The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

own discretion.
There is nothing better for both
mare and colt than good grass and
plenty of sunshine.
Where the lambing pen is out In the
open field few bushels of lime will
make the ground safe.
Of late years the dry reed method
has taken the place of the wet, sloppy
feed to the advantage of the chicks.
Don't do hit-and-miss farming these
days; it doesn't pay. Spend a little
| time in planning for better methods.
The tomato root runs laterally be-
meath the surface and any disturbance
of the roots by deep culture is injuri-
| ous
The grain for calves should be fed
first while the calf is quite small, with
little bran to aid the calf in learn
| ing to eat.
Satisfy seed should be purchased in
bulk from seedsmen who will send to
their customs fresh stock, as it soon
loses its vitality.
Remember the first thing the chick
needs is drink of water in a dish
SO arranged that there is no danger
of getting the down wet.
| In lining plowed land, the lime
should be applied on the plowed
ground before narrowing. It should be
thoroughly incorporated into the soil.
The grade ram will fall short In
different ways because he is lacking
himself by not being a pure bred, and
no one can expect something from
nothing.
| If you have plenty of ground the
best way to raise chicks is on the
colony plan, a colony here and a COL
| Wy SACAOS AdA CuOu6A dQo1L uOt "
| bother one another
Careful blowing at uniform width
and depth secures that indispensable
shearing apart of the soil particles that
can only be thoroughly done by the
crunching twist of the moldboard.
Breeders and brooder houses should
have their floors we'll sanded and
covered to depth of an inch or more
with fine chat litter to induce exer-
else and provide clean bedding for the
chicks.
It is a mistake to half starve preg.
nant sows, thinking that the reproduce
tive organs are peculiarly liable to be
transformed into masses of fat at tho
first sign of an appearance of fat upon
her back ribs.
Cultivated crops such as corn and
the roots will deplete the soil Of fer
Utility much more rapidly If grown con-
'tinuously than will the constant crop
ping in small grains. This Is but one
other argument for crop rotation.
It is useless for us to expect any
good results from louse-infested
flock of hens in Matching time. for the
vigor which should 60 to build up the
germ In the egg, must be used by her
to maintain life and feed the vermin.
Humus makes a soil fighter In weight
by separating the mineral particles.
more retentive of moisture by giving
it greater internal surface. and in
creases the rate of solution of plant
food by the increased amount Of mois-
ture and internal surface.
Balky horses, though all exhibiting
the same vice, are of such different
kinds-each one apparently, having a
different kink in his head-that it is
impossible to tell, in the first place,
which one Of several kinds Of treat
ment will work best.
BY studying the various prices
which different lambs bring it will be
readily observed that the compact,
firm and deep feshed lambs which are
wide and deep throughout are always
in demand at the best price because
when killed they dress out the high
est percentage OF most desirable
mutton.
The stomach worm natures in the
body of sheep and passes out laden
with eggs soon to hatch and the little
ones seem to manage to get back in
some way into the stomachs of the
lambs. They may crawl on grass, or
fodder, at all events they are picked
up where the excrement Of older
sheep is dropped.
There is perhaps no cheaper way OF
producing pork than by furnishing the
spring pigs as we'll as the old sows
plenty Of good pasture during the
summer months, and then turning
them into small field of standing
corn as soon as the crop Is ripe. The
pigs should be fed some corn or other
grain during the summer months
while on pasture. otherwise the full
value of the grass will not be OBJ
tanned.
That animals have a mind is fact
that all who have to do with them
should realize. They are not like the
machinery Of the farm. which If
man neglects and misuses, hurts only