The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-04

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driven. nor be compelled 10 smell
blood or offal. and should hot back
or hold back heavy loads Her stall
should not have much incline Nour.
ishing food. pure water and fresh air
are essentials. II one suspect ergot
or smut in hay or feed 1t should be
discarded
II Is estimated that barn-yard ma
nures have q value of about two -thirds
that of commercial fertilizers. there
fore the careful saving of farm ma
nures and their judicial application to
the soil are vital factors In farming
operations. and as essential to con
tinued success as blowing the Land or
planting the crop.
The price of dairy products in the
winter Is SO much higher than In sum-
mer that only a small extra effort Is
to care and judicious feeding may re-
suit In considerable increase In the
profits from the entire herd at this
season.
The intelligent fiock-masters are
fast coming TO recognize the fact that
the man who makes the most Of his
opportunities In handling farm flock
must become a breeder and feeder Of
high-class mutton. more especially
sheep.
The farmer who Is breeding a flock
OF improved mutton sheep and feeding
them in an intelligent and painstaking
manner. may plan his feeding opera
lions so that he may have a good near
by city market every week in the year.
Farm-yard manures benefit the soil
by acting as mulch and make hu.
mus. but their benefit to the growing
crops depends entirely upon the
amount OF nitrogen. phosphoric acid
and potash they contain.
II Is true that the generality of
farm mares are low I'm quality, but
that Is no valid excuse for farmers TO
persist In breeding horses that no
body wants. not even themselves
Sheep raising numbers among its
requirements quietness and content
ment in degree perhaps not so es-
sential to success In the handling of
other breeds of live stock.
In the production of strawberries
the best specimens are obtained only
by careful culture. he plants should
be of large fruited and firm fruited
variety of the best flavor
Begin to take the chill of the water
you give the horses when the weather
gets cold. You can heat 1t cheaper
on the stove than you can in the !
stomach of the horse.
A thick coat of paint daubed over |
the severed limbs when pruning in the |
orchard or wood lot prevents cracking |
of the wood and gives the trees a bet. |
ter appearance.
The ordinary diversified farm with /
its abundant use o; horsepower fur
nishes ideal conditions for growing.
developing and training draft horses.
1t will pay anyone that keeps from
% to 100 hens to build a shed close
to the henhouse in which to deposit
the droppings during the winter.
II IS best to separate pullets from
the rest Of the flock, let them have
free range and feed largely of whole
or cracked corn. wheat or oats
II IS impossible to create capacity.
You may breed for 1t but you can't
create 1t and it's a very important
function in the dairy COW
There Is the most money In the
long run in dairying by selling the
cream or butter only and keeping the
other products on the farm.
The Duroc Jersey sows are very
docile: they are easily handled during
the breeding and narrowing season and
are very prolific breeders.
Under no circumstances should any.
thing be added to milk to prevent its
souring. Such doings violate the law
of both God and man.
The problem of keeping the boys
and girls on the farmstead is solving
itself. for farm life is becoming more
and more attractive.
While 1t is some trouble to strain
the cream before churning. but when
that is done there will be no white
specks in butter.
The feeder is the only man that can
tell how much food the colts require
for their best growth and develop
ment
Fresh air is all right for the hens.
but not when II Is siited through knot
holes and cracks between the boards.
Ram lambs are a drug on the mar
ket, yet thousands of farmers con-
tinue to flood the markets with them.
Sheep that are kept as scavengers
soon assume the appearance that
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