The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-08-12
Sheep gain IN Clover.

Every 1AI"oS ououau iWpiose ME-
and.
The strawberry win thrive In .
great variety Of soils.
A ration rich in protein is the only
ration fit for the brood SOW.
A wheel hoe II . very good paying
investment: for any one who has .
garden.
Unleached wood ashes sown broad.
cast in the orchard will prove bene.
fetal.
Start the milk with the thumb and
finger II the colt Is not very strong.
or II the udder is at all hard.
Dust the climbing roses with sui.
phur early In the morning. while the
dew Is on, to prevent mildew.
A cool, we'll ventilated pen is ideal.
but 1t must be free from drafts or
you will surely have trouble.
The ground Is a bank in which the
farmer invests manure. seed. filling.
time had thought. All are important
There is no better or cheaper place
to develop young horse and put him
In proper shape for market than on
the farm.
Sweet corn may be canned and kept
through the winter. but Il requires
considerable time and patience to
cook 1t properly.
Two drones cost as much to raise
as three workers, and after they are
raised they keep on eating. while the
workers labor for you.
Good roads contribute much toward
rural development. The money spent
upon building and maintaining roads
returns in splendid dividends.
Difference In individuals to produce
maximum flow OF milk should prompt
every dairyman to weed out his In.
ferior animals as early as possible.
A good bee smoker rightly used Is
necessary to handle bees. as by Its
use one can subdue them SO that
they may be handled with few II any
stings.
Unless the owner is thorough
fancier and has time and facilities for
keeping them unmixed the keeping OF
more than one variety is exasperating
and seldom profitable.
Make bird-houses and thus secure
the presence and esteem OF these
active insect-destroyers. Also protect
every toad and try to keep a few
about the home place.
When hen is through setting burn
all the old nest material. disinfect the
nest box and give 1t a coat OF liquor
lice-killer to make good JOB Of It.
and then put In fresh material.
Cottonseed meal at $3.50 per hun,
dredweight Is better and cheaper to
feed with corn to dairy cows than oil
meal at the same price or than bran
at even as low as 81 per hundred
weight.
After the hay has been in the NOV
| a few weeks the leaves become ten.
| der, and when the hay Is handled for
feeding purposes break on and go To
waste. This waste is far greater than
generally realized by most farmers.
Keep some kind OF a crop GROWING
In the garden the enire season. II
nothing else Is done SOW wheat or rye
on the vacant places to keep weeds
from springing up and maturing seed
Weeds ripen In very short time. II
they are allowed to grow.
Soil Is composed OF minute particles
of disintegrated rock. These rock par
ticles contain chemical substances
These substances must be In solution
Hence the FIRST great once Of cultiva
ton is to conserve heated moisture In
the soil to aid In making soluble min
eral plant food.
The greatest profit In raising beei
is secured by a well-directed method
of dividing the colonies when In q
proper condition to do so. and re
straining their instincts. AZ far al
may be. to swarm when the surround
ing circumstances are unfayorablt
for an Increase Of colonies.
The cows which produce best are
usually those which were well pre-
pared for their milking period. Breed
and strain or family are important
factors. but important and necessar!
as they both are. neither. In itself. Il