The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-12-14

| Goes not make ideal Sllage Tor sheep.
Corn planted about like field corn.
harvested and put into the sflO when
IL begins to dent, has proven very
healthful to sheep. and they have
done well upon. Ii clover hay is fed
in conjunction with this silage, cheap
and satisfactory gains may be made
in sheep fattening.
investigations which have been car
ried on for several years in Rhode
Island show that the disease known
| as black head in turkeys is spread
ing to all parts Of the country and
that chickens as well as turkeys may
become victims. No certain cure has
| vet been discovered for this disease
which has SO ravaged the turkey-prO-
ducing states of the East.
Much has been said and written
about the importance o. keeping dairy
utensils perfectly clean, but not 50
| much about the churn, and If proper
| care is not exercised in keeping the
| churn sweet and clean. the butter
| will be tainted. no matter how well
| the milk has been cared for before
being ready for the churn.
| II is we'll TO remember that the
pigs must be kept growing from the
start il results are to be satisfactory.
| and If the sows and pigs are fed an
| insufficient or unsuitable ration until
| the work Is on: Of the way SO there
| will be time to devote more attention
| to them. q valuable opportunity Will
be lost to the owner.
A dis,inc; favor OF the soil has
| been noticed in butter by French ex-
| perts. Normandy COWS taken TO
! new locality yielded butter percept-
IDLY changed, but NO; wholly like
| that of the native COWS In winter.
! with concentrated food. the character
| istic soil flavor disappears.
With the sheep on the farm the
problem of fresh mea, for family use
is partly solved. Mutton butch
cred OH the farm can nearly always
| be used to advantage and then you
| will know whether you are eating
spring lamb or something else.
Sheen and other nervous animals
| which are being taiIened for market
should be KEEP; as quiet as possible or
their feed will not do them the most
| GOOD. The more you handle all the
| live stock in gentle and contidins
| way the better they will do
We need no longer go to foreign
countries for Rev and better blood.
for the great number and high quail
ity of American breeding establish
men,s give ample scope for the
avoidance of the pernicious influence
of inbreeding
In the past and even AZ the present
time. most Of the domestic onions
| that supply the markets Of the large
cities of this country. are grown on
| what is known as muck soil. in most
cases land reclaimed by draining
swamps.
II is not always the best plan TO
| dispose OF beef cattle as yearlinss.
but i'm many instances In the corn belt
area il has come 10 be common
practice. and is followed by consid-
srabl, number OF cattle raisers.
The orchard is unqIestiOnably the
ideal place for hog pasture. The
needed shade is provided. the hogs
will take care Of the waste fruit and
if properly managed there need be no
damage TO the trees.
II TIC cream Is churned while sweet.
considerable quantities of butter Will
be lost In the butternilk. and the fin
ished ,.roduc. will be void Of the
proper flavor. regardless Of I'll" ration
fed to the COWS.
After the pigs have been put into
the fattening pen in the fall they
should be fed ali that they will eat
with q relish for as a rule the shorter
the fattcninE period the larger the
profits.
The average annual cost of main
tanning a farm work horse Is approx
, imately $50. and for this cost OF main
! tenarce gives "A return in work about
three hours per day throughout the
year.
There should not be a wide discrep-
anry between the value OF the hog
house ard its occupant. II is as wrong
TO nut a Sl00 scw in a SO house as 1t
IS 10 pu, a sic SOW in a 500 house.
A pullet that has had all the bone
il will eat will mature a month quick
er than one that has had none. 1t
NAV be fresh bone or burnt bone-any
kind Of bone-iust SO I, is bone.
In purchasing new male birds. Sc
cure ti.ose that have something back
of them in the line OF good ancestors.
The males are worth considering. for
tiicy are half the flock
The Groupings from the larrbs are
rich in fertiiizinr value. and il has
been found IL:.i spring wheat does
better after laIgi's have run in the
corn.