The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
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It is the winter layer that makes the
profit.
The bare floor makes a poor bed for
the COW.
Watch the young trees. Do not let
the field mice or rabbits girdle them.
In feeling hogs devise a system by
which every animal will get an even
show.
Shake up the cows bedding every
day and remove all the Jumps and wet
straw.
Watch your flock and be sure and
pick out all the hustlers for the bree1
ing pens.
Steady diet Of corn is not a good
thing for the colts. They need more
bone-making food
Plan to have good garden this
year. 1t will bring health to the fam
ny and will save you money.
Don't cut of limb unless you have
a good reason for doing so. Poor
pruning is almost worse than no pru-
ming at all.
The pigs like to be comfortable as
well as the rest Of the stock, Pro-
vide plenty of good clean straw, and
see that there are no drafty cracks
In the pens to worry them.
Ventilation through a muslin-cur-
tained window and ventilation via the
numerous cracks and crevices marks
Just the difference which there Is be-
TWEEN well and sick chickens.
If the horses you are using on the
road have not bean sharpshod yet,
attend to the mater at once. 1t is
easy for the hose to strain himself
and sustain an injury which is more
costly than many times the cost of
getting him fixed for the slippery road.
If you are shy on scratching room
for your hens try the plan of utilizing
one Of the sheds where the wagons
stand. On nearly every farm there Is
a shed Of this kind which could be
fixed up as a scratching place for the
hens on days which were too cold for
them to get out.
As long as the demand for buggies
keeps up-one million are made every
year-there must be horses to draw
them. Remember that when told that
the auto Is going to put the horse out
OF business. Don't be afraid to raise
good horses. There is always a de-
mand for them.
A good syrup for the hot cakes In
winter Is made as follows. II you see
this before the wife does, tell her
about 1t: To one cupful Of sugar,
graulated or brown, but preferably the
-l4tter, take half cupful of cold wa
Fer. Put into a glass jar day or
so before the syrup is needed for use,
and stir It occasionally with a spoon.
If the cover is tight, 1t may be sha-
ken instead. A little vanilla may be
added If it Is liked for a change. This
Is much less work than the old cook.
ing process, tastes just as well, and
does not ''go back to sugar"
The growing of nut trees Is increas-
ing in favor. You ought to have a few
on your farm. There Is an increasing
demand for nuts Of all kinds from the
cocoanut down. This increase is due
In the main to two causes, namely, a
better appreciation of their appetizing
qualities and the numerous ways in
which they form palatable addition
to the diet Of the average family, and,
secondly, to their use by the vegetari.
ans and persons of similar belief-a
group small in proportion to the total
population, but still fairly large nu-
merically-who use nuts and more
particularly the peanut, as a substitute
for meat and other heterogeneous and
fatty foods.
Here is a story about goose which
goes to prove that the goose is not al
ways as much of a goose as some folks
are disposed to think. 1t was printed
In the Farm Journal. Whether it is
vouched for by that paper as the truth,
and not a nature-fake story, we are
not able to say. But here is the
story: "A man who drives to town
almost daily with a light spring wa
gon ran over a goose in the road, the
front wheel going over the middle of
his neck. Just as the goose had his
head at the right point the second
wheel went over that The driver
looked back to see a dead goose, but
he was standing straight up, with
blood running on his head, looking
after the buggy in rather discounted
manner. The goose evidently came to
the conclusion that he had been
wronged, and planned a revenge. The
second evening after the accident, the
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