The Lamar register., 1910-03-16
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Feed out the cane and Kafir.

Feed out the cane and Kafir.
A well drained garden is an early
one.
Carelessness in handling pigs is q
bad habit to acquire.
Even on cold days hogs should have
plenty of good fresh air.
Keep the sheep pens clean. Dirt
and foul odors effect sheep quickly.
Health is natural, disease is unnat-
ural; health Is contagious as well as
disease.
A good three-year wellbred colt is
worth from $3.50 to 5000. Does he pay
his keep!
It Is mistake to suppose that q
good COW of inferior breeding is quail
fed to drop a good calf.
To make hogs profitable we must
provide plenty of range that we may
keep their yards clean and sanitary.
Where fowls have been kept in good
condition during summer and fall, the
problem of winter eggs Is generally
solved.
The trap nest and the numbered
leg band enable a breeder to keep an
accurate account Of the performances
OF his fowls.
Hogs lose the use of their hind
quarters from need OF laxative food.
A little cotton seed meal fed occasion
ally will remedy this.
Don't ieare the ice and mud frozen
on the horses ankles when you come
home from town. unless you want
them to have rheumatism.
There are over 1000 beekeepers in
this country. and product OF their
hives last year was enough to fill a
train OF cars over 400 miles long.
Cow-peas make excellent hay which.
II properly handled, Is equal to alfalfa
In nutrttive salue. although as a rule
stock do not eat cow-pea hay as read
lily as alfalfa.
Throw an extra lot OF hay into the
poultry yards. The chickens will
scratch out every clover seed. There
is no better way to make them work
for their food.
A practical farmer tells the condi-
ton Of any soil by treading upon 1t. as
unerringly as a cattle breeder tells
the feeding quality Of an animal by
feeling its skin.
Piano boxes make good colony
houses. A yard of netting should be
attached where fowls can have a
pile of sand to scratch in.
II is foolish economy to keep using
!. harness which is worn out. Many IA
tai accidents. both to the horses and
drivers. have occurred because some
thing gave way at the wrong time.
It is Just as well to have a we'll
bred chicken as a well-bred horse or
COW. Any amount Of food will. not
make a mongrel as profitable as a
pure-bred under the same conditions.
Good stock demands good care and
n they do not receive It, they are
sure to degenerate. The man who is
inclined to abuse his stock should
stick to the scrub or raise grain ex-
clusively.
On an Illinois farm where corn and
oats have been grown alternately
for 81 years the physical condition
of the ground is very bad. 1t washes
easily and runs together as the other
soil near 1t does not.
II is hard to tell how much freezing
bees can stand. but the better protect
ed they are the less honey they con-
sumo. For It is a well-known fact
among beekeepers that the bees use
a great deal of honey as fuel in order
to keep comfortable in winter.
II IL an interesting and very encour-
aging thing to note that while the
= newer western states are steadily re-
- ducing the average yields by poor
farming. the older states. seeing the
error of their ways. are steadily In
creasing their average yields by bet
ter methods Of farming.
A good grain ration for the laying
stock is composed of wheat. buck
wheat. oats and corn. the wheat pre-
dominating. Too much corn is not
good for laying hens. but a little fed
with other grains is beneficial. Add
to this grain ration a daily allowance
Of vegetable food. cut clover and lit
tie green cut bone two or three times
week and you will have an almost
perfectly balanced ration for the lay
ing hens.
Lime sulphur wash is the prepare
ton most generally used for San Jose
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