Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-09
Oats make the best grain ration
for horses in summer.

room women are more handy than
men.
they will cause lots OF trouble and
loss.
Feeding sour or sloppy food is one
way of inviting bowel trouble in the
young chick.
Opinions vary somewhat as yet as
to the comparative feeding value OF
pea vine silage.
The farmer who keeps better poul'
try, or the best, is on the right road
to paying business.
Asparagus shoots should not be cut
too late, as late cutting will snjure the
vitality of the roots.
The proper way to apply manure Is
to remove it from the stable directly
to the field and spread It.
Impatience with the heifex that Is
freshening for the first timo is one
sure way of spelling the COW.
Do not attempt to raise fall pigs
without having first prepared per-
feet system of housing for the winter.
Tomatoes should be given the last
working with cultivator and then
bedded just before the vines fall over.
If dusty hay is fed, sprinkle with
water and it will save the horse much
annoyance; but better not feed 1t at
all.
The greatest forage crop in the
world is corn, and the silo is the most
economical device for use in dish.
ing it up.
Free range for hogs does not mean
that they should be allowed to run in
the highways and through the neigh
bors' fences.
Stall manure applied to the ground
fresh is much better than manure
that has been weathered by standing
in the barnyard.
All vegetables which require warm
soil, as okra, beans, tomatoes and
egg plant, should have warm manure
and never muck.
Farmers everywhere are looking for
some economical way Of maintaining
the soil fertility or improving 1t.
Dairying is the answer.
Fence corners full of dead weeds
make fine alternating place for all
kinds of bugs which will get busy with
your crop next spring.
The alfalfa farmer is not cutting as
heavy a crop this year as ordinarily,
but he is just as many laps ahead OF
the all-grain farmer as ever.
The man who is sincerely interested
in his dairy work is pretty sure to
be a prosperous dairyman and in his
case the dairy business booms.
Stall manure, mixed with ground
phosphate and applied on the ground
fresh, is vastly better as a fertilizer
than manure in any other form.
The cream from the milkings must
not be kept so long that it will de-
velop a sharp acid, for that would
impart an unpleasant flavor to the but
ter.
You would think the manufacturer
a fool who would feed cotton into his
mill and expect silk goods to be woven
from it, and yet the hen is simply
machine.
Try the plan of flushing the ewes
from now until breeding season, then
follow with good pasture, and you will
see from results that the plan makes
most profits.
We need to have clear idea OF
what breeding does, of what feeding
does, of what care and environment
do. IL we secure and maintain
profitable dairy herd.
In order that a good horse may re-
suit the colt should not only be given
good start in life, but should be
kept in healthful and thrifty condition
through the growing stage.
Cabbage will continue to grow late
in the fall IL the ground is clean and
the surface fine and loose. The same
is true of celew, beets, carrots and
some other hardy vegetables.
Lines of breeding which century
has developed and stamped with ap-
proval ought to prove safer than