The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-07-15
Be sure to mix the COW clean.


Already the demand for dairy cows
Is much In excess OF the supply.
The brooder and brooder coop must
be amply ventilated ut all times.
Make the mixer wash his hands
with soap before he begins to milk.
Corn is assuredly the most fasteninA
farm grain that may be fed to sheep.
Lack OF constant supply of clean,
pure. fresh water before the fowls
means defeat In the end.
Any food that will keep hens In
prime condition and with vigorous ap
petites will cause them to lay.
Do not think that the separator Is a
difficult piece OF machinery to handle
and that 1t Ia hard to take care OF.
To every ten pounds of butter In the
churn mix one pound OF dairy salt
and two pounds OF water.
Two essentials must be observed to
keep milk sweet and clean for two OF
three days SO that 1t can be shipped
distance or held at home for use.
Many varieties OF trees will In a
few years grow large enough for fuel
and for small timber, such as poles,
which can be used In many ways.
Select dairy cows that have every
indication OF being milk producers.
but determine this positively by the
use of the Babcock test and the scale.
II is estimated that there are $4,000,
600 head Of horses In the world. The
United States and European Russia
have the greatest number.
Pumpkins should never be planted
In the garden. The vines take up more
room than they are worth. The corn
field for the pumpkins.
Pea vines. which were formerly
thrown away by the Gamers. are now
being used for stock food. They are
preserved In silos. or stacked In the
open air.
Cowpeas belong to the family OF
plants known as the legumes, which
have the power of taking nitrogen
from the air by means of the bacteria
which live on their roots.
You can afford to buy feeds for pigA
and lambs at the prices these animals
will bring this summer. and the pas
ture will soon help out the feed cues.
tion.
A nationwide battle against the
common house fly has been started
and II Ia expected to be waged vigor-
ously during the present year, direct
ed by government scientists.
To force rhubarb the best success
Is obtained by placing II under green.
house benches or In rather dark
cellar: but little light and heat is 70.
quired to force good rhubarb.
Millet Is warm-weather plant and
consequently 1t may be sown any
time up until the middle OF July with
reasonable assurance that II will pro
duce satisfactory hay crop.
To prevent rats and other animals
from killing and carrying on young
chicks use tight board coop provided
with a small run and all securely In
closed with one-inch poultry netting,
including the top Of the run.
MIX and butter are higher priced
today In the large cities than ever
before. There 10 no danger of IN
overstocked market for many years
to come. This Ii especially true II
the dairymen produce premium milk
and butter.
Several different things may cause
the suppression Of milk In one or more
sections of the udder. Generally tho
cause may be traced to an injury OF
some kind received when the heller
was running In the pasture. or II may
be traced to an inherited weakness.
A mixture Of salt. two parts. and
ashes. one part. should be put In the
sailing box at least once each week.
The ashes should be rich In charcoal.
The cows require a great deal of
charcoal and cannot do their best
without 1t.
A very common and effective rem.
edy for scaly legs Ia to anoint the at
fected parts with an equal mixture OF
kerosene and lard. applied with rag
while the mixture Is slightly warm.
Two or three applications of this oiut.