The state herald., 1910-04-08
<NIE FARM
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Test all seeds.
Little chicks like a clean house.
Some kind of shelter for the brood
.er Is essential.
Usually the alfalfa is little rich
= er in protein than clover.
The commonest kind of clover hay
is worth $40 per ton and wheat straw
s13.
Do not put in package a potato
that you would not serve to a guest
at your own table.
When land is cropped humus is con-
sumed. 1t must be replaced If the
soil is not to deteriorate.
A commercial orchard must have
Its varieties selected to cover the sea.
son from the earliest to the latest
Many improvements have been
made in sprayers and appliances dur.
ing the past year. The best is the
cheapest.
Rhubarb roots. when once planted.
will continue to. yield bountifully for
ten years or even longer from the
first planting.
After seed potatoes have been
treated by any of the standard meth.
DDS, they should be guarded against
being reinfected. before planting.
For grapevines. the most dangerous
period Of the year is in April. when
the young shoots are showing some
vigor and the juices running freely.
Turnips are sometimes hung In the
yard SO the poultry have to jump for
them, but they are not relished quite
so much in this way as mangels or
cabbage.
lowed to grow up in pine and other
growth are found to be quite produc-
tive when they are again cleared and
well cultivated.
The question OF securing competent
labor to carry on the operations OF
the farm is becoming n very serious
one In the southwest rs well us other
sections Of the country.
The fact that hogs always make
more rapid gains during the summer
and fall months than in the winter
ought to prove the wisdom OF pro-
viding warm. dry quarters In cold
weather.
There are many lands In the east
which have been exhausted not only
of humus. but also of a large share
of the plant food which they originally
contained and for this reason many
of them are abandoned.
Don't you know the cockerels that
you are selling now at market prices,
were worth twice as much n pound
when they were half as old. and that
you have been feeding them two or
three months solely for the pleasure
OF their company
The apple picker soon recognizes
the varieties which MI the barrel
quickly. which are easily separated
from the holding spur; which must be
handled with care to avoid bruising.
or which will bear rough treatment
without showing II Immediately.
Planting potatoes IL by sc inches
apart will give 1880 hills TO the
acre: allowing for n loss of ten per
cent. on account Of imperfect stand.
there would still be 1905 hills. At
eight pounds to the hill. this would
make total OF iot.5tt pounds to the
acre.
Cows that frcshcn In the fall should
have plenty Of forage II tho pastures
are short and sufYicient grain food TO
get them up to their maximum yield
A COW that II allowed to fall away In
her milk yield can seldom be brought
back TO her most profitable yield and
especially at this time OF year.
" the farm practice can be mr..
ranged that tho manure can DO taken
directly from tho stable TO tho field
Its greatest effectiveness will be s..
cured. and one Of the special adyan.
taEes Of the manure spreadcr IL tina,
u cannot bc used for anything else.
thus always being ready for liz par.
ticuiar service.
The commercial fruit grower re.
striets his selection 70 tho really prof.
t,sble sorts which II . lesser number
than the average home fruit garden
requires 10 order 10 supply the needs
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