The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-12-29
III FARM
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Don't overcrowd the young stock.
Study the individual COWS and do
not feed all alike.
Clean food and clean stables are a
good preventive of disease.
Let the young calves have access to
good, CLEAN hay at all times.
Take care Of the pigs or you will
have no hogs to take care OF.
A barn for sheep without a floor is
preferable IL it can be kept dry.
Coal oil applied to the roosts In
small quantities will kill parasites.
Cow stables should have no cellar
under them nor storage place above.
The flesh of birds differs in quality,
according to the food on which they
feed.
Poultry droppings. treated with
land-plaster. is one of the high grade
fertilizing agents.
The hog is prominently the most
corn and grain condensing animal on
the American farm.
BY careful attention to proper
methods of combining feed the cost
can be greatly reduced.
One OF the shrewdest bankers in the
country rates his customers largely by
their ability to raise hogs.
The breeding ewes should be fed
and gotten into good condition in the
fall, after the lambs are weaned.
Eliminate the hogs part in the eco
nomy of farm feeding operations and
you will remove the factor of profit in
many cases.
If milk weeds are of any use to the
dairyman it might be a good plan to
save the rag weeds to make the trav-
cling junk dealer happy:
The best feed for the dairy COW is
bran and shorts. Ground corn. oats,
cane seed and barley mixed or sepa-
rate will be good for change.
When any remedy is recommended
for a disease too many want to drop
all precautionary measures and rely
upon the remedy as their protection.
The hog will make from twelve to
fifteen pounds of pork. live weight.
from a bushel of corn; the sheep from
five to eight. the steer from four to
five.
In the vineyards of France, grow
ers not only use smudges to keep of
the frosts but to protect the vines
from the suns hot rays the morning
after the freeze.
Profit in the orchard depends upon
the perfection of the fruits raised and
the quantity. And the trees cannot
produce their full capacity unless they
are well cared for.
The Oregon experiment station has
decided that the scab on the prunes
which is more or less troublesome to
them is caused by the weather and
not by fungus growth.
In homes where the children al.
ways like to spend their spare time
+, elsewhere. the parents should take a
day OF to think and see II they can
tell why: There is a reason" Z 4
No one will dispute the fact that an
unhealthy COW is not, and cannot be
profitable until she is relieved of her
trouble. The diseased COW should be
put under the care of the veterinarian.
1t is surprising now the value OF
horses keeps up in face of the fac,
that there has been an enormous in.
crease in the number of automobiles
used in towns and cities, as well as in
the country
BY Citing the cLock corn In early
the field can be used for late fall pas
&Mre. The corn ground may be clean
bnt the grass along the fence rows is
worth a considerable amount. The
more often the pasture can be changed
de better it is for both stock and
pasture.
The cattle should be fattened as
quickly as possible. It never pays to
prolonE the feeding even though a
nan may think he will strike a better
market later. While heavy feeding is
not SO good at the start. the amount
# grain should be increased from time
% time until the cattle are on q full
iced. Plenty Of roughness should al
ways be provided. and the herd should
have tree access to pure water and
sod salt
UuQuestioned experiments show
dat there is IS to 20 per cent. more
value in grain fed hog on good pas
$50 fsaam fed in a nen mr. ward The