Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-02-04
Give chickens pure water.

GlVe CHICKENS pure Whtei'
The duck seldom becomes broody.
Provide plenty of ventilation for
your hen house.
On many farms good dog is need
ed for various causes.
When alfalfa is cut and fed green to
dairy cows its entire value 10 saved.
Land plaster is soil stimulant and
while 1t increases growth at first 1t
will injure the soil.
Give the hens plenty Of room, plenty
of ventilation. So shall your egg bas-
ket hold January eggs.
Many tests at feeding to increase
the butterfat in milk have shown that
feed
Chemical preservatives in milk are
considered injurious to health, and are
forbidden by pure food legislation In
many states.
Two smaller silos are better than
one big one. They are easier to fill
and easier to feed from and the silage
keeps just as well.
The dairyman who has a good sup
ply of forage and feed and bunch Of
good dairy cows to feed 1t to will strike
a pay streak this winter
The best way to treat manure with
acid phosphate is to use it as an abb
sorbent in the stable the same as is
advised for floats or gypsum.
Pigs, as a rule, sell for less per
pound in the market than hogs. In
the market swine under 100 pounds
in weight are classed as pigs.
Nothing so stimulates the entire sys-
tenn of the hog as pasturage, and 1t is
especially beneficial during the win
ter months, whenever 1t can be pro-
Vided.
The value of manure does not de.
pend wholly upon its fertilizing prop
critics; it adds humus to the soil. II
is especially beneficial to gumbo and
to mucky soils.
Unless exceptionally high prices are
paid for 1t, milk is fully as econom
ical a source of nutrients as other ami
NAL foods, but dearer than most staple
vegetable Droducts
There is every Indication the specu
lators will make big profits on the
butter they have in storage. This
will have tendency to make prices
good again next spring.
Tillage opens up the soil to the
ameliorating influence Of the air ant
sun. giving the newly sown seed {
warm and invigorating bed which II
a necessity to perfect termination.
Tender roses and other half-hard,
plants that must be left outdoors al
winter, should be protected in som,
way. Wrappings of straw. or cover
ings of leaves. soil or manure. ar
needed.
The production. care and appiica
tion of manure is given the least con
sideration of the three. in this coun
try. caused, no doubt. by the bound
less extent of virgin soil. found b.
our forefathers
Sometimes a pullet wishes to La
but cannot because her egg organ
are weak They need strengthening
Add little oil meal to the soft feet
and give little chopped raw meat Il
addition to the regular ration.
Although the factor of keeping cleal
both milk and cream may not appea
to some farmers as much as it should
there is one phase of the subject tha
may. That phase is cleanliness as
guard against the dissemination O
disease by milk and cream.
Successful feeding does not COZ
sist in chucking out about as muc
feed to certain number of hen
just so often. Success means tn
study of your flocks and feeding az
cordingly; different quantities at al
ferent times, with a variation in kind,
for there are not two focks that rs
quire exactly the same treatment.
Corncobs are often allowed to 60 t
waste because they rot SO slowly tina
they are not available as fertilizers
This difficulty may be overcome 4
part, at least. by running the cob
through corn crusher. This break
them up in small pieces. and the
will rot much more quickly. If thi
crushed material Is spread upon tn
land and plowed under. much bens
ut will result. This fertilizer Is esps
cially good for orchards.