The state herald., 1909-04-30

Rape is good for fattening lambs.
The seed can be broadcast or drilled
In.
Twenty-four hours after Matching is
plenty early enough TO begin to feed
the little chicks.
When working in the soft ground
with the horses this spring try work
ing them without shoes.
After the sleeps wool overcoat is
removed be sure that they are not
exposed to sharp, chill winds.
Keep the young stock growing right
from the start. A set back is always
hard to overcome. and proves expen-
sive.
Dwarf fruit trees are large bearers
generally in proportion to their size
Fruit is easy to gather and the trees
do not take up much room.
and ALL are nice thing to put in the
early garden. Cooked with pork they
make u most appetizing dish.
Remember that the newborn colt
must have milk during the first half
artificially II II is not able to suck the
dam.
Crushed oats. wheat bran and oil
meal makes a good mixture for the
young colts to MUNICH on. and they will
learn the trick early II given the
chance.
Have limit set to the period Of the
days work. No farmer can expect to
keep good farm help II the labor in
the fields runs from sun to sun. and
dozen cows to milk after dark
Farmers invite attacks OF cholera In
their swine herds by the filthy way
in which they keep the hogs II has
long since been conceded that II pays
TO keep the hogs In wholesome sur.
roundings as well as II does the other
animals on the farm.
A drag which will do good work
firming and levellng the soil can be
made by boring holes is inches from
each end OF Ave or six round poles
six feet In length, then stringing them
on chains by passing the chains
through the holes and letting them
come together In front where the team
is hitched. This drag viii crush clods
as II passes over them. firm tho soil
and leave II level and smooth.
The suggestion has often been made
that the bull is improved where he
is worked. With nothing but idlcness
II is no wonder that they so often he.
come vicious They have nothing TO
do but TO study deviltry. For some In.
explicable reason. they are considered
too good for any sort OF labor. In this
age OF rapidlydoing things, we do not
expect TO see an Increase OF the use
OF oxen on the farm. But we have the
bulls, and II working them win make
them more harmless. why not put
them under the yoke?
A man needs ordinary horse sense
and willingness to learn from tho
horse II he is going TO make n good
hand al handling the animals. A man
TO be successful must be with horses
and be a close observer OF tholi
moods. manners and makeup. A coli
should be trained from the iirst mo
mont that he IN helped TO his feet. Il
taught TO yield early TO mans re
straint and guidance he will noycl
need breaking" To follow his mas
ter's wishes will be second nature
Never speed colt too young. an,
when he Is given speed permit Il fo
short spurts only and as he cni
bear II.
Ropy milk is caused by fernen
and develops after tho milk IL draw
and is due TO bacteria, but Il In no
considered an unhealthy condition. 10
chceHos are nearly all made from mill
which has undergone this formcr,a
iion The peasants OF Norway con
slider ropy milk u desirable bcvorns,
Most people. however. objcc, rcrionsl
90 milk with any tendency to forr
threads. This trouble frequently ri
fcc,s the milk Of dairy day after dn,
and iR removed only By the most drn,
tic measures, Outbreaks Of this na,nr
frequently occur In the cold MONTH
because the bacteria OF this srou
thrive better nj low temperatures tina
the lactic.acld bacteria which hoi
them In check under normal cond
tions. In one case II was found iha
these bacteria were abundant In III
dust Of the stable, The trouble va
removed by u thorough cleaning an
whitewanhing.