The Columbus journal., 1911-03-22
Plan for Matching season.
Keep the hens busy these cold days
Charcoal. Is good stuff for the hens
digestive tract.

The best cows are the cows that
will fill the pocketbook most quickly.
More cattle die from the effects Of
being drenched than from tubercu-
losis.
Potato Feelings fed raw in not too
large quantities are good for the lay
ing hens.
| Warmth should be supplied to all
farm animals but not at the expense
Of fresh air.
| When figuring up the profits from
the COWS for last year don't overlook
the fertilizer
! Men love their families, but are in
clined to neglect the crops that can be
! produced for the stable.
Exercise is good for the animals
and they should get their share every
day when IT is possible.
A good dairy sire is one that pro-
duces daughters which give more but
| ter-fat than their mothers.
Eggs should be gathered often. es-
pecially IL the weather is cold and
they are TO be used for Matching.
Much Of the success In poultry
keeping depends on the vigor and
| vitality Of the birds themselves.
4 male bird that is gallant. always
ready to share with the hens. is pre-
ferred to one that is too generous.
The byproducts of the dairy can be
made almost as profitable as the
straight products il rightly handled.
A cheap separator is worse than
none. Get one that does not waste
each year more than the original cost.
Yearlings and heifers should be
W
sIop in winter. and cold slop in sum-
mer.
Get all the wood ashes you can and
apply them to the garden and truck
patch soon as you can. and then pillow
It In.
The number of hens farmer should
keep depends on his interest In the
business and the time he Is willing to
devote to II.
Unless a bird is matured and pos
sesses size. vigor and a sound consti-
tuition. it should be barred out Of the
breeding pen.
For idle horses. straw and we'll
cured corn fodder may take the place
of hay. giving half ration OF corn
morning and night.
a man who has good quality OF
dairy products and hish-class of
dairy stock for sale seldom knows
wha, competition Is.
If you are TO get eggs. you must
have healthy. vigorous hens. and II
You wish TO keep UP the supply you
must retain the visor.
AS every poultryman knows. or
should know. protein Is an important
and invaluable ingredient In the IA
ton for egg production.
In planning aGornment for the door
yard avoid straight lines as much as
possible. Set the trees and shrubs
in groups or irregular lines.
II is very important that the wa !
ter drunk by the COWS giving three |
or more gallons Of milk daily be
warmed 20 about 60 degrees +.
In winter dairy farmers often for /
get that nothing is cheaper and more |
beneficial than pure air. sunlight and !
n reasonable amount Of exercise.
The calf that goes into winter quar- !
tiers lousy will not do well. Rubbing !
the cal! with a cloth moistened with |
coal oil and lard Will put quietus on |
the lice.
II is essential in raising beef to
know the characteristics Of prime
beast. for in order to command the |
ton price the animal must be in the |
pink of condition.
The feeding or care OF young In
dian Runners is the same as for any
other breed. but compared to chick.
ems the housing and management re
Guirsd are much easier matters.
II vou will figure what poor roads
cost YOU every year you will soon
realize the necessity Of Improvement
and YOU will be surprised to see how
easily the Improvement can be made
II is the custom OF some farmers &c
raise a litter o. pigs from SOW in the
spring that she Is year old. then fat
ten her for the fall market and KEEP
scws from her litter for breeding the
next spring.