The state herald., 1910-07-08
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rant lettuce any time.
Look we'll after heller calves.
The best land for strawberries is a
sandy loan.
A cattle feeder should be encour-
aged by every corn seller.
= The farmer can produce clean milk.
but 1t means added expense.
The harrow is an excellent tool for
cultivating potatoes the first time. >,
1t Is deemed an injury to let the
sheep carry its fleece into the hot sea-
son.
The climbing or trailing nasturtiums
can be planted either with or without
support.
Scaly legs on hens are caused by
\ small parasite insect working under
meath the skin.
The colt should early be taught the
use Of the halter. and made to know
that his master Is his friend.
All hog raisers know that corn will
60 twice as far In feeding hogs In
summer II the hogs are kept on good
pasture.
Unless one is gardening on a large
scale 1t is cheaper to buy cabbage
plants for the early crop than to
grow them.
Do not let the manure accumulate in
the COW stall so that the animal must
ne With her hind quarters higher than
<her front quarters.
Never buy q brood SOW with short
legs and short. chunky body. She
must have big feeding capacity in
order to produce plenty of milk.
As = rule, the average farmer al
lows his hogs to get along on slim
rations In summer. at time when
they could make most profitable
growth.
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Nothing II more injurious to the
poults than tainted or infected meat
Of any kind. a. It will disturb their
bowels In . very few hours and cause
great trouble.
Wedding out the poorest cows Is the
best way to improve the record Of
any dairy In the amount Of milk and
butter produced In proportion to the
number Of cows kept
So many fruit trees were ordered
this spring for planting In British Col.
umbia that the nursery supply OF stock
suited for that region was not nearly
great enough to meet the demands.
Sunshine 10 a great purifier and nat
ural disinfectant and the poultry
houses should be so arranged that
there will be an abundance OF sun.
shine in the buildings on fair days.
Natures greatest purifying agents
are sunshine and air. Soils need thor.
ough aeration that are frequently fer.
tiiized with animal manures: then
they will not SO soon become non.pro.
ductive.
In buying a bull for use In a milking
herd, look far beyond the animal him.
self and sec what kind Of mixers his
dam and CANADIANS were and what
kind Of mixers his male ancestors
xre able to get
Sow fodder corn thickly. either with
. grain drill or corn planter. at the
rate OF 30 to 20 pounds per acre. cult.
vnte one way. cut with corn binder.
shock In tho neld. allow to stand until
fed or hauled to tho barn.
Every hen that does not pay for her
keep by laying eggs should DO sold Mt
once. There arc thousands Of hens Ia
tho poultry yards that are losing
money for their owners. Find out
whether you have such hens. and. II
90. got rid Of them.
In setting out cuttings. II willows.
eurrants. virginia crecperu or any 9th.
ar stock Of this sort. put tho cuttings
well down into the soil. One or two
buds above ground In quite ali that In
needed. A cutting n foot long may bc
put down ten inches Into III. soil and
two above.
The ideal sheep pasture Ia blue grass
and white clover. II makes tho driest.
closest sod. and dry land IL best for,
sheep. There Ia no sod that will pro.
dyte more pasture and no sod that will
make u better winter pasture than
blue rTasa tod protected free from pas.
turing through the autumn season. A
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