The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-06-03

Substitutes for lard are nearly as
high as lard Itself
The chill of the water and the chill
of the air act against production
The cherry is the most neglected Of
all fruits grown in this country.
The sofa or soy bean is a plant that
is assuming a position Of much i'm
portance.
The horse that lasts longest is the
Yaorse that is not abused especially
when young.
The clipped horse looks better and
lis easier to care for than the one
with ragged coat.
Wheat bran fed dry or brown wheat
:, rniddlings made into slop make most
excellent feed for the brood SOW.
NJ More pigs are ruined by the confne-
xnent and overlooking OF brood sows
than by all other errors combined,
The use of vaccine or serum to pro-
tect hogs against cholera may be said
60 have passed the experimental stage.
Goats by the hundred thousand are
slaughtered In the United States an
nually, and the product sent into the
food supply.
As soon as the colt can take care Of
himself. both mare and foal should be
enrned to pasture. providing the
weather is suitable.
Among the things which should be
an hand FOR the Landing pen is sup
ply of lime for sprinkiing over the
soil where discharges are left.
The SOW that has been fed ration
of forage and small amounts of grain
foods may carry a large amount of
flesh and still be safe TO use for breed
ing.
Experience judgment and a knowl-
edge of the disposition of the sows af-
ford the only guide for a man to follow
I'm handling his sows during the farrow-
fng period.
Authracnose attacks the bean. Use
bordeau mixture when plants are all
u4a In, thraa laf 20
and follow with third spraying In
three more weeks.
Great profits are made by raising
seed to sell to the seed houses Onion
seed brings from $3.50 to $500 per
pound Peas from $500 to $500 per
sushel. and other seeds at a similar
gate
prominent Missouri grower says
there are no secrets to the growing OF
strawberries Procuring good plants
true TO name thorough cultivating and
careful and honest packing are the
essentials
There is no plant whose varieties
differ so widely as the SOY bean and
An this fact lies the peculiar value Of
she plant 1t may be used as a
grain crop. as a hay crop. for silage.
soiling or forage.
One of the good reasons for raising
fall Htters Is that it enables a person
To keep up the strength and vigor Of
his hogs Breeding from yearling
sows continuously IS sure to reduce
the size OF the hogs. as we'll as their
vitality.
1t Is impossible 10 run separator
under farm conditions without having
variations In the test OF the cream &c
ear and In fact If the cream buyer
safould always give the same cream
Fsst. 1t would be more suspicious OF
dishonesty than when 1t varies
slightly
by keeping the sows separated in
lists OF from ten To twenty, It is safe
tn allow them 70 run together up to
within two or three weeks prior TO
IT, narrowing period, then each SOW
should be removed To the narrowing
house and given special food and at
fention. as the occasion may require.
up to farrowing time.
The proper time to dehorn is In the
spring when grass first comes. There
are no flies then the weather is more
favorable and the cattle are out in tho
open instead of being crowded in a
feed lot and having to push their sore
heads into hay rack. Furthermore
after the steer leaves the range he
goes onto much more expensive feed
and the setback which he receives
from the operation will be quite ex
pensive instead OF practically negligi
BILE as 1t Is on grass