The searchlight., 1911-08-11
Sheep are easily handled.

Handle cows carefully In summer.
Cows are annoyed By unnecessary
delay and noise.
Labor saving equipment on the
farm earns more than 1t costs.
With the silo. an acre of roughage
will feed a greater number OF animals.
| II Is well to keep grit and lime
within reach Of the chickens all the
time.
II Is well to remember that chick.
ems cannot thrive II infested with
vermin.
Don't leave your valuable farm
machinery standing unprotected In
the field.
Peat soil which produces poor corn
generally does SO on account OF lack
OF potassium.
II is false economy to shut your
poultry up to keep them from damag.
ing your gardens.
Watch most carefully during the
heated .srm that the chicks have well
ventilated brood coops.
Plant early and late so that the
supply of erisp vegetables can bs
maintained for months.
The bedding of a SOW at farrowing
time should be sufficient only for
cleanliness and dryness.
The work Is evenly distributed
throughout the entire year on the
best organized dairy farms.
Almost any one can succeed with
sheep In winter time. or In early
spring or In the fall months.
Il is much better to use a medium
season, heavy straw variety OF oats
when they are grown with peas.
II the man who has no silo would
watch his neighbor feed and watch
the results he would soon have one.
Success does not depend so much
upon the number OF cows a man keeps
as upon the number Of good cows he
keeps.
Strawberries should be cultivated
the weeds eradicated and the most
ture conserved for late summer
drought.
The egg Is manufactured by the
hen from the food that is consumed
, hence her feeding should be carefully
considered.
Painting an old buggy or wagon o'
farm implement is not very dimcui'
, task. but II adds a great deal to ths
appearance.
II is a mistake to pasture youne
|, clover for the cattle are apt to Xii
|, the plants as much by tramping OF
them as by feeding.
Keep up the warfare on weeds 10
, the cornfields these hot days. wher
|, soil moisture needs to be conserved
to its utmost limit
Pigs at birth have two sharp point
|, ed teeth. one each side Of their jaws
. II not removed they are apt to MAKE
the teats Of the mother sore.
ii Plow and harrow the ground before
. sowing fall turnips. Turn under thu
weeds and make the seed bed as line
clean and smooth as possible.
As the new corn gets dry and hart
!. II Ia safe to feed more than when j
, was soft and green. II Is more easii!
diRested and gives better results.
n The cows should have some protee
h tion from severe storms: that Is. ther
= should be some place where they cal
70 II they want to during cold rain
The best way to obtain good COW
4 is TO raise the heifer calves from you
:. best dairy cows. thus In short tim
n you are the possessor OF good youn
cows.
II Lettuce may be had for table us
n TIL late In winter by starting tn
Q plants now and protecting them wit
T. cold frame when cold weathe
comes.
D. Hay troughs should be SO nxed tha
r particles will not fall through and b
D come entangled in the fleece. Foreig
D. matter OF any sort In the fleece n
duces its value.
ie Pie plant is a good commercial veg
h table. The demand for II on the cit
/. ..~lo,, a. vnod II is little trOubl