Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-11-03
Raise more hogs.
Hairy vetch may be sown in oats.

Sugar beets, carrots and turnips
are fine feeds for sheep.
More attention is being given to
COW peas as farm crop.
Dairy cows should have rich and
liberal feeding every day.
Salt is essential for COW and she
should have all she wants.
Crowded poultry will not lay-feed
and care for them as we may.
The Cauliflowers must have a rath.
er dry air, and free ventilation.
Onions sell best when graded by
running them over potato sorter.
A mule will do as much work as
horse on about two-thirds as much
feed.
Australia and Argentina lead the
world in the number of horses and
cattle.
Hogging off corn is by far the cheap
est method of feeding, as the hogs do
| all the work.
Where timothy is sown for seed
four to six quarts is sufficient for
good stand of plants.
Alfalfa is the only known plant that
will supply a nearly perfect balanced
ration with corn alone.
The market demand for mules is al
ways steady, and the farmer can make
no mistake in raising them.
Salt causes the animal to drink wa
ter, and large amount of water Is
necessary for a flow of milk.
In treating a wire cut, the wound
should be kept absolutely clean and
exposed to the air and sunshine.
Cows like variety, and this should
be supplied them, being careful. how
ever. not to make sudden changes.
Lend your crops to your live stock
and see what big interest they will
pay and how promptly they pay It
Potatoes not to be used or market
ed Immediately should be left in the
ground as long as the ground Is dry.
The first thing after the SOW has
farrowed she should be supplied with
all the pure cold water she will drink
The fall planting Of such fruits as
are adapted to planting at that season
is, as a rule, better than spring plant
ing.
It is said that 20 acres of corn put
into the silo is worth more in feeding
dairy herd than 80 acres in the
crib.
After the fruit harvest in the orch
ard, go over the trees and grounds and
: pick up and destroy all worthless. rot
ten and wormy fruit.
A good fence is absolutely necessary
on farm where live stock is kept
and there should be no farms on which
: live stock is not kept.
The quality of water has much t
: do with the quality of milk, the qua
! ity of eggs as we'll as the ,healthfu
ness of the stock that uses it.
The annual clearing out of the oil,
= stock should take place early enoug
:. so that the winter quarters will pre-
- vide plenty of room for the pullets.
Test your cows for butter fat an
= rid your farm of those that do nc
= produce at least one hundred an
i fifty pounds of butter fat per annun
An animal will not have the neces
;, sary relish for its feed to get tn
- greatest amount Of good out of 1t,
it is fed prior to the regular feedin
time.
a The best time to cut corn for lat
O fall or winter feed is just as soon a
:, the ears are we'll dented and when
few of the leaves begin to chang
color
n A large amount OF feed is waste
n by irregular feeding. The digestiv
n fluids work more freely and most e
ficiently when called upon at reg
lar intervals.
If II is a tolerably easy matter fcr an
e poultryman to produce eggs at a fee
ir cost of less than 10 cents dozen an
the best of market poultry at lei
than ten cents pound.
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