The record., 1911-10-05
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lvH FARM
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Tomatoes should be started early.
Potatoes are highly specialized
crop.
Cows should be kept comfortable at
all times.
Provide some succulent feed for
ewes in winter.
Weeds rob the soil of food elements
required by other plants.
Farm philosophers say this is go
ing to be a very dry year.
The milch COW needs shelter from
the summer storms and heat.
A pig that is fed grain all his life
usually fails to pay expenses.
Potatoes require considerable nitro
gen and a large amount Of potash.
The pigs should have a clean. dry
yard to exercise IN during the day.
A cheap and effective way of de-
horning calves is with potash caustic.
BY judicious choice Of varieties car
.rots may be enjoyed for long sea
son.
A daily record of work done will
cut out many of the wastes OF the
farm.
The oat crop as q money maker on
the farm is liable not to receive the
attention It deserves.
The soil on cultivated fields on hliy
OF rolling land will wash less n
plowed well and extra deep.
The gardener should try TO grow the
carrot quickly in order 10 secure ten
der. sweet, uniform specimens.
One of the chief reasons for butter
becoming rancid at an early age Is the
fact that II is not washed thoroughly.
One ton OF average fresh manure
contains ten pounds of nitrogen; one
ton of clover hay. 40 pounds Of nitro
gen.
Prune. the trees In the early spring
IL possible. any month of the year II
necessary, but be sure to prune the
trees.
Glover and grass seed may be sown,
and good stand secured. on oai
ground during the last of April and
1he first of May.
II the buttermilk is not washed out
II will furnish abundant food for the
bacteria, since they thrive on the
caseIn in the milk.
With q quiet. steady team half
grown boy, with . sulky plow, can dc
as good work as a man with the o!d
fashioned walking plow.
There is no professional study tha
requires closer work than does the de
yelopment Of the corn plant-a com
biratlon of brain toll and nature.
Pigs in the pasture require some
sort of crude shelter to protect then
fNom the sun and keep them from
blisterIng and scalding on hot days
Growing geese require large guam
titles Of grass. which they will obtaiI
If allowed their range. and which will
cut down the feed bill at least one
half.
The picking OF live geese for tn
live geese feathers. so called, is prac
ticed less and le-s. 1t is a cruel prac
tice. and ought 20 be entirely abol
dshed
The amount of feed that the pig
should get cannot be definitely ac
NlSBU. lnal lAGol hI AtAOA ~
the feeder from the appetites OF tn
.assimilate food.
II has been found that the seeds q
many weeds viii retain their vitalit
for 10 to % years. possibly Longer
and not all of the given years see
grows in any one year.
II Is surprising how few farmer
have cement floors in their stables
and as a rule they do not realize th
loss they sustain by having the cart
floor or a lcalSy, filthy plank floor
Poorly-hatcted and poorly-broode
chicks furnished good grounds in tb
past for believing that ARTIFICIAL,
Matched chicks were not as stron
and vigorous as those hatched by th
hen. ard they we're not. But matter
have greatly changed OF late year
There are now incubators and brool
ers that are reliable and safe.