The state herald., 1910-05-06
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NIH FARM
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Butter must have a good color.
The cheap ram is heavy handicap.
Cottonseed meal is fine for putting
flesh on sheep.
The brood SOW will be benefited by
occasional feeds of oats.
Books are often the cheapest ana
best equipment on the farm.
Watch the ewes closely A lamb
disowned is generally lamb lost.
The first litter is not always an in
dex to the brood sow's profitableness.
Soil should be thoroughly prepared
to good depth, well drained and en-
riched.
The COW must have pure food, good
water, and good health to make a
good cream.
When people have stock that can
be recorded it's shame to overlook
the process.
There is a vast difference in cows
and it's the dairyman's duty to find
ont the difference
Every dairyman should make up his
ration to suit all his conditions and
the necessities Of his cows.
Hogs prefer ear corn in a muddy
time. Ground feed is at n discount
then, as so much of II is wasted.
The laying of soft shelled eggs
sometimes results from overlooking
and sometimes for want of egg shell
material.
For early hog pasture sow oats,
using three and three and one-half
bushels per acre. Such pasture will
last until June.
Roup. the scourge OF poultry keeping
in cold climates, must be prevented
II pleasure and profit are to be gained
from the business.
Don't starve the dry COW. Just be-
cause she isn't bringing in any In.
at \ asA he. .xIn
back all she gets now.
The great drawback about dairying
with grades is the loss OF the male
calves. You should not sell them for
sires and they seem too valuable for
veal.
A sensible horse nowadays is not
afraid OF an automobile. These We
hicles have come TO stay so II would
be best for you to introduce your horse
10 them.
Sweet oil is safe medicine to nd.
minister to animals. II never Injuries.
but is valuable In choking. bioating.
Inflammation or constipation OF the
stomach or bowels.
During the winter eggs sold In towns
and cities at from 40 to GO. cents u
dozen. During the summer and early
fall eggs can be preserved or placed
in cold storage very easily.
Good Judges say that II will be ut
least two years before tho supply OF
hogs can be made to equal the de.
mand The high price OF breeding
stock curtails what would otherwise
be large increase In quantity.
Plants should be sown with refer
ence TO their sire and habits OF
growth: some require distance. and
others thrive better when planted
close together. The gardener must
know his plants ms the farmer does his
fieid crops
For wounds made on horses or cat.
tie. by barbcd wire fences. there In
nothing better than u composition
VI NWbonC htiu ohh''s
giycerinc eight ounces and water
eight ounces. A syringe II good
thing 10 inject this into the wound.
II is not too late TO set the home
orchard. The trees may be set any
time before the buds swell and the
foliage starts. II the trees have not
been ordered. do this Mt once. Pre-.
pare the land by breaking II deeply:
pulverizc thoroughly. Set the trees
carefully and give them good cult.
walton.
The Kentucky experiment station
mas just completed some interesting
experiments with Rhode Island Reds
II reports that Reds are broiiers at
seven weeks old. frlerH at 20 weeks