The searchlight., 1910-04-29
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The silo is becoming popular.
You can't get something for nothing. |
Corn is not good as a steady diet |
for the colt.
The successful farmers capital will |
be Is per cent brain.
Strawberries will succeed In any |
soil adapted to ordinary crops.
The easier a feed is digested the
greater will be the gain from that
feed.
In selecting eggs for Matching. have
them as fresh as possible. clean. and
cooled
To produce fine large fruit keep in
hills. pinching runners of as soon as
they appear.
Shade and shelter in the poultry
yards are best provided by apple or
plum trees.
Canneries in western states. as
rule. will pay higher for sweet corn
the coming season.
An abundance Of vitality Is the
greatest Inheritance that the farmers
hog can secure from its progenitors.
Dried beet pulp is coming to be
great dairy feed. It's only short
time since 1t was considered q waste
product.
The flesh that the good dairy COW
puts on her back when dry is the de-
posit upon which she can draw when
she freshens.
A restless hen will never answer to
use as hatcher early In the season,
when steady warmth is an imperative
condition OF success.
Buttermilk is splendid food for
young chickens. but care should be
taken not to feed too much. as 1t
causes disordered bowels.
In nearly all cases, the greater the
depth to which the soil is stirred by
the plow the more moisture it will be
able to store up to nourish the grow
ing crops.
For early spring laying. fowls must
survive the winter in good healthful
condition, must be fed balanced ra-
tion and must be given plenty Of air.
water and exercise.
Sunfiower seed when fed to fowls
gives a brighter luster to the plum.
age. when fed in small quantities. II
is good egg producer. but II fed
largely fattens too much.
At the present prices for hay and
grain there is little margin for the
raiser of common stock cattle. This
means either a decrease in supply. a
raise In price Of cattle or else q de-
crease in price of feed.
unsightly objects on the lawn or In
the garden may be very effectively
screened by a ground vine. climbing
nasturtium or morning glory. An un
slightly building can be hidden otter
by a mass of sunfiowers or castor
beans.
The price OF butter advanced rapid
ly at one time last winter. but no
quite SO rapidly as one man woult
make us believe. He stammers, ant
claims that while he was asking how
much butter was worth in store. tn,
price advanced seven times.
Radishes are sometimes started II
boxes placed In the south window o
the house. They may be transplantet
|, in the cold frame or into the opel
ground In the garden. II care is takel
with the young plants. Transplantinl
must be done while the plants ar,
young and the roots must not be In
jured In moving them
There should be a good reason TO
doing everything. II is well to asl
yourself for a reason when you d,
, work In the garden. Much of the su
! perstition. such AZ planting when tn
! moon is in a certain position. or o.
certain days would vanish II peopl
would be guided by reason. Their
. should be a good reason for every
thing done in the garden
Every farm horse should. II pol
sible. be allowed to 90 without hi
shoes at leas. two or three month
. every year. In fact. 1t Ii hardly nes
D essary to shoe q horse on the farr
; unless he 10 to go on the hard road
. or work on the hard soil where he |
Z required to do much heavy pulling