The Columbus journal., 1910-03-16
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Good butter Is always in demand.
The best hay. next to alfalfa. Is
! clover.
The little pigs should be supplied
q variety of feeds.
Il il better to be an honest man
in one language than a liar in five.
The total output Of farm wagons In
\ year Of normal trade approximates
SOC. 600.
Pure-bred poultry costs more than
the other kind. but bring better prices
when sold.
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back porch. Do little better than
that--increase the pile.
Most shepherds believe that the
blood that goes to maintain a long fat
tail should 60 into the body of the
lamb.
The decrease Of beef cattle from
1907 to 1908 was 1.492.731. and the
present supply falls short Of last years
total BY $4,000.
II doesn't make much difference
whether you cook pumpkins for hogs
o: not. Corn meal and bran are both
good feed for them.
The growing and harvesting of rape
for seed Is an industry worthy OF at
tention In districts where the soil and
climate are suitable.
Be sure that the new hen house Is
located where the drainage Is good.
and not In a place where water will
stand for any length Of time.
In winter AZ much variety should be
furnished the sows and pigs as posi-
bic. They need some roughage. They |
will eat clover hay and corn stalks.
In economical pig feeding we must |
make the most of our grain feeds by
ningling them with coarse cheap
foods. thereby reducing the cost Of
the ration.
Egg-eating hens are usually hens
that do not have sufficient meat diet.
Give them plenty of meat scraps or
bugs. worms and insects and they
won't eat eggs.
Corn silaee has proved to be the
most excellent feed in fattening
steers where q heterogeneous concen-
rate. such as cottonseed meal. has
,een used with II.
Mate your animals in breeding with
eference to individual characteristics
IS well as known pedigrees. The pedi-
rec clone will not always insure the
'rea:est merit In the progeny.
The Osler theory. modified. ought to
pply to poultry: when a hen sees her
running around and
CURING on being mothers. too. it's
bout time to make chicken stew.
Some farmers say they do not keep
heep because they are subject to dis
ase. which = a great mista:c. be-
ause properly cared for sheep have
aver ailments than any other farm U
nimal.
Bean growing. harvesting and !
hreshing. like everything else. has
cen SO much improved upon that
here conducted upon anything like a
lrge scale. 1t is now anything but
ard or risky work S
The best plan Of feeding fodder de-
ends q good deal on conditions II
D old tough pasture is available, the
lost economical plan from every
andpoint is to haul the fodder from o
,e shock directly to the pasture n
The amount of nitrogen put into
Ie soil by a crop of clover will. Of
,urse. vary much. but q good crop -
i'll probably add enough of this i'm
,rtant element to grow several crops
grain. 1t will probably add about a.
70 to $50 pounds to an acre.
The most fooliss thing In the world m
to take an old. worn-out mare and vi
Use colts from her. You stand a good "
ance to get colts that are worth
tie. and then. Is It not adding insult
injury to treat a poor old horse XII
at way? Get your colts from good, cl
und. bright. lively stock. Then you IA
n have something to be proud Of. ye
Hog raisers can fall into no greater ~
lily than to confine their hogs to the co
n entirely Exercise and fresh air
e essentials to the feeding of all ami
ais. II hogs are rot allowed SUM- ST
mt freedom to give them exercise in ha
enty, and they have no access to us
he earth SO AZ to get the phosphate pr
nm the ground BY roofing or gra- a
,g. they will surely 60 wrong. tn
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