The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30

well-known eastern onion grower.
He used . common 40 potato spray.
Or. changing the discharge SO that 1t
would spray 10 rows Of onions. With
it, use he flnds that he can spray 20
acres . day without dimculty. and he
10 going over his 25-acre onion neld
once q week In order to destroy the
so-called blight, which has proved
great drawback to the onion specially
tor several years past
Many . farmer believes In thorough
ullage. good speed. well-bred live
stock and plenty of good feed and care
for them. and up-to-date farming meth
DDS generally, yet at the same time
considers the poultry business
trifing occupation. fit only for the
women folks. something to look after
when there il nothing else to do.
WITHDRAWING with q good COM
pound air spray pump 10 q cheap and
effective means OF cleaning up and
sweetening the interior Of the poul-
, fine sieve or through burlap before
use In the sprayer and then It Is not
apt to clog the machine.
Remove all broken limbs from the
apple trees - soon as they are no.
uced. They spoil the looks Of tho
trees. and. besides. the wounds should
be covered with white lead as soon as
possible to prevent decay or the intro
duction Of fungus diseases.
Tho farmer who keeps sheep and
does not make It a point to furnish
the housewife with nicely dressed
mutton occasionally during the hot
summer months falls short of enjoy.
Ing one Of the most satisfying parts Of
Sheep-rAising.
Carbon bisulphide 10 death to snails
and other insects In the benches II q
few drops OF the liquid Is placed in
holes about one foot apart all over the
benches. II needs care In use as 1t Is
poisonous and explosive.
Nothing will promote laying all win
tar more than . small patch Of grain,
sown early. where the fowls can get
II and pick II at will. II beats stimu'
lating codiments that too often injure
the digestive organs.
The great majority of diseases Incl
dent TO poultry are due to bad manage
ment. bad housing, including cold
damp and fll-ventilated houses. over
feeding. rich feeding. impure water
md want Of exercise.
Pigeons seem to revel in warn
weather. provided the water supply Il
Assiduously cared for, and insect pests
kept within bounds by q regular use
VI some dsath-dealing powder.
clover On railway embankments and
hand where new streets are being cu
giyss an erroneous idea of the re
Vnirsments Of the plant
The ordinary alfalfa, whose. of1gina
home was probably Persia, has oom'
10 be considered . standard and valu
able forage crop In the western half o
The United States.
See that all empty flower pots ar,
gathered up. cleaned and put ava!
ready for use when wanted. not lef
aging around to get broken.
The exchange Of scrubby, beef!
cows for dairy bred cows mean
turning loss into profit II they ar
cared for properly.
For hogs above 200 pounds, soake,
shelled corn while q tribe slower thai
soaked corn meal. made the most eco
romical gains.
Teach the colt to drink sweet skim
med milk at weaving time. It 10 Jus
the thing to keep up his muscula
lrowth.
Clean up and repair all empty nat
- they viii soon be needed for gers
mum cuttings. bulbs and other pul
poses. ......
: Roots form q succulent food and n
. used to good advantage In supple
menting other and dryer feeds.
!. Do not let the harvest rush Of worl
!. interfere With the regularity Of tn
milking hours
The horse - kept for his muscle. an
his food should b such ~ win devel
- his muscular systsm.
In Canada The average price Of {
: deep Is es1s. which u quite decid
edly greater than With u.
Doctor your hogs By ksspfng then
slsan. giving sod fsed ana plenty q
0A care and vatsf.