The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-27
Look out for lraughts.
Plant legumes In rotation.
Roots should be cut or sliced before
feeding.

Sheep more than any other stock
relish change of pasture.
There Is no danger Of the produc
tion Of hogs being overdone.
As the sheep bites close. they will
eat down weeds to the roots.
In order to have good sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young.
| Clover or alfalfa seem to contain
just what the dainty cow needs.
The total value of farm property In
the United States Is $4,000. 00o.ooo.
Alsike clover seed cannot be sepa.
rated from timothy because Of its
size.
Cool the new cream to the same
temperature as the old cream before
mixing.
/ Always n possible remove the SOW
from the pigs and not the pigs from
the SOW.
For draft work the mule Is valued
higher than the average horse. In
nearly every instance.
Farmers who are going to feed live
stock through the winter should try
to have the best possible.
Rutabagas are very satisfactory
root crop for winter. yielding as high
as IL tons to the acre ut times.
II necessary to assist the eve In
delivering. use vaseline on your hands
before commencing the operation.
| Woven wire Ia used great deal for
reinforcing concrete and in some
cases old barbed wire Is also used.
Watch out for ticks on the ewes. It
does not pay to raise them and you
better watch out for them. II pays
Farmers win soon be feeding new
hay and new grain. Change from the
old to the new should be made grad
ually.
Many farmers make a practice OF
turning lambs into the corn field In
the early fall to gather up all tho
weeds.
Tho proper treatment of barb wire
cuts on horses will mean fewer blem-
ishes and less serious consequences
generally.
In feeding fattened stock and dairy
cows. gain and proflt come In proper
ton to the amount OF food the animals
put to use.
A small quantity Of linseed meal fed
In the milk will balance up the ra-
ton and mako II practically ~ good
a. the whole milk.
Sheep-farmipg has been practioed
since the earliest times. and 10 one OF
the most profitable branches Of the
live stock industry.
Colts and young horses should have
bone and muscle producing feeds In
their rations. such ~ clover or alfalfa.
hay. bran and oats.
Il 10 very necessary that an animal
used for breeding purposes should have
. good pedigree. yet II 10 not always
an indication Of it, value.
A dairyman who has q good herd Of
cows will do well to carefully exam
Inc the newcomers In the barn and
thus avoid introducing some dis
ease.
Alfalfa 10 . very good feed for
horses provided Il 10 fed properly, al
though II u not considered ~ valuable
for road horses ~ for working
horses.
Experiments have shown that stub
BILE burning not only decreases tho
amount Of humus returned to the soil.
but also accelerates the exhaustion Of
taat already present In II
In hogging down corn. fence Oh
only . limited area at q time. as the
hogs viii eat more Of the stalks and
other herbage on the ground, and
they win not waste a. much Of the
grain.
Many farmers In the corn belt SOW
rape with the grain TO furnish addi-
tional feed since this affords an
abundance Of succulent forage late In
the season up To the time OF severe
frosts.
n q big bunch Of young pigs Is al.
lowed to sleep together In cramped
quarters. In cold weather. they will
pile up. and the under pigs win sui.
fer. Easy to separate them into lots