The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-10

trough big enough for only six.
Under domestication the hog has be
come an animal of wide distribution.
milk. Plenty of time and prices are
high.
A weak point in dairying is the lach
| OF cleanliness at all times and In all
things
Treating small grains with formalif
is too important to be overlooked b,
farmers.
To give profitable returns dair,
cows must be well bred, well fed ant
well managed.
The most profitable nut trees for the
middle states are the chestnuts, wal
nuts and shellbarks.
The first great requisite in the care
of stock is perfect cleanliness, pure al,
and abundant sunshine.
A hen that does not lay usually
does not bother the trap nest unless
she is after eggs for food.
Flax has been found a profitable
crop in the West and seems well
suited to the prairie soils.
In buying a barrel churn don't get
one too small; II you do you will find
1t takes a long time to churn.
Raising Of broilers is a business by
itself. Start on a small scale and then
with success increase the capacity.
Scrub poultry may serve a good pur
pose in the pot, but they should nos
be permitted to propagate their kind.
Stables should be we'll lighted anc
so arranged that the light will not
strike the animals directly in the eyes
Few farmers and poultrymen know
about the feeding value of bright.
well-cured clover hay for laying hens.
You can not make a greater mis-
take than to confine your breeding
ducks. especially IL they are Indian
Runners.
One of the very important things &c
do this month is to make your selec.
ton Of seeds and plants and order
them now.
Pruning apple trees involves Sc
many principles that only the most
general survey can be given in a shor'
discussion.
The dairy COW is one OF the best
money makers on the farm: but. liks
hens. she pays only according t
value received"
milking shorthorn are the best breeds
for the milk farmer to raise. Fo,
cream select the Guernsey.
Good comfortable housing and judi
cious feeding are the two cardina
principles of successfully winterins
the breeding ewes.
The value OF skim milk on the
farm when fed in conjunction with
grain is greater than 1t Is usually
given credit for being.
1t Is a good time now to take an In
ventory of your farm and plan to kee.
records OF all transactions connected
with your farming operations.
Don't be in a hurry to get rid of the
old bull. Remember that he has prov.
en- himself and the calf that you buy
will be more or less Of lottery.
A chilled egg will bring forth 9
weak chick II II matches at all and o
weak chick that has hard work to live
is sometimes worse than no chick al
all.
puTluk tue DIccuinS StdsOu udte
one drake with four ducks until the
last OF April then diminish the mum
Der Of brakes to one drake to five o.
six ducks.
The lack of success which so many
| farmers have with chickens in largely
due to a lack of planning. and they
neglect to give the fowls the attention
these plans call for.
Anyone can easily see that bone I,
one of the best feeds for producing
eggs, as the fat assists in forming tn,
yolk Of the egg and also In sustain
ing the fowl in winter.
Butter is a good price. Feed Is com
paratively cheap, especially SO II 70,
have saved all Of your roughage. sucl
as cornstalks. the best of our straw