The state herald., 1910-04-08
Sheep flourish on weeds.

An incubator is always broody.
Chicks will not thrive in close.
foul atmosphere.
Look over trees and shrubs for final
pruning before growth starts.
AS the frost leaves the ground
lawns may be seeded and sod rolled.
Improved American horseradish re-
quires the same culture as for rhu-
barb.
All goes well in good times. In bad
times people talk of saving expenses.
but have forgotten how.
Very few of the large commercial
! pear orchards contain more than
dozen varieties. and some even less
Good clover hay, oats and bran are
the proper feeds for mares in foal
and give light work for exercise. II
possible.
Every farmer should do all he can
to make farm life attractive for his
children so they will not desire tc
leave the farm.
There is salve for every sore, and
there is breed of hens for every one
Be sure and get the breed that you
like best and you will succeed.
The original members of flock OF
geese well cared for will live during
the lifetime of two generations of
family and will be profitable during
this time.
The American hen produces more
wealth in year by six times than
the gold or iron mines of the United
States and she doesn't get much
credit for 1t.
| Don't be in too much of a hurry to
get the ducks to laying The chances
are II they begin to lay too soon they
will not lay as well as when eggs are
wanted for Matching.
light dressing of guano when the
onions commence to button will in
crease the yield and will also ripen
the crop several weeks earlier than
those grown without this dressing.
The ideal berry ground should be.
first, rich. sandy loan with clay sub.
soil; second. n dark loan or gravelly
loan mixed lightly with clay and
clay subsoil. all having a southerly or
eastern slope.
Spraying for scale may be done at
any time after the leaves drop In the
fall until they begin to open In the
spring. providing the weather is not
too cold. and the material can dry on
the trees before freezing.
How many chickens were Matched
last spring? How many lived to mol.
ting age? How much of n run have
they? Where do they roost? Why
didn't you raise more? Have you as
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get any OF them!
| The dairyman should keep n com.
plete record Of each COW In his herd.
Including both feed record and a
milk record. Then only is he In
position to find the standing Of each
COW and tell which cows are profit
able and which are Improbable.
| There is nothing that makes poul.
try house look cleaner and smell
sweeter than good coat of good
whitewash especially when the odor
or some good disinfectant peryades
the air and penetrates the creyices
Wh'tewash is cheap and is easily ap.
piled.
Gapes are picked up by chickens
from filthy ground Gapes seldom
trouble fowls when they have n large
clean run. Prevention is much better
than cure. Chickens are supposed to
get cape worms from eating angle
worms. but the angle worms never
get cape worms In clean ground.
The high prices paid for clover seed
during recent years would seem to In.
dicatc n growing shortage In the crop
The causes OF this shortage are vari
GUS. ns for instance drouth and win.
ter'killing. But the most potent cause
by far In probably the clover nudge
nm Insect that preys upon the seed