The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-15
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Kill all infected fowls.
Geese demand early mating.
The Tamworths are Tn ideal bacon
type.
There Is no room for boarders in the
hen house.
A bull in service may be fed silage
in limited amounts.
Cowpox is q contagious disease and
its origin is an uncertainty.
The food for the pig should be as
lean as for any other farm animal.
There is hardly any expense in
raising squads as compared to chick
ems.
Egg production depends upon three
things. the bird. the house and the
feed.
You cannot expect success in the
poultry line and have a dozen mixed
breeds.
The first thing to do in the line of
active garden work Is the spadirg of
the beds.
Roots Of all kinds can be fed cook
ed or raw. but they should be chop
ped up fine
Hens need a very liberal supply of
water in order to make eggs and d.
gest their food.
Fowls do little. II any. injury to
either bloom or fruit If trees are
In poultry yard.
The blackberry is an important
fruit. and every farm home should
grow an ample supply.
See to It that all nest boxes and
laying places are perfectly clean that
eggs cannot become soiled.
Good seed. like a well bred animal.
Is very essential. but that alone viii
not produce a crop Of corn.
Farm names may be said to stand
for superiority rather than for SLOW.
enliness: for science, not sloth
Every soiled egg should be cleaned
as soon as gathered. 50 az to prevent
the shell from absorbing the stain.
To q certain extent, It Is a matter
Of personal taste whether corn should
be planted in rows or hills for the silo.
Success in pork production Is large
~ affected by the attention given to
the health and comfort of the brood
SOW.
One ton Of average fresh manure
contains 10 pounds Of nitrogen; one
ton Of clover hay. 40 pounds Of nj
trogen.
The term ripe cream" means a
cream that has sufficient Tactic acid
from which the best quality Of butter
can be made.
Perhaps no calling In life brings
man In close contact with such q
class of men as does the breeding of
high-class animals.
Not only is the hog the most fas-
TEDIOUS as regards his living quarters,
but he IS also one of the most profit.
able sources Of revenue on a farm.
Beauty has various forms. What
may be beauty to one Is not to an
other, but one will go far to find a
person who will say no Jersey for
me-"
The storage Of squash requires q
fairly we'll constructed wooden build
ing. and temperature above IS de-
grees. the squash being stored on
shelves.
Dairy cows Of excellence can only
be assured by breeding sires and
dams possessing the milking quail
ties essential to the production Of
heavy, persistent mixers.
Set common hens on goose eggs at
the same time you do your goose. and
then let the mother goose care for
all the youngsters. being careful to
give them a warm. dry place at night.
Il Is better to warm the water on
the cook stove in the morning than
to leave 1t cold. for the hen will con-
sumo the heat of her body in warm
ing up cold water after she drinks it.
Almost all of the swine that are
kept. fed and provided for are those
brood sows which are fed and so car
ried through the winter The feeders
will have been sold about the holi.