The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-09-14
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No butcher Should tease you lE"
selling your best lambs
Gilr-edgpd butter will line your
yncketD0ol with gi!;-etged COILS
The best method of weed destruc-
ton comes through rotation OF crops.
Slow. steady churning will get more
fat out OF the milk than rapid churn-
ing.
Fowls in confinement have a ten
deHcy when moulting to pick feathers
on each other.
After pigs are six weeks old there
is no better feed for them than skim
milk and shorts
Why not screens on every door and
window Of the COW stables and par
ticularly where the young calves are
kept?
Diseased wood on a tree can never
be made good again. Cut 1t on and
allow another shoot to grow in its
place.
The best remedy for pear and ap-
pie blight is TO cut cut and burn
every affected twig as soon as they
are seen.
Undoubtedly one cause of much
trouble with milk In summer Is al
lowing cows to have access to foul.
stagnant water.
No farmer should use a wagon with
out god springs. and especially arc
they valuable in hauling live stock
and perishablc vegetables and fruits.
Many small pigs are stunted in
their early growth because they can
not hold their own against their
ers.
The best skim milk is that which Is
fresh from the separator and still
warm. Experiments show that 1t is
only onefourth as expensive to raise
calf on skim milk as whole milk
Bran oats and oil meal fed in equal
parts by weight make a better ration
AM is more satisfactory 10 supply the
needs of growth and development for
breeding purposes. than most anything
else.
Al the present time the worlds
championship for the production of
butterfat for IL consecutive months
4 held by the Hoistein- Friesian COW.
Coiantha fourths Johanna with q to-
tai of 1886 pounds Of fat.
All wounds on trees are the better
for being painted. tarred or covered
with some substance to keep out the
water Then the bark covers over
the wound little by little. and no rot
ting OF the inner wood takes place.
The condition of the ewes at breed
ing time has a marked influence upon
the succeeding crop of lambs. If the
ewes are improving in flesh and in
a Vigorous condition. the chances are
bright for q choice lot OF strong
lambs
The cockerels which are to be
marketed should. of course. be fed
a more fattening ration than the pull
Iete. and those which are to be used
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pullets until about six weeks before
the eggs are wanted for Matching.
4 good hand separator takes most
OF the valuable butter fat out of the
milk: indeed. a perfect machine should
take practically all Of the butter fat
from the milk: but 1t leaves most OF
the protein. which Is the most valu-
able food element in the skinned
milk.
The best time to water plants is
late in the evening. Stir the soil
thoroughly and draw away from
around the stem of the plants. pour
on the water needed. let settle and
then draw the earth back again: In
this way the moisture vii! be re-
tanned better.
In selecting breeding stock II Is
highly important that the reputation
OF the breeder from whom the pur-
chases are made. is well and favor
ably known. a man who Is noted for
square and honest dealing: and this
IS especially true if the selection Is to
be made by the breeder himself.
Forest Henry. one OF the farmers
institute workers IN Minnesota. and q
successful farmer. says that his ex-
periences teaches that the time to
wean the colt. even If not more than
three months Old. is before going into
the harvest field with the mare He
teaches his colts to drink skim-milk
and TO eat oats with the mare before
weaving
!! fhere ever Were a time when oat
straw Is worth Saving il will be- this
wear Hay IS scarce and the price
viii H. in accordance with the light
r.sy of The crop. The farm that has
IN abundance Of hay can turn pref
- penny by using a substitute for hay
r< nguch as practical and selling the
hay that can be spared The CITY
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