The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-08
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The application of lime to cabbage
soil Is highly commended.
Don't forget the daily water supply
for the hens at this season.
The sucking lambs always do bet.
ter after the mother Is shorn.
The lambs should nibble at grain
and hay before they are two weeks
old.
II Is sometimes said that . good
breeder always has his ideal animal
In his mind.
Cabbage and all other plants OF the
cabbage family require a very fertile
and cool. moist soil for good growth.
Too often the poultry house Ii .
| filthy. unsanitary place. full Of stag
nant air and crowded far beyond it,
capacity.
II In a significant fact that corn
this year at this season Is going down.
instead OF up. as Ia the usual custom
In spring.
What we want to do In working .
horse for the first time Is to teach
II to do things which 1t has never
done before.
When the butter Is well drained Il
Is ready to salt. and this is done In
the churn when the butter Is In
granular form.
Begin to cultivate musk melons ~
soon as the plants can be seen and
continue cultivation till after tho
fruit begins to set
Never use milking tube II It can
BIO possibly avoided ms there Ia much
danger Of injecting the entire quarter
by tho use Of tho tube.
Opwpeas Ia a crop that has been
growing In popularity In recent years.
and from present appearances. will
soon rank as a general farm crop.
II pays to pasture pigs, but II tho
pigs root up the pasture 1t will pay to
ring them. Pasture sod Is too valuable
to be destroyed when It can easily
be avoided.
It is true that farmer can. BY
| a careful selection and examination.
materially change the constituents Of
his corn. thus growing corn that ID
OF higher feeding value for his farm
animals.
Don't forget that tho temperature
Of the cream at churning should be 80
to IS degrees Fair. In summer and 90
to 62 degrees In winter. Tho best
chui ning results win DO had at these
respective temperatures.
A good hen In expected to lay In >
year about Ave times her weight In
eggs. This means reproductive
process on an average. at least every
third day during the year. or perhaps.
In rare instances. every other day.
When doing tho tree planting. do
not forget to put few trees In cor
ner Of tho pasture fields. II there II
such thing as fenced pasture on
| the farm. Protect these for few
years, and they will protect the stock
for many more.
Tho Minnesota experiment station
says barley has the advantage over
| flax for cleaning tho land of weeds. be-
sides being often fed on the farm at
profit over the market price. AT pres
emit prices, however. fax 10 In the lead.
and good fax land will undoubtedly
return q good profit.
| After tho young turkeys are sixteen
to twenty days old begin TO feed light
/ ~ ON cracked corn. wheat. ETC.. and
occasionally baked cornmeal or john
nycake. which 10 simply cornmeal
mixed with either sweet skimmilk or
| water and very little salt. and thor
oughly baked. This II moistened
slightly before feeding.
| Drainage prevents loss Of crops and
labor from stagnant water: permits
air to circulate more freely through
the soil, carrying with It fertilizins
properties, making warmer soil that
/ can be cultivated early. for dry soil
works easier than wet. roots 90 down
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