Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
Shear the sheep early.


Shear the sheep early.
Gapes come from filthy grounds.
hogs
A cheap feed is called for, but who
can find it these days?
Increase the profits by decreasing
the number of old hens.
All weeds allowed to go to seed
will cause more trouble next year
y Yellow pork meat may be caused by
feeding too literally OF shorts and
bran.
Cultivation is just as essential in
raising large crops of fruit as 1t is in
corn raising.
Mice in the granary often cause
big loss in feed, but, ordinarily, they
can easily be exterminated.
If the sow's milk supply is small
the pigs will become stunted and this
must be strictly guarded against
Those farms from which the worst
stencil is constantly emanating have
the most frequent use for veterina-
rian.
Parsnips improve with freezing and
should be left in the ground. A pick
winter.
During the breeding season use two
cocks, keeping one penned up three
days while the other is running with
the hens.
Unless a man is especially adapted
by nature to handle horses, he should
raise only the draft breeds and sell
them unhandled.
Cement walks around the house
make it easier for the wife to keep il
clean. There is no mud dragged al
over the place from ground walks.
The question of how much graiI
may be fed with profit must be gov
erned largely by the condition of tht
COWS, the price of milk and its prod
ucts and the cost of the grain foods
that are to be fed.
A shed rooted over, with sides in
closed with wire fencing to keep on
night providers is big step in ad
vance of tree tops as roosting plac
for turkeys and is great deal bette
than closed poultry house.
If egg yield is what we are aftel
Gull out all birds over a year old
early pullets will lay better than tn
yearling hens, but the hens do goo
work in the fall, will set earlier in tn
spring and make better mothers.
Cement floors, cement troughs, C,
ment barns, etc., help the farmer I
take better care of his live stock
and that with less work. This make
farm life more attractive and helps
keep the boys and the hired man O
the farm.
1t is the proper attention paid
seemingly unimportant details thu
spells success for the beekeeper, an
the failure to attend to these thing
at the proper time accounts for tt
poor success of 70 many in a vocatio
that Is full of great possibilities.
About 18 to 20 inches room at I'll
racks should be allowed each shee
additional racks being constructed
accommodate the growing foe
should also be provided. About te
square feet of floor space is nece
sary for each mature sheep
Two or three new milking machin
are now in evidence and as usual v
are told that the problem is at la
solved These reports come arouI
quite often and have for Is yeal
There is some truth in them, too, b
lne ndhSIS aSh III udidHteSu hSh
use them before they will guarant
their machines.
To have clean dairy utensils, it
absolutely necessary that the constru
tion of the utensil be such that 1t
possible to keep it clean. Milk pa
and cans must have seams and join
that are not left with crevices tn
can readily fill up with waste produ
that form a ready place for Z
growth and development of bacter
Most farmers agree that sto
should have access to salt, and y
every now and then we come aero
some one who maintains that salt is
poison or at least powerful irrital
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