The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-11

OlllOu 10 COTu SuQ alfalfa WAL CHEAP.
en- the ration of corn and make the
gains less costly because of the low;
market value of the fodder. and in
this way it is usually more prciitable
than corn and alfalfa alone.
When colt training is done as It
should be, eight or ten half-hour lesi
sons given in systematic order will
accomplish more. and put a colt I'M
condition to stand more severe tests
than the haphazard go-as-you please,
methods now commonly practised can.
do in two years.
Don't try to see how warm you cam
mako your hog house this WINTER
but see how well bedded you caE keeN
it and how well you can vent:late it.
Fresh air is needed by the hog as
much as it is by any other animal on
the farm.
A day is coming very soon. when
butter won't sell as rapidly and at as
high prices as it was bringing former:
ly. And when that day comes, tho
question of quality in determining
sales is going to be more important
Paint the outside of the buildings r.
the autumn after the hot weather is
past, or in the winter. Oil paint, un:
der cold. hardens SO as to be much
more durable than when it dries uni
der heat.
The disposition-the likes and dis
likes of each cow-may be studied
carefully while the animals are
around their keeper, and one can them
feed and care for them accordingly.
It Will not do to allow ducks to
share the common lot of poultry in
general: not that they require more
attention, but rather a different man.
ner Of handling and feeding.
There is one thing which vermiR
cannot stand, and that is fire. The
nest-boxes and roosts held over a big
blaze for a moment or two will DO
entirely rid of the pests.
Build your barns little larger than
you need at the present moment. Few
men ever get too much barn room.
Plan for future growth, and then see 1
to it that you grow.
Drafts of air cause bad colds, and
that means a cessation of egg making.
To stop all cracks and crevices with
paper and rags IN ---'-i~--, on the part
of the poultryman.
Sheep are extremely sensitive to
heat. In hot weather their fleece Isl
burden to them. They are a cold
country animal under the most nat:
ural conditions. i
The profit in poultry raising foR
market lies in Matching early, pushing
the chickens forward as rapidly as
possible. and marketing them early
in the season. i
Do not wash eggs before packing
them. Washing removes from the
shell the mucilagenous coating which
nature provides for their temporary
preservation.
Among the essentials of the sue
cessful management OF a farm flock
of mutton sheep are that We treat
them in a manner adapted to theiI
nature.
Make a feeding platform for the
hogs eight inches high with a two
inch protecting board all around to
keep the feed out of the winters mud.
There is no kind of animal breed
ing that will pay better than the
breeding of horses. but horses that
will sell, not dunghiIls or misfits.
The increase in flock of sheep rep
resents almost entire profit to the man
who has no rentals to pay and keeps
his sheep on government land. /
Nest eggs are not needed to induce,
hens TO lay. They have no influence;
whatever over the hens, and have!
been discarded on most farms.
We mu-: cool the milk in order to
stop the ravages of what is now
known to be the bacteria that SO soon
work injury to new milk
Pregnant ewes should never be kept;
in the enclosure with the rest of the!
flock. because accidents are liable to
cause loss of the lambs.
The mare should be fed at all timesi
with liberal ration of clean and nour.
ishing feeds. and should have an album. |
dance of pure water. i
Remove the harness and heavy COLI
lars during the noon hour. To go
over the hcrseS with a stiif brush at |
noon reviyes them. i
Keep the egg record up every day!
II You skip one day. even. the rest: |
will all be z guess. and guessing isn't !
like business. /
The three great constituents which |
plants remove from the soil are nitro: |
gen. rhosphoric acid and potash. /