The state herald., 1909-12-03
Work is the famer's capital.

foods as it is a great absorber of
odors.
1t is poor policy to feed inferior
grain to the horse-especially to the
work team.
To produce their full milk-giving
capacity. cows should be kept as free
from disturbance as possible.
Hornless cattle are preferred by
feeders and shippers, and they will
usually pay premium for them.
A horse which rears backward is
never safe for riding. One can never
tell when he will fall over backward.
Though exercise is good for the lay
ing hens. we wouldn't advise having
the dogs chase them for that pur-
pose.
A COW that is hard mixer, due to
of the muscles at the end
of the teat. may be cured. II properly
treated
Remember yourself when building
poultry houses and plan them so that
you may take care of them with the
least amount of trouble.
The bruise on an apple may not at
once develop into rot but 1t will make
q brown spot which disfgures and
lessons the value of the fruit.
Dairymen generally like COWS with
out horns. They are much easier to
handle. there is less risk of their be-
ing injured and they take up less
ROOM
During the busy fall days, don't for
get to provide for the hens diet as
well as for other stock; while prepar-
ing dainties for the table. hoard up
some for the hens.
Prepare the nests and place nest
eggs in them, so the pullets will learn
to occupy them. 1t is important that
the pullets be early taught to lay In
the nests provided for them.
Farmers with silos are Inclined to
feel and show greater independence
than their neighbors without them.
They say they don't care so much
what the season is. they are sure OF
lots of good feed.
A new sheep disease has been
found among fiocks In central New
York state, known as gid" and Is
said to be the first case in this coun.
try. Gid is brain disease. being
form of staggers and is often fatal.
The family cat needs watching.
Cats prefer young chickens to mice or
rats. Many valuable chicks have dis
appeared in this way and the cat
looks innocent. After you have muz.
zled your own cat. then look out for
the neighbor's cat.
After the wheat field has been plant.
ed open up drains with the plow for
leading of surface water. A few
hours work spent at this viii mean
the saving OF much wheat from drown.
Ing out. There will be much rain be-
tween seeding time and harvest.
Nitrogen Is contained In great quan.
titles In the air above us, but II can.
not be purchased and used with profit
In farming, except under special condi.
tions. Clover and other leguminous
plants can draw all they require from
the atmosphere by means OF bacteria
that live on their roots.
II is not possible to maintain our
lands without clover and II Is best to
SOW clover and plow II under. II Is
desirable to clip the clover two or
three weeks earlier than II would be |
cut for hay and let II lie upon the |
ground. and this helps the second |
crop. which may be cut for seed; then
the straw shoulS be put back on the
land.
II II interesting to note lust how the |
cowpea crop benefits the soil upon
which Il grows and Increases Its pro.
ductiyc capacity. In the frst place
II does 40 by increasing the supply
OF nitrogen. which II transfers from
the mir TO the soil by means of the
bacteria which I'VE on the roots Of the
plant. This added supply Of nitro.
gen serves also to increase the growth
OF the plant nm well M onriohing the
soil during ita growth.
The fight against insect. scale and
fungus diseases In our orchards must
not be dropped with the harvesting OF
the fruit crops. II cannot be hoped
that you have. by your spraying opora.
tons during the summer scanon. Killed
MI the prnls iuperta and finui and