The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-08-17

A brood SOW must be fed properly
Kill Canadian thistles and quick
grass.
Wheat bran and oats make strong
bones in the colt.
The usual time required for churn'
Ing is about 20 minutes.
improvements furnish a few com.
forts and all something to admire.
Rub OF the water sprouts between
the thumb and finger as soon as they
appear.
A lazy man should never breed
colts. for he must be alert and on the
Job II he wishes to succeed.
Man initiates nature. BY grating
schemes he improves on nature
After that nature initiates man.
An attendant should be on hand at
the time of birth. for q little timely
help has saved many q valuable colt.
Clean water, pure air and sunshine
are all free: and they are necessary
in the production of pure. wholesome
milk.
Pigs. and in fact all hogs, should
have ready access at all times to salt
and ashes. Charred corn cobs are also
excellent.
Filth and dampness are great hind
RANGES. The first fosters vermin: the
second brings most dangerous all
ments to fowls.
Some people claim that a hog is a
scavenger by nature. but he certainly
thrives better on clean feed and de-
cent surroundings.
Watch for cabbage bugs and cab
bage worms. These insects usually
cause trouble when the weather gets
dry and food is scarce.
The dominant secret OF successful
swine raising is to keep the pigs that
come in q given season of the year as
uniform in size as possible.
All Of the corn ground should be
MANFRED or otherwise we'll fortified
for a large yield. and no farmer should
be content with a small yield.
Eternal vigilance is the price Of
having the best: SO one must watch
for insect pests and be ready with in
secticides and fungicides to destroy
them.
Many farmers for the past few years
are disking their corn ground before
blowing. claiming that 1t not only
benefits the soil. but makes blowing
easier.
Soy beans are apt to be low in
termination unless the seed Is fresh
and has been properly stored. 1t is
well to terminate all seed before
planting.
A ration Of corn, oats and timothy
IS not satisfactory for producing fin
ished horses for market. but may be
materially improved by the addition
of oil meal.
The cows appetite is important. but
II should not be abused. AS much
harm comes from allowing her to eat
too much as comes from not allowing
her to eat enough.
1t is a good plan to keep all vegeta-
ton down around the hives. SO that
1t will not interfere with the flight
Of the working bees. their hive and
the feeding ground.
The best dairymen now practise in
tensive methods with their cows. ma
king them yield the greatest amount
of milk possible by liberal feeding and
the best Of shelter and other care.
Geese may be picked every six
weeks in warm weather. but they must
be we'll fed When they are picked
often they do not lay. as the growth
Of new feathers weakens and debili-
tates them
Few sheep have as good care as they
ought to have. Too many farmers
leave them to shift for themselves
They can't do their best that way.
Make much of your sheep. They are
one Of the best kind Of property on the
farm.
The texture of butter depends part
ly on the animal. partly on feed. and
partly upon the temperature of the
cream when churned. Cows that give
the richest milk make the most solid
butter In summer the feeding of a
small quantity of cotton seed meal will
help to make the butter firm.
Bisulphide of carbon on a piece of
bur!ap or oakunl. thrown quickly down
a pocket gOpher's burrow. preferably
when the soil is moist. Professor
Washburn. Minnesota entomo!ogist.
says has killed many pocket gophers
in hi. experiment work He uses half
a pint of bisuiphide at burrow.
All soils with retenf;ve suhsoil