The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-06
Thoroughbred stock pays best

Thoroughbred STOCK pays best.
Ducks can be raised without ruD
ming water.
Autumn leaves are too valuable to
be used for bonfire fuel.
One-third bran and two-thirds corn
meal IL q good food for little chicks.
A light porous clay loan having
some lime In II Is the best soil for
fruit
A cure for cornstalk disease-the
silo. II cures by eliminating the
cause.
The farmer who sells butter IL not
complaining much about the so cent
prospects.
The litter carrier should be kept
in constant state OF good repair. II
is necessity.
Mulching will keep the fruit clean
and the soil in good condition during
the fruiting season.
| Milk is one commodity in which the
buyer refuses to recognize the differ.
ent grades Of excellence.
| II the skin Of the horse Is kept clean
he will sweat more freely. which IL
necessary In keeping him In good con.
dition.
To a very considerable extent the Sc
lection of a suitable or unsuitable site
decides the fruitfulness and value of
the orchard.
Repeated paintings to keep up a sup
ply, may in measure be avoided by
sowing early medium and late varie-
ties at one sowing.
Many of the wastes and by-products
Of the fruit farm and household are
utilized by the fowls and changed into
valuable poultry products.
Fall pigs and spring pigs both
should be kept growing from the very
start. This does not necessarily mean
that they should be kept over-fat
To give milk is the natural function |
of the cow. but this function cannot be
performed to advantage unless 1t Is |
fostered by the right kind OF care and |
feed.
It's shame to whip or jerk a skit.
fish horse that has SHE'D or been |
frightened by an unusual obstacle. |
Soothe him rather than try to un.
nerve him.
With fruit trees the constant effort |
should be to keep the fruit bearing |
surface as near the ground as pos.
sible. It will make the harvesting of |
the fruit much easier.
II stock has breeding. quality and |
uniformity. 1t is easy to fit it for the |
show ring. on account of the fact that |
they will put in the right place every |
bit Of feed that they can use
Bees will produce more extracted !
honey to the hive than comb honey.
yet the higher price that comb honey |
Will bring makes the income derived |
from either hive about the same.
For the general farmer and others |
keeping not more than one or two hun
dred general-purpose fowls. the natur.
al method of Matching and brooding
cannot at present be improved upon.
Sick fowls, or those a little under
the weather. should always be fed
soft mashes. preferably cooked and
In small amounts. 1t Is best also to
separate them from the other fowls /
and put In dry warm quarters.
Popcorn should not be planted near
field corn or sweet corn. II the stig.
mas of the popcorn are receptive when
the pollen Of the Indian corn Is ripe.
1t will mix. Popcorn usually natures
earlier than Indian corn and may be
planted later.
II your system of farm manage
ment has not been profitable. reduce
the area Of arabic land. II Is no dis.
grace to fail In the management Of q
large farm. Few men have such ex-
traordinary ability. You may have
success with small farm. Try it
The one great advantage in hatch
ing ducks early Is that they can be
put on the market early and a better
price be realized. II wellfed. ducks
grow very rapidly and will be ready
for market by the time they are ten
weeks old. at which age they will
weigh as much again as chickens of
the same age.