The state herald., 1910-12-30

Mares do not usually give trouble
by abortion If given good food and
reasonable care. OF course, when
pregnant. a mare should not be over
driven, nor be compelled 10 smell
blood or offal. and should not back
or hold back heavy loads Her stall
should not have much incline Nour-
ishing food. pure water and fresh air
are essentials. If one suspect ergot
or smut in hay or feed it should be
discarded
1t is estimated that barn.yard ma
nures have value of about twothirds
that of commercial fertilizers. there
fore the careful saving of farm ma.
nures and their judicial application to
the soil are vital factors in farming
operations, and as essential to con.
tinued success as blowing the land or
planting the crop
The price of dairy products in the
winter is so much higher than in sum
mer that only small extra effort is
to care and judicious feeding may re.
suit in a considerable increase in the
profits from the entire herd at this
season.
The intelligent nock-masters are
fast coming 10 recognize the fact that
the man who makes the most of his
opportunities in handling farm flock
must become breeder and feeder o:
high'class mutton, more especially
sheep,
The farmer who is breeding a flock
OF improved mutton sheep and feeding
them in an intelligent and painstaking
manner, may plan his feeding opera
lions so that he may have a good near
by city market every week In the year
Farm-yard manures benefit the soil
by acting as a mulch and make hui
mus, but their benefit to the growing
crops depends entirely upon the
amount of nitrogen, phosphoric acid
anu pOlasu lney contain.
II is true that the generality of
farm mares are low in quality, but
that Is no valid excuse for farmers to
persist in breeding horses that no
body wants, not even themselves.
Sheep raising numbers among its
requirements quietness and content
ment in a degree perhaps not so es-
sential to success in the handling of
other breeds of live stock.
In the production of Strawberries
the best specimens are obtained only
by careful culture. he plants should
be of a large fruited and firm fruited
variety Of the best flavor.
Begin to take the chill of the water
you give the horses when the weather
gets cold You can heat It cheaper
on the stove than you can in the
stomach of the horse.
A thick coat of paint daubed over
the severed limbs when pruning in the
orchard or wood lot prevents cracking
OF the wood and gives the trees a bet.
ter appearance.
The ordinary diversified farm with
its abundant use OF horsepower fur.
nishes ideal conditions for growing.
developing and training draft horses.
II will pay anyone that keeps from
% TO 100 hens to build n shed close
to the henhouse in which to deposit
the droppings during the winter.
It is best to separate pullets from
the rest of the flock, let them have
free range and feed largely OF whole
or cracked corn, wheat or oats
II is impossible 10 create capacity.
You may breed for II but you can't
create II and it's a very important
function In the dairy COW.
There is the most money in the
long run in dalrylng by selling the
cream or butter only and keeping the
other products on the farm.
The Duroc Jersey sows are very
docile; they are easily handled during
the breeding and narrowing season and
are very prolific breeders.
Under no circumstances should any.
thing be added to milk TO prevent it's
souring Such dolngs violate the law
of both God and man.
The problem Of keeping tho boys