The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-01-26
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Dairy cows do pay.
Muck soils are generally acid.
Ducks love to stay out all night in
their runs
Pekin ducks are good breeders even
at four years Of age.
Roughage fed in considerable guam
titles will result in the production OF
beef.
Good. unauthorized milk should
contain about 81 per cent. of water
and 13 per cent. of solids.
Even the hired man now rides where
he once walked and he gets higher
wages than when he walked.
Watch the breeding sows. If they
get too thin il is had for them and ii
they get too fat it is for the unborn
pigs.
The proper feeding Of poultry is a
science and one that not only affords
pleasure in its investigation but profit
in its mastery.
Some men don't seem to realize the
| Importance of manipulating the I'D.
der with the hand at the same time
they are milking.
The COW with the good appetite Is
apt TO be the cheapest butter producer.
Cows that are .'finnicky" are not apt
to be profitable.
A coop IA by IS feet is large enough
for 50 hens. Give them light. warmth
and plenty of air. Let the last filter
through a canvas window
Few cow keepers know anything
about the theory of dairying. but a
good one has got the practice down
fine. and this is what counts.
Clover that is vigorous will put more
plant food into the land than clover
! that is not vigorous for II has more
power to draw on the nitrogen In the
air.
Skim milk, which is whole milk
minus part of its fat. and which costs
only half as much as whole milk. fur.
nishes protein about four times as
cheaply as beef.
A special bee-cellar in which moth.
ing else is kept is certainly desirable
but many bee-keepers cannot afford
this and yet can we'll spare room in a
| good house cellar.
To protect the trees from mice and
rabbits, screen wire. veneer, or tarred
| paper may be placed around the
trunks. This is. indeed. a good pre-
caution for all young fruit trees.
The chickens should be encouraged
to run and scratch in the garden in
! the winter after the froStS have de-
stroyed the tomatoes and other vege
tables the fowls might damage.
Horse manure is very dry and loose
! in texture and difficult to mix with
! litter. Hence it heats rapidly. fer.
mentation sets in and the ammonia il
contains escapes into the air and is
lost.
The best way to fatten young stock
to secure a maximum profit is to feed
J them well from the start Whether II
be young cattle or lambs. they should
be literally fed from the beginning
of the feeding period.
! Good Timothy hay has about the
same feeding value as good, bright.
well-cured corn stalks. 1t is not con-
! sidered as good for mich COWS as the
! corn stalks, though the analysis of il
would seem 10 indicate that it is prac.
| tically as good.
The manure of cattle is generally
| poorer than that of any of the farm
animals on account of it carrying a
| greater percentage of water. Ii
decomposes slowly and Is therefore
good to mix with other manures
that are more inclined to heat.
Only few years ago automobiles
were but luxuries of the very well-to-
do; to-day they are the common con-
veyances of much of the middle class
population of our cities and the preju-
! dice which at one time existed against
them among farmers has practically
disappeared. In fact. the number of
| farmers who own and operate ma
chimes" Is constantly on the increase
In covered. weather-proof, hopper-
shaped bins there is always an ample
store of ground feed. easily accessible.
As the cattle eat from the trays be-
meath these bins, there sits to them
additional supply so that as rapidly
AS they eat the supply is renewed. A
| system of that sort saves an almost
endless amount of manual labor for
the man in charge of the cattle. The
| "ro.lghness." clover hay and corn fod-
der. is always within their reach.
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