The Nevada County picayune., 1910-07-01

Plant only potatoes that are sound.
 No horse can thrive on musty bran. oats or corn
 Cooked meat Is much better to give the very young turkeys.
 Sweet clover is a good indicator of soil that will grow alfalfa.
 Weeds reduce the physical condition of the soil to poorer state.
 With prices at the s10 mark. the hog has become a respected farm ani- nal.
 Now that the chicks are matched. comes the difficult part of raising them
 Make it a rule to caress the colt after performing we'll what was re qutred of him.
 Among the things by which time can be saved by using larger ma ehiHery the grain drill stands first.
 Few annual flowers will grow so easily and give the wealth of bloom for so long d season as the nastur tiums.
 Buy only the best and never sell good stock. except when you have a surplus or when the birds are too old for profit
 Free range for hogs does not mean that they should be allowed to run in the highways and through the neighbors fields.
 Every ineIosure for the hog should ne perfectly tight, and with the ex- eelleat wire fences that are now man. aract3red it ia an easy matter
 The essentials of q good summer haa pasture are. first good hog. tsaht fence; next comes good stand Of grass. clover or other good forage plants.
 WhiIe tho interest in good roads seems to be general throHeaort the eoaaay f is na- active because con centgation Of eEogt is necessary to secure them.
 Il is as impossible to tell by looking at COW the all cunt ef milk she will give in a year as it is 10 tell tAe amount of butter fat present in milk by looking at it.
 You can have pure bred flock of chickens just as well as not If you have not the hens to lay the eggs se- cure eggs from pure breed and hatch and raise the kind youlik- best.
 Maneels are the most economical beet to grow for milk productoa; but many breeders. ia forcing cow tar exs irene records. prefer tabte hre's. b"- cause the CONS will cal larger guaH- t,ty.
 With some varieties of apples like Bon Davis, Bordeaux caaea. -a.-ly be used just after the blossoms ta.l be cause of the russe'iue aaJ dis. z4ge- mant of the fra5t which almost. are!y results.
 When properly uscd mlIIat e me of the most ralatabla forage crops If The whole list. and furthcrHore 0tal ehe or two simple precautions are sakea il k as safe as any other kind of hay or forage
 The period of incubation for aheas- ant eggs does not differ greatly from that of common fowls though it k slightly longer, 25 as compared with 2l days The eggs are usually set under a Cochin bantam hen.
 The reason why hogs SO ea agerly devour coal ashes, rotten wood and such material, is because they ao not have. while In close confinement. the material their systems require. At large they root it ont of the ground.
 After all, # Is hen fruit that Is the most reliable crop, and fl gets too Httie attention on the majority of farms. The tIme is coming soon when eggs and poultry will be one of the principal sources of income to those who own small or medium sized farms.
 The time is not far distant when this country will be compelled to make available every form of fertility that will enrich the soil The people of In dia. of China. and of Egypt were long ago compelled to make use of the fer. tility which in this country is thrown into the rivers, lakes and harbors through town and city sewers. If those eastern people had not made | ,,.o fnrtf1ftx. starvation i