The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-26

The little chicks need grit. See
that they get 1t.
Improve the roads and bring the
town closer.
Cultivation of the corn stimulates
growth and increases the yield.
While the corn is small keep the
cultivator going.
Always be on the lookout for the
| new idea. Test 1t out carefully. and
use it II It is practicable.
In planting an orchard do not make
the mistake Of planting all one va
riety.
Not too late to plan that garden yet
Be sure and don't disappoint the wom-
en- folks again this year.
Sow oats and peas In succession. SO
as to provide food for you until the
fodder corn Is ready for cutting.
For the growing shOat try q MIXTURE
of twothirds shorts and one third
corn.
The homemade lime-sulphur wash
Is still the cheapest method Of fighting
various orchard pests.
Sulphate of iron makes a good dis
infectant and tonic. in the drinking
water of poultry.
Try q solution of chlorate of pot
ash In vinegar for the chickens that
are troubled with cankers in the
mouth and throat.
Poles limas while more trouble than
the dwarf kind are better because
they grow larger beans and are more
prolific bearers.
1t is safest to keep the mother hen
shut up on cold wet days, as she is
apt to expose her chicks to the wealth
er to their hurt.
Make up your mind this year that
you will work out some kind of sys-
tenn of selection of the seed corn for
use next year. In this way you will
be able to improve your crop.
Wipe OF the cows udder before |
milking. with a clean, damp cloth. !
Much filth and dirt will thus be kept |
from going into the pail and contanin- |
ating the milk.
Cleanliness is essential in the hog |
quarters. especially during the sum-
mer months. Filth breeds disease |
and disease when it once begins it's
work among the hogs is an expensive |
visitor
Spraying in the early part of the |
season seems like lots of waste of |
time and money, but when it comes to !
harvest and you note the larger pro
portion of marketable fruit you are
then ready to admit that spraying |
pays.
If the vermin get the start of you
it will be a desperate fight to keep
them in check this summer, and will
rob you of much profit, for hens can
not lay and feed a myriad of mites
and lice.
The pigs will early learn to eat
grain. and a separate trough should
be provided for them that the mother
cannot reach. Feed them milk. shorts
and little soaked corn. Keep their
troughs perfectly sweet and clean and
feed only what they will eat in a
short time
Let the lack of proper ration or
undue exposure stop the growth of
the young pigs and you can never
have quite as large or profitable hog
as you would have had had there been
no setback. For this reason watch
them and keep them growing.
With the better judgment which Is
coming to prevail among farmers as
to the quality of the breeding sire
there is coming also realization that
however good the animal may be he
must be kept in vigorous condition If
he is going to beget strong posterity
For this reason the sentiment is grow
ing to give the stallion and the bull
sufficient exercise to keep them
healthy.
The hard mixer is not necessarily
the poor mixer. However she Is apt
TO be poorly MIXED II the hired help
Is left to do the task, and that means
she will get the name of being a poor
mixer. Stockmen who know how to
handle COWS that are hard mixers
oftentimes secure valuable animals at
small cost and by right handling can