The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-08-04
FARM TOPICS.
BREEDING THE HBIFER.

The hencr must not De Dfeu wv
young. II they are bred young much
OF what should have gone to build up
the muscle and bone of their own
bodies must necessarily be used to
nourdsh the fetus. This stunts the
growth of the heifer more COR d
She newer reaches the size she might
otherwise have reached, and is never
as successful producer of calves as
she would have been had she been al
lowed to reach SOME dagree of matur-
ity before being bred.-Farmers' and
Drovers' journal,
TO KILL "WARBLBS" ON CATTLE.
Take common salt and throw 1t on
the backs of your cattle, and usually
one APPLICATION will kill all the war
bles. If net, repeat 1T again i'm a
week or so. The cattle will lick each
Others backs and the brine will run
into those holes and kill all the war
bles. / have been raising stock for
myself for long time, and this is
all | ever do for stock. New, don't
be afraid to put ON plenty az salt. |
usually apply when they are at the
rack or fesd bunk, as they are then
sdn. just walk along behind and
scatter it from tail to horn, and If
they have any lice it will kid them,
too, for nothing can live in brine
A. w. Johnson, in Wallace's Far
mer.
EDUCATING OUT THE POSTUM.
In removing the debris from the
cellar of the old Riggs House, which
has been orn down, a number OF
Washington negro workmen the othel
day discovered big fat possum
which they mistook for an enormous
rat, and fled precipitately. The Ell
feots upon the negro of the refine
ments of higher education and thu
white mans civilization may well bC
challenged when it destroys the ma
ture of the race to the extent tha
. it's members fail to recognize a flint
4 fat possum when they see 1t. Abou
one more generation of progress
. along the same line, amd We will Sc
1 the colored man and brother shying
at the watermelon and running iron
tlse yellow legged pullet.-Baltimor
SUN.
AN OBSERVING CAT.
A Philadelphia newspaper is respor
sible for this story about a cat
4 This particular feline belonged to
dentist, and seemed to take deligh
= in Watching the doctor operate O
: his patients. One day it was notice
that pussy refused to eat and tina
" she frequently howled I'M apparen
- distress, but no one knew what wa
N the matter. The next morning, afte
IS patient had left the chair, puss
s. jumped into the place he had ocou
pied and gave pitiful yowl Struc
with an idea, the dentist CAREFUL
o examined the cats mouth and foun
n swollen gum and an ulcerated tootl
d He promptly extracted the incisol
&c and pussy immediately began to pur
S in veay conbented manner. 1t ma
8 have been only a coincidence, but
1t really looked as if the cat kDe'
s where ITO go lfor rGlief.
'e CLOVER AS A FEED.
J; Good green feed for hens and chick
) ems in summer constitute one O
i the main part of their feed. OF al
d the green stuff. clover is the best
e Young clover that is about 2 or
inches long is best for chicks, Will
for hens and laying fowls, grown clio
l. YER with on without heads is good.
- Every poultry keeper who has ROOF
! to spare should cut clover for sum
, mer and winter use. 1t certainly S
&c savero N the feed bill, and chicken
and hens do better with 1T.
OF course, where chicks have rang
= this does not apply SO much as I
yarded fowls. Another good gree
. food for chickens and laying fowl
is dandelions. 1t grows in yards
around the barn and around the edge
! of gardens.-Journal of Agriculture.
= CULTIVATION OF TURNIPS.
i Turnips and rutaibagas can Jbe sow
in July or August for use in fal
and winter. The turnlp is a whole
some vegetable and is l'ellshed b.
stock. For keeping in winter, stor
Is the turnips in a cool cellar and cove
= with sand or turf TO keep them fresh
II Another way is to put tham in pi
4 dug in dry soil whore there will b
= no danger OF water standing and I
70 cover with straw overland with cart
: sufficiently deep TO kSep out fros
! When protected in this manner tur
N nips will keep until spring. Sow i
"a drills about feet apart and half a