Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-09-30


rate of 45 or 80 tons per acre? This
depends largely on the cost of ma
nure. In many instances the cost Of
hauling far exceeds the first cost OF
the manure. Much of the manure used
near the large cities is had for the
hauling, while 1t is the exception,
rather than the rule, that 1t costs more
than 80 cents q ton. At this price OF
less a grower can we'll afford to make
rather long hauls and to use the ma
nure freely, especially for such crops
as lettuce. celery, onions and other
crops grown by intensive methods.
A man who Is content with a COW
giving 1900 pounds of milk Is man
who does not understand the first
principles of the economics of dairy
work; and, until the dairymen of this
country wake up to the fact that 1t is
possible to get COWS giving, 5000, 5000,
10000 and 10000 pounds of milk in a
year, they cannot hope to compete
with the dairymen of Denmark and
other countries.
Dried milk powder has been fed to
milch cows with some success at the
Kansas experiment station. The milk
powder is byproduet in the manufac-
ture of milk sugar and contains very
high per cent. of protein. One hun
dred pounds of skimmilk makes nine
to ten pounds Of the milk powder.
This preparation has also been used
with success as poultry feed.
A considerable amount of the nutrt-
ment In the corn fodder is lost each
year because it is allowed to become
too ripe before It is harvested. Good
| fodder, cut at the right stage, and
we'll cured makes one of the best
feeds for winter. but its value may be
easily greatly lessened by Improper
management.
AS most people are not familiar
with sheep breeding and feeding, their
first question when their interest has
been awakened Is, What is the best
breed? This cannot be answered of
hand as 1t will depend upon the farm.
er's likes and dislikes, his locality
his market and the available feed
supply.
Corn fodder and sorghum fodder
have about the same amount of car
bohydrates, but the corn fodder con
tains 81 per cent protein while sorg
hum fodder contains only 1.5 per cent
Sorghum, however, is very goo6
feed. is easily grown, resists drought
and is relished by all farm animals.
The queen is simply the motheI
bee. The authority is in the work
ers. Their cooperation is perfect
Their aim is the perpetuity Of thu
race. To this end, If a queen be
comes inefficient through age, the.
drag their mother out and kill her
and raise a new queen.
] There is more profit in one he
that lays eggs in November and De
cember than in one dozen that la
their best In April and May and non
in the fall. Push your early pullet
! for all that is out, so as to get then
to laying this fall.
Granulation improves the appear
ance of any quality of honey an
never fails to give it lighter Shade
It also has tendency to drive fror
1t any wild taste and make 1t pure
sweet. In this condition 1t Is In tn
r best possible shape for keeping an
length of time.
a A great many people set peach tree
5 too deeply. The ground should b
8 pIowed very deep, but the holes fc
e the trees should only be deep enoug
to cover the roots well.
[ There is a growing tendency IN f
d vor of large hives for the productic
I of both comb and extracted hone
J. and there is no gainsaying the fa'
that these large hives do hinder II
swarming impulse.
9 Pear-blight very often affects app
l. trees; and whenever 1t is discovere
Il every particle of the diseased par
should be cut out, or If very bad, Il
entire tree should be burned.
y Many farmers imagine that the
Il are saving money when they bret
to seven or eight dollar horse. b
the truth is they are losing five
y six times that amount.
e 1t is not wise to be all the tin
doping stock with medicines the n
ture Of which we do not any of us u
"a derstand very we'll. Nature Is Il