The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27
Do not plant corn too deeply.


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Keep the pillow sharp and have 1t
cut all of the furrow.
The most important citizen OF Amer
lea today is the farmer
Provide sprinklers, sprayers and
stakes Tor your garden.
The big shoveled cultivator is
thing Of the past, or should be.
Both the grass and the exercise
gained in getting it are helpful to the
hog
A knowledge of marketing products
to the best advantage is an important
factor in profits.
The best prize winners are usually
raised in incubators
Remember the main object OF farm
ing this year is to provide and MAIN
tain 4 comfortable home
Every narrowing pen should have
good fender to prevent the SOW from
lying on and smothering the pigs.
Ewes and lambs run we'll over
Young grass land, but they must be
kept moving. so that all IS grazed
evenly.
Until about seventy years ago poul-
try keeping was almost wholly home
industry, producing for home con-
sumption.
1t is not too late to prune the or
chard. If you could not do it sooner
do it now Gather up the dead
branches and burn them.
Keep the walks in your garden neat
and attractive Fence corners with
weeds and poorly kept walks are sure
evidences of a careless gardener.
In al! regions where snow lies long
on the ground, winter poultry keeping
is necessarily intensive, but that is no
reason for continuing intensive meth
DDS through the summer.
The corn plant. as we'll as other
plants, must draw its nourishment
from the soil In order for the plant
to be well nourished the soil must
have a large amount of plant food.
Build place for martins TO brood
on your farm Their "chirps are
cheerful and their services valuable.
They drive off birds of prey and
greatly reduce insect depredations.
Il l. always perplexing to know
what varieties of strawberries to
plant The old varieties which are
known in the community should be re-
tanned until the newer sorts are test.
ed on 4 small scale.
Eastern growers mostly grow fruit
as side issue and take what they
get both when they gather and when
they sell II. while the western grower
makes a business of growing his fruit
and gets what he asks for it.
All needed improvement around the
place should be made before the sea.
son for cultivation arrives. Sheds
for manure. shelter for stock and
room for hay should now have atten-
ton. Let the silo Lave consideration
while you are building.
Alfalfa has proven a great success
all over the country west OF the Mis-
souri, river Il Is extending in popu.
larity north into the Dakotas and
south into Texas. with every evidence
,hat il will become the adopted tame
hay crop for those sections.
The young pigs must have dry nests
and tae bedding should be changed
frequently and lime, or some other
disinfectant sprinkled In the nest
when il IS cleaned Many young pigs
become infected with disease through
their nayels coming in contact with
damp and foul nests.
Give the girls chance to have a
garden OF their own Light work in
the garden will greatly benefit health
and furnish helpful exercise in the
open air Information about plants is
essential to good education and should
not be neglected. Let the girls be-
come interested in the garden
The most important time In the
calf 5 life comes when We take II upon
ourselves to feed and care for 1t. and
at this time We should exercise a lot
of kindness and gentleness. tor
roughness creates distrust and fear,
and the chances are that calves will
never forget their first lessons and i'm.
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