The Columbus journal., 1910-03-16
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Feed out the cane and kaflr.
a we'll drained garden is an early
one.
Carelessness in handling pigs Is q
bad habit to acquire.
Even on cold days hogs should have
plenty Of good fresh air.
Keep the sheep pens clean. Dirt
aad foul odors effect sheep quickly.
Health is natural, disease Is unnat-
rral: health is contagious as well as
disease
4 good three-year weli-bred colt Is
worth from $50 to $500. Does he pay
his keep?
H. Is a mistake to suppose that
good Tow Of inferior breeding Is quail
fed tu drop a good calf.
TO make hogs profitable We must
rrc":ia plenty of range that We may
keep their yards clean and sanitary.
Where fowls have been kept in good
-Ondition during summer and fall. the
probiem OF winter eggs is generally
solved.
The trap nest and the numbered
'-g Dand enable a breeder to keep IN
accurate account of the performances
uI his fowls.
Hogs lose the use of their hind
\ little cotton seed meal fed occasion
Ally Will remedy this.
Don't leage the ice and mud frozen
uu the horses ankles when you come
home from town. unless you want
hem 10 have rheumatism.
There are over 1000 beekeepers in
his country, and product of their
niyes last year was enough to fill
rain Of cars over 400 miles long.
Cuw-peas make excellent hay which.
Il properly handled, Is equal to alfalfa
IA nutritive value, although as a rule
stock do not eat cow-pea hay as read
iiy as alfalfa.
Throw an extra lot of hay into the
rualtrv yards. The chickens will
IL
y no better way TO make them work
.or their food
practical farmer tells the condi-
t:on of any soil by treading upon it. as
Vaerringly as a cattle breeder tells
he feeding quality Of an animal by
ceiling its skin
Piano boxes make good colony
'!u,lses. A yard of netting should be
attached where fowls can have q
grassy run. They should be given q
.'ile of sand TO scratch in.
II Is foolish economy to keep using
harness which is worn out Many IA
al accidents. both to the horses and
drivers. have occurred because some
;hiug gave way at the wrong time.
IL is Just as we'll to have q we'll
hred chicken as a well-bred horse or
-nw. Any amount of food will not
make a mongrel as profitable as .
;mIrc-hred under the same conditions.
Good stock demands good care and
ii they do not receive 1t. they are
sure 10 degenerate. The man who IS
Inclined 20 abuse his stock should
,itck to the scrub or raise grain ex-
rlrSively.
ON an Illinois farm where corn and
oats have been grown alternately
FOR 81 years the physical condition
II the ground is very bad. II washes
..iSily and runs together rs the other
.pil uea- il does not
II Is hard 10 tell how much freezing
3.,ss can stand, but the better protect
ii they are the less honey they con-
sume. For ii is a well-known fact
lr,ong beekeepers that the bees use
grea; deal of honey as fuel in order
D keep comfortable in winter.
II is An interesting and very encour-
aging thing 10 note that while the
newer western states are steadily re-
tucins the average yields by poor
iarmirs. the older states. seeing the
rrror ot their ways. are steadily ia
creaSine their average yields by bet
ter methods os farming.
4 good grain ration for the laying
-.Ock Is composed Of wheat, buck
rheat oats and corn. the wheat pre-
dominating. Too much corn Is not
good for laying hens. but a little fed
xith other grains IL beneficial Add
% this grain ration daily allowance
II vegetable food. cut clover and q lit
lie green cut bone two or three times
week and you will have an almost
perfectly balanced ration for the lay.
ing hens.
Lime sulphur wash Is the prepara.
tion most generally used for San Jose
scale and other scale insects. and Is,
hesides an excellent fungicide. II is
;nade AZ follows: Sulphur. Is lbs. :;
raustic lime, Is lbs. and water, 50
sals. Stake lime with hot water and