Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
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Get ready to SOW the hog pasture.
Sheep profits are sure and readily
pbtainable.
Keep the land free from weeds by
burning the seed.
Dairy COWS are being bought in Ver-
mont and shipped to Iowa.
Borrowing is poor policy at all
times. 1t never cements friendship.
Watch for and destroy all weeds
that appear during late summer and
fall.
Why, certainly the machinery
should all be under shelter by this
time.
Unfruitful orchards, as rule, are
so because the soil is deficient in
plant food.
Thoroughbred stock not only pay
their board, but lay up something for
ths rainy day."
Winter rye, especially a little fur
ther south, make good early pasture
in the hog lot.
Thoroughly clean and whitewash
the hen house this month. The clean
er and winter it is the better.
1t won't pay to try to brace up an
old tree that blew down during the
heavy storm. Plant new tree in its
place.
Ring-worm on cattle may be cured,
by washing once day with five
per cent. solution of carbolic acid,
until healed.
COW should have at least six
weeks vacation between milking Pc
riods. If she is milked continually she
will not last long.
The poultry industry has fiourished
as no other livestock industry, yet the
value Of poultry products is higher
than 1t has been for years.
1t is of supreme Importance that
the dairy stock should be handled
gently Wild and intractable animals
are usually the result of harsh han.
ding
Where dry grains are extensively
fed to fowls, they should have sus-
oulent food-melons, culled potatoes,
beets and tomatoes will answer this
purpose.
Twenty-eight years ago hogs
reached the present level of prices
The cause then was scarcity due to a
great epidemic of cholera which had
swept over the west.
Good garden implements are essen
tial for successful gardening. Much
OF the benefit and pleasure derived
from work in the garden is missed by
having poor tools. The best are the
cheapest.
Where milo is grown for poultry II
need not be threshed. Fowls eat IL
as readily from the head as when Il
is threshed. Milo has a crooked stem
and 1t is sometimes convenient tc
hang the heads in the chicken house
The flower garden may not be as
profitable as the vegetable garden
but 1t will add cheer, comfort and
contentment to the home. The resi-
and peace of mind afforded by strolls
in the flower garden is not to be com
pared with money.
The condition of the bowels is the
best Indication of the fowls health
When the droppings are more or lesi
hadr, dark brown color, capped will
white, we know the fowl is enjoyinl
the best OF health. But when they ar,
yellow and watery, indigestion, If no
liver troubles, are the cause.
There are various methods for ven
tilating poultry houses, but the bes
and simplest is to le. the fresh al
come In unobstructed except by a mus
lin screen. Remove the window sasl
and tack on muslin In its place
Enough air will enter to keep tn,
house dry and sanitary, but there will
be no breeze. even In very storm,
weather.
Many city horses with hoofs boun,
and cracked and otherwise injured
have been taken to farm, their shoe
pulled off and turned out to pasture
and thoroughly cured within si
months. In fact. the farmers aroun,
the large cities used to find in thi
class of animals a cheap supply, man
of which turned out to he flrst-clas
horses. showing that all that wa
needed was rest on Mother Earth with
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