The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-07-27
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W. FARM
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Sheep are excellent farm cleaners
The bruiss On an apple 10 injuriou
Lice and mites come with war,
weather.
Tic tho grape vines to tho trelll
wires before the vines begin to rul
No well bred farmer ever content
himself with scrub stock or poor crop,
II II . sad mistake for Q man {
make . good crop Of grass into poo
hay.
Pure fresh air. day and night I
one Of the prime essentials for keel
Ing fowls In good health.
Most separators do their best worl
with tho milk at q temperature O
from IS degrees to IS degrees Fahreu
heit.
When the cream has been held q
ehurning temperature for a period o
two or three hours. 1t Is ready to b,
churned.
A good way to keep manure for thu
garden is to I'LL q large box. turning
It over with . fork about once &
week and keeping 1t moist
The government Is sending out ex
perts to various parts Of the country
to teach fruit growers the best meth
DDS Of spraying their trees.
When shrubs are first planted they
should be headed back one-half OF
more. but after they become estab
lished they should be allowed t.
branch at will.
One Of the prominent symptoms q
shoulder lameness In horses Is . diff.
6culty of lifting and extending the
limb. which is particularly noticeable
when the patient is urged to trot
The 6ea beetle Is q small. metallic
blue insect which is destructive to the
fruit both as the larva and the adult.
Spraying with arsenate of lead or
paris green is generally effective.
Some Of the amber honeys are
made from the aster. goldenrod. bone
set. queen Of the meadow. heartsease.
Wild sunflower. Spanish needle. su-
mac. magnolia and marigold.
The earliest sown lettuce should be
Of some of the loose growing varieties.
For summer use plant cabbage lettuce.
or heading varieties. as the leaves
during the warm season will be whittier
and more crisp.
Soy beans shed their leaves before
the grain begins to ripen: therefore
when hay Is desired the plants must
be cut when half or more Of the pods
are fully grown. but before the beans
begin to harden.
In cutting rape for soiling Il Is best
to CRIT about four inches from the
ground. It Is advisable to arrange
the cutting SO that each days product
will be consumed within that time. as
the foliage soon willis and is then not
relished SO much.
The sitting hen must not be dis
turbed. n eggs are laid in the same
nest with those that are Matching Il
Is often difficult to tell the fresh one
from the others. hence partly Matched
eggs are taken out instead OF the
fresh ones.
II Is a well known fact among
farmers and fruit growers that black.
berries improve the physical nature
Of the soil through their root action.
When they are removed from the ap-
pie orchard the soil Is left in ideal
for the outer feeding roots
Of the apple trees.
While II Is conceded that permanent
Of soa' fertility without
live stock Is possible. II Is not prac-
ticable as a statewide policy. because
It Is not the highest type Of agricul-
fure and because few farmers can be
Induced to comply with all the condi.
lions necessary to make II effective.
Plant cannas one TO two feet apart,
depending altogether II they be dwarf
Dr. the taIl-growing sort. They like
rery rich soil and plenty OF water
turing the growing season. A mulch
Il straw manure will help to con.
serve the water that Is given them.
rut on all the seed pods As they
'orm.
Root plants may be transplanted.
mt II Is not advisable unless II were
n the case of extra early beets start
ID In the hotbed or turnip-rooted rad
shes lifted out at thinning time. The
'oots are usually Ill shaped. vet their |
able quality is not injured. Long
always become distorted and
ire not rsrketable.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS