The state herald., 1909-02-05
NIT FARM
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Feed corn as the evening meal
Like the bean a man needs snap
to be worth anything.
1t is nearly time to think about
getting the hot bed started
In all your management of the
flock let 1t be with the aim to improve
your stock.
A little millet scattered in the straw
will set a flock of hens to work as
perhaps nothing else.
Never was saying more true that
an ounce of prevention is better than
n pound OF cure than in the poultry
business.
It's a little trouble to put the tools
back in place after using. but It saves
lots of time when next they are
wanted
None too early to begin the cam
paign against the lice and mites Be.
gin now and avoid the rush-that is.
the thrush of the pest during the sum
mer time.
Well-flled is not always wellfed
The hen will crowd its crop full of
corn, and will put on fat, but will lay
few eggs. To be well.fed means more
than just plenty of it, 1t means those
kinds of food which will go to make
Eggs.
The farmer may get along without
keeping diary. but he ought not to
Try TO run the farm without keeping
ZONE kind of accounts. as to outgo
and income, Too many farmers are do
ing business by guesswork and not
by facts.
The hen cackles because she has
something 10 advertise. and when she
has properly announced the arrival of
the new invoice OF goods. she gets
busy TO do another days business for
the farmer. What would the farm be
without the business hen?
Do You know which crops netted
you profit last year and how much? =?
Do you know what animals you fed
and made money on? OF course you
don't II you kept no accounts or rec.
ords. Quit such reckless methods. Do
your farming as the business man
conducts his business.
Some poultrymen say: Don't allow
the flock TO go out when there is snow
on the ground" This is n mistake
Let the hens be the Judge ms to when
they will go out and take the air. Open
up the slide every bright day that Is
not too cold or windy. and the hens
will 20 out on the snow and will go
back In when comfort demands II.
IL would be first-rate plan during
the leisure OF the winter days TO make
an inventory of all you have on the
farm-buildings. equipment. machIn.
cry and stock. Know what you have.
Plan how best 10 work the farm. and
use the machinery. and you will find
that there will he n larger margin
between expenditures and receipts
than ever before.
Pennsylvania must have some aw.
ful.y good and awfully poor cows. for
the average annual production per
COW OF the state. according to the
dairy officials OF the state experiment
station. is 100 pounds OF butter fat
worth sis. These figures mean that
while there are good cows which are
returning n profit. there are also very
many very poor ones which are be.
Ing maintained at an absolute loss.
Try growing calla lilies this way.
Place n thick layer OF charcoal In the
bottom OF box l5 inches square and
MI with leaf mold and n little sand.
Plant Gala In each corner, and In
the center sink six.inch flower pot
with the drainage hole stuffed with
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above the moss. Water carefully tiil
growth ia well s,nrtcd. then MI the
sir'inch pot once dry with water,
Y the lilies drink so quickly that the
pot In empty before might. rcfil. Wash
Ind shower the leaves weekly.
Winter is the best rcasor TOR dairy,
Ing when the handling OF the milk aud
cream is considered Then there IN
mn abundance of cold water and cold
air. both OF which are very necessary
In the kcepIng OF dairy products. After
the snow comes II can bo used In Tho
WINTER IN which the milk cans nro sub
merged. The milk should be quickly
aud thoroughly cooled TO get the best
results With the raising OF the cream
and the keeping Of the dairy products
Many make the mistake OF cooling III,
milk la about 90. when II could juAi
ne well be cooled IA 40 and below
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