The Nevada County picayune., 1910-10-14

granary. except for one feature In very damp climate where there are leavy and protracted rains, there is some danger of moisture drawing through the walls by capillary action. ! 'endering them damp in rainy weath- er, which would have tendency to | cause molding if the grain came di-
 'ectly against the wall
 If you have raised a good crop of | pats this year, feed some of them to the hens. It Is the best kind of food
 for laying hens. They won't get too fat on oats. You don't need to have the oats threshed for the hens, they will do the threshing themselves and it will be good exercise for them. Many a farmer feeds his COWS as nearly right as he knows during the ime the milk is flowing freely, in | he early part of the summer, and then allows her to shift for herself 1 turing the late hot summer months when the flow is often reduced The dairyman who has a good per manent pasture from which his cows can gather most of their ration dur | ing spring and summer and lay up a | fresh store of vigor and health from | the moderate exercise. from the sun and the shade, is indeed fortunate. Ennal.Dd in cutting weeds than in cutting grass | in the meadows. It is good plan to | get new mower before the old one | is entirely out of commission, then the old one can be used for a weed cutter exclusively.
 A close study of the distinctive qual 1 itics and requirements of ones own variety of fowls is not only interest l tug. but instructive and profitable Get acquainted with your fowls and
 let them get acquainted with you. If the grower can get five cents a
 pound for his rhubarb in the spring,
 he Is making profit; but by forcing in- | doors he can get stalks to sell in the
 winter when the price of rhubarb Is 1 ten to fifteen cents.
 Upon the fruit farm fowls are of advantage. They keep down the in
 sect pests, and they may have free range the greater part of the season
 without the possibility of doing any
 damage.
 It is comparatively easy matter to
 get eggs in large quantities in the
 warmer months of the year, but in the winter time when eggs are high in
 price, the problem Is very different | one.
 The brood SOW should be kept in good condition. but without fattening, and should never be enclosed so that | she will not have a chance to exercise
 every day.
 About the best remedy for the un-
 tightly disease known as "scaly legs which Is the work of miniature para sites, is an application of sulphur and
 melted lard once week until cured. Undertaking to produce 60 bushels of corn on ground which has only 30-
 bushel capacity is mighty discour- | aging job, but that is just the thing
 which many try to do.
 By the old way of farming, the land could be easily overstocked With the silo and nitrogen-gathering crops,
 more and better stock can, and should, be kept on each acre.
 The trouble of weaning pigs is
 greatly lessened if there is plenty of skinned milk With this feed it is
 easy to avoid any baekset at such a time.
 Do not attempt to raise 300 chicks
 when your accommodations are only
 suitable for 100. Crowding poultry
 will breed many diseases Plum growers have found poultry
 especially helpful in keeping down the
 cureulio, and even apples have been
 considerably benefited. Isolation. hard work and small com
 pensation is too often the lot of the
 farmers wives. These are burdens
 that need lifting.
 The breeding fowls should be kept
 active and healthy. Free range is the
 right idea if you can keep track of the
 nests.
 Spanish chestnuts do we'll in the
 latitude of Kansas and Missouri and
 come into bearing in about ten years
 All breeds of hogs look good when taken care of and all of them will yield good money If rightly handled