Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-03-03
Nl lE'N' FARM
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HemOVe the Orcnaru ntIer.
Sweet clover is very drouth-resist-
ing.
Plan for an orchard this year, If you
haven't got one
The COW is the final Judge as to
the real worth of silage.
Rye straw is of very little use on
the farm except for bedding
A COW should be dried off for a few
weeks before the calving period.
Keeping records of the cows Is oft
entimes the first step toward success.
During the summer months poultry
consume large amount of green for
age.
Chickens are always considered
more or less of a side line on the
farm.
Plenty of outdoor exercise and
fresh air will insure a crop of vigor-
GUS lambs.
Regularity in milking helps the flow
during the present and all subsequent
lactation periods
Good drainage to a COW stable is abb
solutely necessary, and a cement floor
n cnnh
Keep your chicks on dry ground,
where they can get no red worms,
and they are not likely to have gapes.
Except when pigs are small, two
feedings OF warm, sloppy feed per
day, morning and evening, is suffi-
cient.
The trap nest picks out the layers,
the best brooders, the drones and the
Improbable hens as we'll as the egg
eaters.
The season has arrived when farm
ers and gardeners should begin testing
seeds to determine their power of g2r-
mination.
There will be no danger of white
speeks, or black specks either, in the
butter If the cream is strained into
the churn.
The sooner anyone gets rid of "cull'
stock the better, and when favorable
opportunity comes 1t is we'll to take
advantage OF It,
COW that is run down or hide
bound, the result of faulty digestion
and assimilation, needs a tonic to
build up her blood
Many of the troubles experienced at
lnmbing time are are result of rough
handling and treatment during the
period Of pregnancy.
The farmers family Is fortunate in
having an abundance of good food at
all seasons of the year, but this is
especially true in the winter.
Every farmer can have plenty of
eggs and chickens for himself and for
market IL lie VIII only turn u OF
his energy toward the hen house.
Are there not some places about the
farm where evergreens ought to be
planted? They make splendid wind
break about the barns and yards.
In hauling manure, Ice, wood or 9TH
er slow work about the farm where a
team stands good share Of the time
the use of blankets is to be recon-
mended.
You must keep track of your hens
and know what they are doing If you
are going to keep them at all, and
then you can have as large flock as
you can manage.
There is no danger OF cattle chok-
ing on shredded fodder, They chew
It the same as hay before they at
tempt to swallow 1t and 1t goes down
their throats as easily.
Some one who has not been asleer
all the time during recent years has
said: Cement and alfalfa are going
to make western farmers the most
Independent people on earth"
Before the appearance of blossoms
and foliage, spray for soft scale and
like insects with the lime-sulphui
wash. or kerosene emulsion No fruit
grower can expect to have clean
healthy trees unless he uses sprays
and washes.
Given plenty of good roughage apt
light grain ration Of wholesome
farm feed supplemented with little
oil and some root crops or corn en-
sllage for succulence the ewes SHOULD