The Lamar register., 1910-04-27
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The silo is becoming popular.
You can't get something for nothing.
Corn is not good as a steady diet
for the colt
The successful farmers capital will
be rs per cent brain.
Strawberries will succeed in any
soil adapted to ordinary crops.
The easier feed is digested the
greater will be the gain from that
feed.
In selecting eggs for Matching. have
them as fresh as possible. clean. and
cooled.
To produce fine large fruit keep in
hills, pinching runners of as soon as
the? appear.
Shade and shelter in the poultry
yards are best provided by apple or
plum trees.
Sunshine is as necessary as air in
the dairy barn If you wish your cows
to be healthy.
II COW stays thin in spite OF good
feed and is troubled with a cough, sus-
pect tuberculosis.
Canneries In western states. as
rule, will pay higher for sweet corn
the coming season.
An abundance of vitality is the
greatest inheritance that the farmers
hog can secure from its progenitors.
From four to six loads of manure to
the acre, put on with a spreader. are
worth as much as 10 or IL put on by
hand.
Dried beet pulp is coming to be a
great dairy feed. It's only a short
time since II was considered a waste
product
The bull should be kept away from
the herd. 1t may mean a little extra
trouble. but II is unquestionably the
best plan.
The flesh that the good dairy COW
puts on her back when dry is the de-
posit upon which she can draw when
she freshens.
A restless hen will never answer to
use as n hatcher early in the season.
when steady warmth is an imperative
condition OF success.
Buttermilk is splendid food for
young chickens. but care should be
taken not to feed too much. as it
cat ses disordered bowels.
In nearly all cases. the greater the
depth 10 which the soil is stirred by
the pillow the more moisture 1t will be
ing crops.
For early spring laying. fowls must
survive the winter In good healthful
condition. must be fed a balanced ra-
ton and must be given plenty of air.
water and exercise.
Sunfower seed when fed to fowls
gives a brighter luster to the plum
age. when fed in small quantities. 1t
is a good egg producer. but II fed
largely fattens too much.
At the present prices for hay and
grain there is little margin for the
raiser of common stock cattle. This
means either a decrease In supply, a
raise in price of cattle or else de-
crease in price of feed.
Unsightly objects on the lawn or in
the garden may be very effectively
screened by a ground vine. climbing
nasturtium or morning glory. An I'M
slightly building can be hidden often
by a mass of sunfiowers or castor
beans.
The price of butter advanced rapid
~ et one time last winter. but not
quite so rapidly as one man would
make us believe. He stammers. and
claims that while he was asking how
much butter was worth in a store. the
price advanced seven times.
Radishes are sometimes started in
boxes placed in the south window OF
the house. They may be transplanted
in the cold frame or into the open
ground in the garden. If care is taken
with the young plants. Transplanting
must be done while the plants are
young and the roots must not be in
jured in moving them
There should be a good reason for
doing everything. 1t is well to ask
yourself for a reason when you do
work in the garden. Much Of the su-
perstition. such as planting when the
moon is in certain position, or on
certain days would vanish If people
would be guided by reason. There
should be a good reason for every
thing done in the garden.
Every farm horse should. II pos
sible he allowed to 20 without his