The Columbus journal., 1911-03-22
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W. FARM
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Buttermaking is an art.
Fresh fruit is always delicious.
Gapes is caused by a small worm in
the windpipe
Most farm buildings are built too
close to the dwelling
In preparing a seed bed for sweet
clover do a thorough job.
Very little is known about the actual
value OF rye as poultry food.
Tie barn that is banked up will
have fewer draughts over the floor.
Don't leave your valuable farm ma
chinery standing unprotected in the
field.
Dat straw is an excellent rough feed
for sheep. Wheat straw is next in
value.
OvercrOwding the eve flock during
the winter months is a frequent cause
Of severe losses.
Very early spraying with bordeaux
is the thing for all kinds of fungus rot
and for peach leaf curl
Fresh. green bone Is of itself almost
a complete feed. and may be used as
special material for egg production.
Farmers should not buy more land
Until that which they already have
is producing TO its maximum capacity.
Exercise is Of prime importance in
several ways. 1t keeps the pigs nim-
bic and in a healthy condition gener-
ally.
Before putting the chicks into the
brooder 1t is a good plan 20 sprinkle
them carefully with a good insect
powder.
One OF the first needs of the pigs Is
4 comfortable place in which to pass
more than half of the tine. sleeping
and resting
breeding stock should be selected
for health, strength. vigor and matu-
rity first, utility second and fancy
points third.
II is a we'll known fact that properly
managed 30. 80 or so acre farm will
return in addition To a living. fine
income for the family.
The dairyman having productive
farm of $50 TO 200 acres can easily
raise six TO eight of his best marked
female calves each season.
The annual income from milk and
butter in the United States is said to
be more than the output OF the gold
and the silver mines.
SGfIotS ieu W iseI ~
much for their feeding value. but for
their influence In keeping tine digestive
organs in good condition.
II requires ice to handle milk
cream or butter. so see to IL that you
will be fully supplied with this cheap
article for next summers use
Fowls should always be starved for
at least 81 hours before being killed,
so as to have their crops and intes-
tines thoroughly free from food OF any
kind
There is a steady demand for nuts.
The English walnut. pecan. Spanish.
japanese and American chestnuts,
butter nuts and shellbarks are the
most profitable.
The difficulties experienced in
spreading poultry manure. on account
of its sticky consistency. may be OBJ
waited by mixing with loan. peat or
common stable manure.
Provide shelter for all OF the ami |,
mails on cold and rainy nights OF
spring weather Shelter means saw
ing of feed. and making the animals |
grow and produce better.
Condiments that stimulate egg pro- |
duction are very much like anything |
that stimulates a human being. After |
the immediate results wear of the |
bird is in worse shape than before be- |
ing fed.
One of the things which concern the |
grower all over the country is 10 try |
TO manage his business himself. and |
get as large a proportion Of his pro
dIce to the consumer direct as he pos
sib'y can
Unless there IS enough alfalfa hay /
On hand. when feeding all COWS will |
eat. TO last until grass is ready in the
spring. feed more sparingly OF il, say
10 pounds day. and supply the def
cheney with some other roughage. and
add a mixture in equal parts by meas
ure of corn and oats ground together
and the finer the better.
For early blossOnling. plant aster
seed in fats or the hotbed early in
March and transplant the young aster