Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-06-03


Substitutes for lard are nearly as
high as lard itself.
The chill of the water and the chill
of the air act against production.
The cherry is the most neglected Of
all fruits grown in this country.
The sofa or soy bean is plant that
is assuming a position of much i'm
portance.
The horse that lasts longest is the
horse that is not abused, especially
when young.
The clipped horse looks better and
is easier to care for than the one
with a ragged coat.
Wheat bran fed dry or brown wheat
middlings made into slop make most
excellent feed for the brood SOW.
More pigs are ruined by the confine-
ment and overfeeding of brood sows
than by all other errors combined.
The use of vaccine or serum to pro-
tect hogs against cholera may be said
to have passed the experimental stage.
Goats by the hundred thousand are
slaughtered in the United States an
nually, and the product sent into the
food supply.
AS soon as the colt can take care of
himself, both mare and foal should be
turned to pasture, providing the
weather is suitable.
Among the things which should be
on hand for the lambing pen is sup
ply of lime for sprinkliny over the
soil where discharges are left.
The sow that has been fed a ration
of forage and small amounts of grain
foods may carry a large amount of
flesh and still be safe to use for breed
ing.
Experience, Judgment and a knowl-
edge of the disposition of the sows af-
ford the only guide for man to follow
in handling his sows during the farrow-
ing period.
Authracnose attacks the bean. Use
bordeau mixture when plants are all
xuaIl AGAIN thran mnakc lQfa
and follow with a third spraying In
three more weeks.
Great profits are made by raising
seed to sell to the seed houses. Onion
seed brings from $3.50 to $500 pei
pound. Peas from $500 to $500 per
bushel, and other seeds at a similar
rate.
A prominent Missouri grower says
there are no secrets to the growing o.
Strawberries. Procuring good plants
true to name, thorough cultivating ant
careful and honest packing are the
essentials.
There is no plant whose varieties
differ so widely as the soy bean, ant
7 in this fact lies the peculiar value o.
the plant. 1t may be used as {
grain crop. as hay crop, for silage
soiling or forage.
One of the good reasons for raising
fall litters is that 1t enables a persol
to keep up the strength and vigor o
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sows continuously is sure to reduce
the size of the hogs, as well as thei
vitality.
1t is impossible to run separate
under farm conditions without havin
variations In the test of the cream oc
cur and in fact If the cream buye
should always give the same cream
test, 1t would be more suspicious O
\, dishonesty than when 1t varie
], slightly.
by keeping the sows separated
lots of from ten to twenty, it is saf
to allow them, to run together up t
within two or three weeks prior I
tho farrowing period, then each so
should be removed to the farrowin
house and given special food and a
tention, as the occasion may requir'
up to farrowing time.
The proper time TO dehorn is in tn
spring when grass first comes. Their
are no flies then, the weather is NOR
favorable and the cattle are out in tn
open instead of being crowded in
feed lot and having to push their sol
heads into hay rack Furthermore
after tha steer leaves the range
goes onto much more expensive fee
and the setback which he receive
from the operation will be quite 81
pensive instead of practically neglie
BILE as 1t is on grass.