The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-04-19
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The hens ought to lay.
II is the little things that count
Delightful April days-and little
chicks
Keep a sharp outlook for head lice
and get rid Of them.
Give all of your fowls plenty OF
fresh air and sunshine.
Ewes should not be used for breec-
ing before a year and a half old
Don't feed the newly Matched chicks
until they are about thirty-six hours
old
Shorts mixed with corn meal and
moistened with skimmilk makes a line
mash.
Although good ewes should be
kent II is not necessary that they Oe
pure bred.
II doesn't take SO much work to
care for sheep as for COWS, and the
work is pleasanter.
A building IA by IS feet is large
enough fer so hens. Keep il free from
drafts, moderately warm, sunny.
No food nor nourishment about
charcoal-not bit. but 1t is correc-
tor that helps the chicks digestion.
Give the pigs exercise and sunshine
from birth. but do not allow them TO
ge, damn nor to be exposed to the
wind.
Sunhower seed is valuable winter
food for poultry, mixed with cracked
corn. wheat and oats. The seed is
rich in oil.
The pullets should be brought to
maturity as soon as is consistent
body growth.
Ten acres of timber. cared for, will
return a larger profit, ultimately. than
any other ten acres a western farmer
can cultivate.
Watch the breeding birds and make
sure that they are keeping in good
condition. Give them an outdoor
scratching place.
As soon as a crop appears above
ground il needs cultivation, both to
kill the weeds and to admit the air to
the roots of the plants.
A wide-spreading shade tree is a
JOY TO sheep in the pasture field In
summer. and a real rest out of the sun
at noon does them good.
The COWS due to Calve next month.
if there IS no bran or flaxsecd meal
on hand, should be given one peck OF
nubbin corn. divided into two feeds.
The main crop of onions is usually
grown from seed sown in the open
field in rows L. to IA inches distant
and thinned to three inches in the
row.
There is a vast deal of time wasted
on many farms in travelling from one
mart to another. the waste being due
10 the fact that the buildings are not
centrally located.
Produce commission men state that
OF late years there has sprung up a
great demand for late fall-hatched
chicks TO be marketed in early spring
before broilers are ripe"
4. young man who has had the adj
vantage of a twO-year course at a
good agricultural college Is better pre-
pared for his work than the man that
has never had this advantage.
ground Is frozen. Cabbages. onions.
steamed clover. boiled potatoes and
turnips. with a warm meal mash, are
excellent for pullets and hens ready TO
lay.
Roll the lawn as soon as the repairs
have been made, to firm the soil about
the grass roots. The heaving of the
frost probably has ioosened the top
soil which will allow the ground TO
dry out quicker.
As the weather is still cold not
more than IL eggs should be given a
hen. When larger number is al
lowed. the eggs are not sufficiently
covered. and those on the outer edges
of the clutch are likely to become
chilled.
It must be borne in mind that not
all breeds of poultry will sit and
brood their own young. Certain
breeds such as those in the Mediter
ranean class neghorns). are called
non sitters." and can scarcely ever
be induced TO sit.
II you haven't one already. get
ready TO plant strawberry bed. For
a farmer not to have Strawberries on
his table is as bad as for a prosper
Gus poultry man to serve tough chick
en- TO company.
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