The Nevada County picayune., 1910-09-02
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Hay is scarce this year.

Hay IS scarce this year.
 In fairly cool spot SOW some peas for September use
 The only way to be sure of good dairy stock is to raise it.
 The food of the duck is both vege- table and animal in nature.
 A thrifty growth of the plants now means better fruit next year.
 Gilt-edged butter will line your rocketbook with gilt-edged coins.
 Muttons sheep give the best returns when fed for that purpose when young.
 Extra feed increases growth, if of a suitable kind, and makes larger ami mals at maturity.
 A hard collar is not as hard upon the shoulders of a horse as one that is unevenly padded
 Never offer a pound of poor butter for sale. Better take it right out and bury it in the back lot.
 If your sheep get scab, better clean them all out and begin over. It is the best way to cure that disease.
 Money makes the mare go, but you have got to hustle around and get the money, or the mare will stand still,
 Clover bloat can usually be pre- vented by keeping the cattle off the clover when it is wet from dew or rain.
 In pruning do not forget that sum mer pruning induces fruit bearing, and wood growth is promoted by win ter pruning.
 Too much onions, fish scrap and stale meat often cause eggs to have bad odor. It is unsafe to feed stale food to hens.
 Half bushel picking baskets, each provided with a light iron hook, will bruise the apples much less than when picked into a bag
 When a COW once falls off in milk production it is more difficult to bring her back to her full flow than to so feed her as to keep her as near her capacity as possible.
 The man who thinks it a woman's work to keep q garden going was not built on the right lines The garden should be considered as important as any other part of the farm and treat ed accordingly.
 The condition of the ewes at breed ing time has marked influence upon the succeeding crop of lambs Ii the owes are improving in flesh and in vigorous condition, the chances are bright for choice lot of strong lambs
 The farmer or fruit grower cannot possibly reach the highest success in his business without the aid of the birds except, perhaps, the English sparrowl and yet they are often very annoying during the ripening season of the early fruits.
 There appears 10 be some complaint about getting the ewes with lamb when they are allowed the run of clover pasture, and therefore many think it best to cut and cure the clover for the lambs and provide oth- CT pasturage or soling crops for the breeding ewes.
 Winter radish seed are mixed with the turnip al the time of sowing the latter in the fall. The radishes will grow with the same treatment that is given the turnips. They are harvest cd and stored together for winter use The radishes keep well and are excellent for use In winter
 For the first weeks of a pigs life the mothers milk Is it's drink as we'll as food. and therefore in caring for sucking SONS 1t should be the aim to so feed them that milk of only medi- nm richness will be furnished instead of d limited supply of that which Is extremely rich. the latter being less healthful and more liable to cause thumps. SCOUTS and unsatisfactory growth
 Sanitary care of the feeding boxes for the show animals should be care fully studied. for the neglect will oft en cause fastidious appetite instead of a healthy robust one, and many ig ad fnr hotny a