, which
Piums greatly need in their growing
season. cultivation should begin in the
spring as soon as the ground is in
good working condition and continue
until July, when cover crops should
he sown. When conditions are suit
able we prefer clover, and have had
some very fine stands when sOwn
about the fiji st of July. II not suitable
for clover. SOW peas. oats, barley or
rye. l would rather have the ground
covered with a big crop Of weeds than
nothing at all.
Winter iaiishes may be sOwn he
latter Part August. If sown earlier
they lack the crispnesS SO desirable
to i vegeAllesof this kind and do not
keep weH~~-E Sown much later they
may not have time to mature before
Geld weather No special treatment
Is required. The seed is sown like
other radishes and the cultivation is
not essentially different But if the
ground is dry it should be well mcis-
tened. A good way to do is to make
. trench sig or eight inches deep and
MI it with water, repeating as it
soalrs away until the ground is suffi-
GENTLY moist: then fill with moist
earth and SOW the seed in q row. Soil
SO treated will remain moist for sew
eral days. The roots will endure a
tight freeze without injury. but they
ought to be dug and stored before