The state herald., 1910-03-11
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High priced grain foods mean high
producing dairy COWS.
reflects the time Of year
Early maturity is an important
quality to consider In selecting sheep.
Blanket your horse during the sleet
storms as well as when 1t is extreme
ly cold.
A good way to make your calves
sickly and weak is to keep them in a
dark stall.
New land will always raise n crop
but 1t takes care and labor to keep
old fields productive.
Some cornstalks may be fed to the
porkers every day. They are sweet
and do the hogs good.
If there ig fowl in the flock n little
out of condition, that bird is ant to
prove the most lousy member of the
flock
You cont have To walt for the incu.
bator to get broody and then II you
don't want to set 1t you don't have to
break 1t up.
Late Matched chickens make fine
frys In the winter time. They find a
ready sale before the spring chickens
come on the market
To prevent throat and lung diseases
among the poultry. put piece OF alum
In the drinking water and repeat the
dose every three or four weeks.
There is no reason why the bulk
OF the feeding cannot be done I'm n
small yard, even though the cattle are
allowed considerable range during the
day.
A final condition OF success with
an incubator is not due to the ipcu.
bator at all. but TO the ability to sue.
cessfully rear chickens. after they are
hatched.
When clover Is buried In the soil
II VIII. OF course. pue more food in
the form OF humus and also more nu.
TRENT into the soil than II Il is re-
moved and sold.
Why not build up a private egg and
poultry trnde OF your own. and get
the profit the other man would mako
for selling and delivering them. IL
can be done very easily.
The trouble with alfalfa. and the
reason why Its use has not spread
faster Is that SO many that try Il as
nm experiment have failure the first
time. Then they give II up.
Any OF the ailments such as collie.
Indigestion. milk fever. etc, come ON
after eating and drinking. Often the
the stables Just before retiring.
The best OF the spring crop of inmbs
should be selected for breeders. I'm.
ierior ewes. wethers. lambs, etc. dis.
posed Of Ewes that have not beon
profitable should also be turned on
II Is said that nm unusual poIs.
VIII usually cure the stubborn hen Of
an inclination TO set Put set alarm
clock In the nest. The ticking will
annoy her and she will go on when
the alarm does.
While the eject Of the cow.pcaa IN
maintaining the fertility OF the soil
where used ns n catch.crop with
wheat. In clearly shown by this esperi.
ment, the practice can hardly be rec.
commended In general farming.
In feeding milk TO right young plrs
only fraction OF a teaspoonful must
be given 10 each at n time, yet from
fse To seven feeds mus, be given dur.
ins the day. gradually Increasing tn,
amount after the first day. but never
giving them all they will drink.
The preliminary estimate of the
corn crop In the principal states IL aa
follows Illinois. 500 million bushels.
Iowa. ?si million; Nebraska, isg mil.
lion; Missouri. ?is million; Kansas.
1856 million. Texas. III million. Indi.
ana. 1876 million. Ohio. ibi million;
Oklahoma. 100 million.
The method Of procedure by which
variety of potatoes Ia Improved 10
very simple and easily carried out by
any careful grower, When tho crop
II duK tho mos, prolific hills may b.
selected and kept separate for u com.
paraiiye test tho following season,
In this manner a prolific strain may
he started