The state herald., 1910-10-07

OF getting them.
Brood sows on the average farm
may be almost entirely supported by
waste products. And those same waste
products form the best sort of bal
anced ration. Skim milk, buttermilk.
windfall apples. parings, q run in the
orchard. with shade, and after the
litters are weaned and growing nice
ly. a run in the stubble to clean up
every kernel Of grain, and in the
clover fields after hay has been cut.
A hen that lays 1S0 eggs in a year
will earn for her owner a certain net
proflt Of one dollar and twenty-five
cents. and II he is careful about mar
ketins his profit may be increased By
an additional so cents. SO that II he
wants to increase his income by $3.50
or $500 It is only necessary for him
to keep 200 or 400 hens.
II you can do no better by way Of
making troughs for the sheep to eat
their grain out Of, you can nail two
boards together in the shape Of v,
with couple Of short pieces across
the ends to keep them right side up.
This will save much grain. and grain
is money this year.
Sailing the COWS is most important,
especially when they are on green
grass. About an ounce per day ia re-
Quired by each COW and this Is better
given regularly and In small Quant-
ties than only occasionally and In
large lots.
With hired help almost impossible
to get at any price. 1t would seem
that all farmers would hesitate about
taking more land upon themselves for
cultivation. for a poorly-cared for crop
is surely failure. but they plunge in
regardless OF consequences.
Some breeders claim that sex can
be selected from which males and
females can be Matched at will. Old
hens mated with cockerels produce
about 75 per cent. pullets, while mat
ing pullets with old cocks give
greater per cent OF cockerels.
Did your cows fall of in their milk
while passing from summer to winter
conditions7 This is a trying period
and the COW that tides over It all
right will. with normal conditions. be
safe for good flow till spring.
Sunfowers are usually grown for
the seeds. and the stalks are allowed
TO go to waste. They contain so large
percentage Of woody hber when ma
ture that they would be OF no value
for feeding purposes.
II will pay to market old and use
less hens now. rather than carry them
through the molt which begins this
month. Many OF them win not lay
again until spring and will not pay
their keep.
mistakes in landscape gardening. One
is to make garden without any now.
ers In II; the other is to have n mess
of plants assembled without any de-
sign.
II you wish To improve the quality
OF your flock without serious expense
the best thing TO do is TO Gull out a
pen OF the choicest birds and hatch
their eggs.
Very often when the large farm has
been obtained at the expense OF the
home. so much OF II goes to waste for
the want OF thorough cul.
uvation-that II is really Improbable.
Now that tho Matching season is
over. all the male birds should be
taken AWAY from the hens. Your
chances for fresher eggs and more of
them will be increased.
Manure is Just what IN needed TO
bring up tho yields and TO Increase
tho watcrholding capacity Of our soil.
for without water no amount Of fer
tiiity Is OF any avail.
Don't forget the supply OF sharp
gravel or grit even In tho fall: fowls
can not always pick up n suitable sup
ply even when on rsngc and tho
weather In good
II little rape seed In sprinklcd In
with tho rye variety OF feed will be
provided and the hogs win do even
better than upon rye alone.
Pleasant surroundings and modern
conyeniencca. onsily obtainnble. will
10 n long way In keeping tho boys
and girls on tho farm.
A hog should have some graiu cv.
cry day of its life although hogs can.
not bc raised and fnttenod ON grain
alone nj pront.