The Nevada County picayune., 1910-07-08
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Look well after heifer calves.
 The best land for strawberries is a sandy loam
 A cattle feeder should be encour aged by every corn seller.
 The farmer can produce clean milk, but it means added expense.
 The harrow Is an excellent tool for cultiyating potatoes the first time.
 It is deemed an injury to let the sheep carry it's fleece into the hot sea son.
 The climbing or trailing nasturtiums can be planted either with or without support.
 Scaly legs on hens are caused by small parasite insect working under meath the skin.
 
 use of the halter, and made to know that his master Is his friend
 All hog raisers know that corn will go twice as far in feeding hogs in summer if the hogs are kept on good pasture.
 Unless one is gardening on a large scale it is cheaper to buy cabbage plants for the early crop than to l grow them.
 Do not let the manure accumulate in the COW stall so that the animal must ne with her hind quarters higher than her front quarters.
 Never buy brood SOW with short legs and short, chunky body. She must have big feeding capacity in order to produce plenty of milk.
 As a rule, the average farmer al lows his hogs to get along on slim rations in summer, at time when they could make most profitable l growth.
 Nothing is more injurious to the poults than tainted or infected meat of any kind, as it will disturb their bowels in very few hours and cause 1 great trouble.
 Needing out the poorest cows is the best way to improve the record of any dairy in the amount of milk and butter produced in proportion to the number of cows kept.
 So many fruit trees were ordered this spring for planting in British Col ambia that the nursery supply Of stock 1 suited for that region was not nearly great enough to meet the demands.
 Sunshine Is a great purifier and nat ural dsiulectant and the poultry 1 houses should be so arranged that there will be an abundance of sun 1 shine in the buildings on fair days.
 Natures greatest purifying agents are snnshH- and air. S0lls need thor ough aerauou that are frequently fer sIzea with animal manures; then lhes Mil not so soon become non=pro. i daetiye.
 In buying q bull for Use in a milking EhtHa look far beyond the animal him self and see what kind of milkers his dam and geauddams were and what kind of milkers his male ancestors were able to get.
 Sow fodder corn thckly, either with grain drHl or corn planter, at the rate of 8n to 5o pounds per acre, culti yate one way. cut with corn binder shock in the field. allow 10 stand until Ted or hauled to the barn.
 Every hen that does not pay for her keep by laying eggs should be sold at once There are thousands of hens In rfe poultry yards that are losing money for their owners. Find out whether you have such hens and, if SO. get rid of them
 Ia setting out cuttings, if willows, entrants. Virginia creepers or any oth- IT stock of this sort, put the cuttings well down into the soil. One or two bnds above ground is quite all that is needed A cutting foot long may be nut down ten inches into the soil and | two above.
 The ideal sheep pasture is blue grass and white clover IL makes the driest closest sod. and dry land is best for sheep. There is no sod that will pro 1uce more pasture and no sod that will make a better winter pasture than hue grass sod protected free from pas fnrine through the autumn season. A winter pasture for breeding ewes. l where they may run out during clear, | ,,1d ,aother is almost a necessity in