The state herald., 1910-04-22
Salt the COWS regularly.

Sheep profits are sure and readily
obtainable.
Keep the land free from weeds by
burning the seed.
Dairy cows are being bought in Yer.
mont and shipped to Iowa.
Borrowing is poor policy at all
times. 1t never cements friendship.
Watch for and destroy all weeds
that appear during late summer and
fall.
Why. certainly the machinery
should all be under shelter by this
time.
Unfruitful orchards. as rule, are
so because the soil is deficient in
plant food.
Thoroughbred stock not only pay
their board, but lay up something for
the rainy day"
Winter rye. especially little fur.
Their south. make good early pasture
In the hog lot.
Thoroughly clean and whitewash
the hen house this month. The clean.
er and whittier 1t is the better.
1t won't pay to try to brace up an
old tree that blew down during the
heavy storm. Plant new tree In its
place.
Ring-worm on cattle may be cured,
by washing once day with five
per cent. solution OF carbolic acid.
until healed
A COW should have at least six
weeks vacation between milking Pc
RODS, II she is MIXED continually she
Will not last long.
The poultry industry has iiourished
as no other livestock Industry, yet the
value OF poultry products is higher
than 1t has been for years.
II Is of supreme Importance that
the dairy stock should be handled
gently. Wild and intractable animals
are usually the result of harsh han.
ding.
Where dry grains are extensively
fed to fowls, they should have sue.
culent food-melons. oulled potatoes,
beets and tomatoes will answer this
purpose.
Twenty-eight years ago hogs
reached the present level OF prices.
The cause then was scarcity due to a
great epidemic OF cholera which had
swept over the west.
Good garden implements are essen.
tial for successful gardening. Much
OF the benefit and pleasure derived
IRON work In the garden Is missed by
having poor tools. The best are the
cheapest.
Where milo is grown for poultry II
need not be threshed. Fowls eat It
AS readily from the head as when II
is threshcd. Milo has a crooked stem
and II is sometimes convenient to
hang the heads In the chicken house.
The flower garden may not be as
profitable as the vegetable garden,
but II will add cheer. comfort and
contentment to the home. The rest
and peace Of mind afforded by strolls
In the flower garden Is not TO be com.
pared with money.
The condition OF the bowels IA the
bost indication OF the fowls health
When the droppings are moro or less
hhdr. dark brown color capped with
white. We know the fowl IL enjoying
tho best OF health. hut when they are
yellow and watcry. indigestion. II not
liver troubles. are the cause.
There nre various methods for ven.
ulating poultry houses. but tho best
md simplest In TO IL. the fresh air
come In unobs,ruetod except by n mus.
lin screen. Remove the window sash
md tack on muslin In Its place.
Enough air viii enter TO keep the
house dry and sanitary. but there will
be no breeze. even In very stormy
weather.
Many city horses with hoofs bound
and cracked and otherwise injured.
have been taken To n farm. their shoes
pulled on and turned out TO pasture
md thoroughly cured within sir
months. In fact tho farmers around
the large cities uncd to ind In this
class of animals cheap supply. many
of which turned out to DO first.clans
horpcu. showing that all that wna
needed was rest on Mother Earth with.
out their shoes