The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-06

Books are often the cheapest and
best equipment on the farm.
Watch the ewes closely. A lamb
disowned Is generally a lamb lost.
The first litter is not always an In.
dex to the brood sow's profitableness
Soil should be thoroughly prepared
to good depth, well drained and en-.
riched.
The COW must have pure food, good
water. and good health to make a
good cream.
When people have stock that can
be recorded It's a shame to overlook
the process.
There Is vast difference in cows
and It's the dairyman's duty to find
out the difference.
Every dairyman should make up his
ration to suit all his conditions and
the necessities of his cows.
Hogs prefer ear corn In a muddy
time. Ground feed is at I discount
then. as SO much of 1t is wasted.
The laying of soft shelled eggs
sometimes results from overlooking
and sometimes for want of egg shell
material.
For early hog pasture SOW oats.
using three and three and one-half
bushels per acre. Such pasture will
last until June.
Roup. the scourge of poultry keeping
In cold climates, must be prevented
II pleasure and profit are to be gained
from the business.
cause she isn't bringing in any in
come at present. Later she will pay
back all she gets now.
The great drawback about dairying
with grades is the loss of the male
calves. You should not sell them for
sires and they seem too valuable for
veal.
A sensible horse nowadays is not
afraid of an automobile. These We
hicles have come TO stay SO it would
be best for you to introduce your horse
to them.
Sweet oil is "A safe medicine to ad.
minister to animals. It never INJURIES,
but Is valuable in choking. bloating,
inflammation or constipation of the
stomach or bowels.
During the winter eggs sold in towns
and cities at from 40 to 60 cents a
dozen. During the summer and early
TALL eggs can be preserved or placed
IN cold storage very easily.
Good judges say that 1t will be at
least two years before the supply of
hogs can be made to equal the de-
mand. The high price of breeding
stock curtails what would otherwise
be large increase In quantity.
Plants should be sown with refer.
ence to their size and habits. Of
growth: some require distance. and
others thrive better when planted
close together. The gardener must
know his plants as the farmer does his
field crops. ..-
For wounds made on horses or cat.
tie. by barbed wire fences. there is
nothing better than q composition
made Of carbolic acid half an ounce.
glycerine eight ounces and water
eight ounces. A syringe Is a good
thing to inject this into the wound.
1t Is not too late to set the home
orchard. The trees may be set any
time before the buds swell and the
foliage starts. II the trees have not
been ordered. do this at once. Pre-
pare the land by breaking 1t deeply;
pulserize thoroughly. Set the trees
and give them good Guilt
walton.
The Kentucky experiment station |
has just completed some interesting;
experiments with Rhode Island Reds. !
Il reports that Reds are broilers at /
seven weeks old. friers at 90 weeks.
While the census statistics of 1900 |
show that the average yield of eggs, j
per hen. Is 100. the Ken
lucky station states that the Rhode
Island Red can be depended upon TO /
az 100 TO 2l0 per hen.