The Columbus journal., 1910-06-01
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Are you still breeding scrubs?
The hoe killed the weeds but made
little mulch.
If YOU are ready TO plant do not val
upon the moon.
Boiled milk is good for chicks ant
will help bowel trouble.
Colony houses are OF two kinds
stationary and movable.
Where there is a will there is a va!
to clean the farm of weeds.
Where there is a will there Is {
way to clean the farm Of weeds.
A good farm level costs little com
pared with its worth and usefulness.
There is something wrong on TIT
dairy farm that does not have a few
hogs.
II there is one clean farm in thu
neighborhood. they can all be clean
or nearly SO.
Do not plant trees when the soil Il
wet and sticky, nr il is liable to b.
packed too firmly.
Feeding the dairy COW Is one of thu
first things that the successful dairy
man must thoroughly understand.
Contrasting associations. started
some years ago. have been a wonder
full help in wedding out improbable
cows.
Roots OF young trees should neve,
be allowed to become dry. Cove
with earth or wet sacks while waitin.
TO be planted.
Whitewash the trunks of the fruit
and orchard trees with lime. Thi'
will repel borers. bark beetles ant
other insects for a time.
Plant plenty of hay crops. Worl
stock and dairy COWS must have
roughage II they are to do their par
in making the farm profitable.
Perhaps the most effective and sat
isfactory method of making ew'
own her lamb is to place her I'm ;
hurdle where she can eat and com
fortably lie down.
Ten years ago the quality of thu
range horses on many OF the large
western ranches was SO Indifferent
that carload lots sold as low as $40 I
head. Now they will bring $50.
II will not cost the farmer NOR,
than ten cents an acre to select OIL
of his wheat bin the plumpest an,
heaviest kernels for seed He vii
then improve his crop and yield.
Much kindness and respect for ami
mails can be taught children by givinf
them pets. A pet pony has offer
taught children valuable lessons about
the horse and given them incentive:
for outing in the fresh air.
We should select our hens from
some good flock that is well bred and
where the hens have a uniform ap
pearance and then buy a first class
rooster from some breeder who ha.
a different strain Of the same breed
so as to avoid inbreeding.
The questio.. of the proper amount
of seed to SOW is never settled. TWr
and one-half bushels OF average oats
sown broadcast. are not too many or
average land. average seasons: and
about one-half bushel less wher
drilled in. is looked upon as abou,
right by most oatsgrowers.
Common wood ashes. with a few
poultry droppings. are a cheap and
most approved fertilizer for the grape
vines. Too rich a fertilizer. such as
stable manure alone. produces q
growth so rank that rot is apt to be
while the flavor of the
fruit is impaired by the nature and
rapidity OF growth.
Thorough tarring Of corn Will, TO a
great extent. prevent pulling by crows
and blackbirds. but perhaps gophers
and ground squirrels would only laugh
at il. Moisten the seed with warm
water. then stir in coal tar at the
rate of a teaspoonful to the peck. be.
ing sure to stir until every kernel is
black Dry with ashes. land plaster
or slaked lime.
Don't imagine. unless you have an
extraordinary large bank account,
that you can go out and buy good
dairy COWS any time you take a no
ton. The only way TO get IN efficient
herd is to raise your own cows. You
may start in by buying some good
stock. but when this has
been done figure on improving the
herd by buying good bulls and raising