The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-14

Never pillow burrows up and down
the face of hill if they can as we'll
be run across its face. In such places
there is no fear of water lying so an
to do damage, but there Is great
chance of drought lessening the
yield. This is especially the case II
burrows up and down the hill provide
facilities for a quick run.off in case
of a downpour of rain. Where there
are no such burrows for the escape of
the water, it will be much more likely
to soak in.
Corn is in ideal condition for the
silo when it is in ideal condition to be
cut for fodder, i. e., when the kernels
are we'll glazed and just before tho
foliage begins to brown. Corn at this
stage introduced into well-construct-
ed silo and carefully spread and well
tramped has never failed in our ex-
perience to produce ideal silage.
Hogs make their most profitable
growth in summer, when they arc
young, but this will not be true I'M
less they have something to eat.
Plenty Of pasture and milk with
some grain will help them along at
a time when they are best able to
respond and when pork is made most
cheaply.
After the pigs are two weeks old
they may be turned into lot to-
gether, where they may be fed with
out being disturbed by the sows. The
feeding lot of the pigs should be con-
nected with the sow's pen by small
opening through which they may pass
back and forth at will.
Alfalfa is making good in the east.
and farmers are realizing that 1t Is
comparatively easy to get stand. by
the use of lime and plenty of stable
manure. This is ideal pasture for
swine and no harm will be done the
crop If pastured lightly.
There are no secrets about good
dairying. The farm journals tell all
there is about it over and over, but
the man who does not read and apply
ance, and possesses an empty pocket
book
The average dairy farmer takes It
as a matter Of course that cows U.s.
ually shrink during the fall and fall
away in their fleah condition, and
therefore he makes no plans to re-
move the cause of the falling away.
A good brood SOW of whatever
breed must have big feeding capa.
city in order to produce plenty of
milk. For this reason 1t Is never wise
to buy a sow with short, chunky
body set on too short legs.
In buying farm one of the most
important things to consider Is the
matter of water for the stock No
animal on the farm can be expected
to do it's best without free access to
good water.
Idle horses need good, judicious
care. There are instances where val
liable animals have dropped dead
when being taken from the stable
after long period of confinement.
Economy in saving, and the appli.
cation of barnyard manure is needed
on most farms. Manure is one Of its
valuable products. yet it is not fully
appreciated by most managers.
Maybe those old hens will go
through another winter all right, but
you will not get much out Of them. Let
them go. It is the young hen that
does the business.
If one waits until husking time to
save the seed corn the task will al.
ways be done more hurriedly and the
chances are that poorer quality win
be secured.
Benefits can be derived from even q
roughly kept register of the cows
yield and other matters concerning
her which otherwise would be forgot
ten.
In a days time a chickadee has
been known to eat hundreds of insect
eggs and worms that are very harm
f1l1 tn orr treaa and vepota h1oa
Dipping every fowl is the surest and
safest way to get rid Of the body lice
and all parasites such as feather
mites, scaly leg, scabies. etc.
If there Is a furnace in the cellar,
beets and carrots keep much better II
packed in sand. This prevents them
from shrivelling so badly.
Oats is one of the most important
feeds we can feed to growing chicks,
as it is a muscle and Lone builder
and makes fine feathers.
Where you find filth you find YER
min. These two things cause a host
of diseases, and right here Is where
the losses begin.
Encourage the hired man to be
kind to the horses.
A double wall concrete silo is most