The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-15
Keep the lamb from the cold winds.

What one creamery patron thinks IL
clean and wholesome. another could
not countenance.
A windmill may be used to pump
water. as II Is undoubtedly the most
economical source Of power.
Old horses with bad teeth should he
fed on ground oats and bran. Medi-
cines are of little use il such cases
The growing of asparagus. celery
and satisfy Is as easily accomplished
as that Of the more common yegata-
Uies.
A ,ouns horse should not be al
lowed to waste his energy during the
carly part Of a journey. Young horses
seen become tired.
Su,rEat. oi ircn Is one q! the least
expensive worm de>iroyars 70: sheep
you can give. or give Your lambs pow
dered. kamala or areca nut.
One must have large pasture
where alfalfa Is used and then NOV
at intervals, where the pigs do not
eat II off. and make 1t into hay.
II never pays to patrOnize either
seeds,uen or nurserymen who sell at
very low prices. Low prices are near
! ly always evidence of poor stock.
Animals have memory, they reriem.
Der where they get food and drink.
where they were comfortable. where
they were injured and where fright
! ened.
The rows for the short. early varie-
! ties of sweet corn need not be more
than 80 10 50 inches apart. Eight 10
ten inches between plants in the row
is ample space.
! Any section where potatoes are
largely grown ought to have Co
operative organization among the
covers, not only for marketing their
crop. but in the purchase OF seed.
The natural conditions most favor.
able TO the formation OF humus are
an excess of moisture with lack 81
aeraiion. and an abundant growth o!
vegetation with moderate tempera
tUve
Gold frames should be used more
extensively by all classes Of garden
ers. They are the means of forward
ing crops at a slight expense and get
ting on the market early when prices
are the best.
:. A dry summer, If the farmer pre-
pares for II. usually means a bigger
crop Of corn than a wet one. but II hs
doesn't prepare for it-and the aver
age farmer Is not likely tot may
! mean a very short crop.
Hard-boiled eggs make the hes
food for the first day for the newly
Matched chicken. Then give them thu
J prepared chick feed that can he pur
! chased at any feed store. This ma,
: seem I little expensive to some. but 1
pays.
: The farmer Of the future is goin;
: to be an educated man: hence all thi
, bowling and crying about the poo
. | quality OF butter made from hand ser
: arator cream is not going to chang
! his views So lor= as there Is rcall
! nothing against e.
: Siiage as a feed Is most suitable "a
= cattle and She p on account Of thei
u great capacity for handling large quar-
y iities of coarse. bulky feed. but it ma
b. fe,, to advantage IN limited GUAR
rites to hOrS, : and swine as Il varii
: lion il their feed and thus increas
] trai.h and appetite.
= Co;;ursced meal as fertilizer
d never used alone. but always mike
with other Substances. II is rich I
nitrogen. but contains less than thre
e ,.cr cent. Of phosphoric acid and les
? than one per cent. Of potash. cons,
:, uuentiy woul! Lot he a balanced fe
= tiliz-r used alone. COttOnseed meal
J. really q fertilizer ingrs dient.
+ Whenever Won have any spare hour
haui .HIae good sharp sand up 10 you
buildings, and tine next time you ar
/. il Town bring out a few sacks of c.
l. lnent Then make some fence pos
r molcs and On rainy days get busy m;
IA king cement posts. In that way yo
q c.u make them at a cost below tha
!. q: wooden posts tina: won't last NOR
2 than from six 10 ten years. while pro-
:, e.ly made reinforced cement pos;
Il will last a lifetime or two.
There has never been a stronger d
s Ic;.nh for heavy horses than there
r today Our cities are growing and th
II large: they become the more bi
d lo,ses they need. The city demand
'e Iy TO means the only demand tn;
o exists for tis horses. Farmers arc d
\ uIanuirT large horses. because the
II are using bigger machinery. Fourtee
i; and sixieen-inch plows. large drag
3 wide disks and seed drills are being Il
y stalled everywhere. and to pull IN
D. modern machinery big horses are r
CURED.