The Nevada County picayune., 1910-05-20
There Is money in hogs

I easily than bullets.
 Nothing stimulates the system of the hog like pasturage.
 In marketing milk both the producer and consumer must be satisfied. ! The finer the teeth of the cuitivator the finer and more satisfactory the work
 Hogs, especially brood sows, should have salt where they can go to 1t at any time.
 A wide sweeping fine toothed harrow intelligently used is the greatest en- emy of weeds.
 ] For egg farming on a large scale ] the colony system is best suited to permanent operations. l Drought has little terror for the man whose farm grows few weeds and the soil is well handled.
 The day of the wooden pail and the i old dash churn that could be pur- chased at the cross-road store has l gone by.
 j Chicks matched during April and to l the middle of May will, if properly i grown. make laying bullets for the i coming winter.
 The holes for your new trees must be made larger and deep enough to l receive the entire root system with out crowding or cramping.
 Always use box stalls whenever practicable. A horse tied in narrow stall is never quite comfortable and IS in more or less danger of being cast.
 There never was time in the his tory of America when we had so many opportunities for engaging in the growing of really good horses than now.
 The first potatoes cultivated in Ger many were planted in 1447. The peo- pie did not take kindly to the tuber and the government was obliged to force farmers to raise them.
 About the only way to ever get farm clean, is to make determined ' Er- Jay nf CnriDC not to let weeds grow an hour more than possible after they first show.
 over 4,O00 potato diggers are used in the state of Maine alone to harvest the crop. If these were all hooked together with team of horses to each 1t would make a procession b miles long.
 If you have plenty of room plant a variety garden. Select several dlf- ferent varieties of each vegetable and test them side by side In this way you can select the earliest. latest and most reliable varieties for your soil.
 The best rooster that can be found for what you can afford to pay should be selected It is easy to grade up a flock to good hens by using the best roosters every year and selling all or the bullets that are not up to the breed standard,
 The love dogs have for children is
 
 record where dogs have lost their lives in an attempt to protect chll- dren A good, sensible dog is de- sirable companion for children when left alone or when sent on errands.
 An average of 150 eggs per hen dur. ing the first year of laying Is fairly good laying Pullets in good health and vigor should average this number of eggs. During the second year they will lay about p per cent. fewer eggs, and each succeeding year correspond ingly fewer.
 Eggs from very old hens should not be used for matching purposes. Select eggs from young birds of good type, color. form and breed charac- teristics. Special attention must be given to selection if the breed is to be improved. It pays to use reason and judgment in breeding fowls.
 Ordinarily, If farmer sows alfalfa in the spring, he has his old enemy, the weeds, to contend with. If the season be damp and cloudy. the alfalfa may not grow fast, but weeds will. Therefore, June may see him moving to retard a rampant growth of weeds instead of gathering a profitable cut ting of prime hay.