The searchlight., 1910-08-19

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Sell OF all the ROSTERS except the
prime ones for breeding.
The breed of white hogs is rapidly
disappearing from this country.
The good roads movement increases
the pleasure Of moving over the
roads.
A dogs bark Is rather to be encours
aged. There is argument In the barking
Of dog.
One man cannot well do two things
at once. but two men can do one
thing nicely.
Young shrubs need more cultivation
and care than older ones. especially
the first year.
Some men never discover where q
fence Is weak until they attempt to
climb over 1t.
Even a city man can come to tho
front with small flock of poultry In
his back yard.
No COW which averages less than
one and one-half gallons OF milk per
day can be kept at a profit
| Take the chill OF the water for tho
mare. and feed her carefully and keep
her quiet for number OF days.
The COW Is doing her best for you
and you can afford to pamper her
| whims. They are usually pretty good
| ones.
The man who said that the best
poultrymen on most farms are the
women" knew what he was talking
about.
Onions stand q good deal OF cold.
IL you have new ones earlier than
your neighbors. you must take some
| chances.
II Is more diflicult to secure tho
seeds OF forest trees than any other
kinds OF seeds, since there Is 30 liz.
tle market for them.
Beets may be canned or picked and
saved for winter use. When vegeta.
bles are scarce they will be greatly
enjoyed II saved in this way.
In japan there are 1872 people for
every 40 acres OF land and 256 cows,
256 donkeys. and 512 swine for every
square mile Of land in the kingdom.
Take some time to make handy de-
vices for the house and barn. They
are easy to make. and many Of them
are worth much more than they cost.
II is not fair calculation to take the
average Of the herd as the basis OF
computing annual profit from the
dairy. Let each individual stand on
her merits.
The sitting hen should be given .
new. clean box for a nest. filled with
the cleanest Of material. Place her ON
the new nest and give her the eggs
In tho evening.
Most people ind that the yearling
hens lay more eggs than the older
hens. but some chicken raisers claim
that the old hens eggs are better for
Matching. because they are more
strongly fertilized.
Good food never creates the char.
acter nor temperament OF q COW, nor
makes Of her good dairy animal,
any more than II never makes q good
COW out Of small mixer; II II use
less to make the effort.
Water or moisture Is always on the
move. When It rains II soaks the
ground. and AZ soon AZ It stops raining
II starts Its upward movement by capil.
larry attraction. II travels from one
soil particle to the next and 80 on until
the soil becomes what We call dry.
All stock will be healthier and with
thrive better II salt IL kept where
they can. help themselves daily rather
than at intervals. Medicated salts are
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In every way for the stock than the
common salt usually used besides be-
ing o better conditioner.
The soil has wonderful absorptivs
power to hold on to Its moisture. for
II we place some soil In the oven and
drive on the moisture by heat and
then examine these soil particles un-
der powerful microscope We win md
each soil particle coated with . thin
film OF what is termed hydroscopic VA
ter.
Shade and water are important mat
ters in connection with grazing cattle.
and the more nearly natural the condi-