The new era., 1911-11-09
III FARM
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After the lambs are few days old
they begin to look around for some
thing to eat, and they should be given
an opportunity to go out in search OF
food, by making creeps which they
can go out and in as they please and
have access to such foods as oats
and bran with some of the finest and
most tender hay that the farm af-
fords; nothing is too good for the lit
tie fellows.
The grape needs nitrogen for
growth Of vine and potash and phos-
pilates for the perfection of its fruit.
Bone dust worked into the soil about
roots after growth is established sup
plies phosphates and one-half bushel
of unleached wood ashes to vine ap-
piled in the spring gives the neces-
sary potash.
Water or moisture is always on the
move. When it rains it soaks the
ground. and as soon as it stops rain
ing it starts its upward movement by
capillary attraction. 1t travels from
one soil particle to the next, and so
on until the soil becomes what we
call dry.
Now is a very good time to save
out the best pullets to take the place
of the discarded hens this fall. 1t
pays to keep the best stock in order
to get good results, and this can be
done in no other way any better than
| by constantly culling and picking.
Don't fail to give the fall pigs plen-
ty of slop consisting of SKINNED milk
mixed with some kind OF ground
grain. They will soon be getting most
! OF their living from the trough and
will not be checked In their growth
at weaving time.
Where large plantations Of asparar
gus are made 1t is important that the
roots be planted SO deeply that all
tillage may be accomplished with the
plow and other heavy farm imple-
ments, and thus avoid the expense
of hand labor.
Sheep raising is a new thing to
almost every prairie state farmer, and
as long as cattle and hogs prove mon
eymakers and furnish all the choring
the average man cares to do, there Is
no likelihood of any radical change.
To produce milk economically we
should use the roughage on our farms
wherever 1t is possible, for by SO do
ing we not only save the labor of haul
ing bulky material, but will also build
up the fertility Of our land
The farmer should calculate what
increase in crop it is necessary for
him to obtain in order to make the
use of fertilizers profitable, and II
only this is obtained he should not
condemn their use.
When the ground freezes apply a
cover of well composted manure on
the asparagus rows which will keep
the ground from freezing deeply and
provide plenty of fertility for next
summers growth.
During the fattening pe:fod, the
of which protein is so essential, is
loaded with fat, a process in which
corn makes the most economical
gains.
When ready to empty the ash pan
mix a good lice powder with the ashes
and empty in the hen house. The
hens will dust themselves in It and
rid themselves of lice and mites.
Corn and water are the best fat
tening foods although feed Of roots
once or twice a week will give them
a keener appetite and keep their
bowels in excellent condition.
Never change mixers when you can
possibly avoid 1t, but have the same
one milk the same COW every time.
and milk In the same order.
Be careful about oyerfeeding with
sugar beet tops as too heavy feeding
will prove injurious on account Of the
oxalic acid they contain.
Dairy COWS should be placed in the
| stable In the fall before rigid cold
weather commences, and winter ra-
tions should be fed.
At this time of year, Just before cat
tie go into winter quarters. a dairy
man can replenish his dairy by buy
ing heifer calves. often at great bar
gains.
Most people recognize the value Of
fall plowing for grain crops but very
few, however, follow the practice with
their corn crops.
! Some of the cracks in the stable
| can be stopped up more cheaply than