The Columbus journal., 1911-06-14
Clean Up tie poultry yard

Cleanliness IS essential in dairytag.
The goosebsrry is closely related 70
tho currants.
Cleanliness is the keynote Of sue
cessful dairying
Canker oi tails is a disease that Is
sometimes seen IN the pig.
Seed potatoes should be carefully
examined for traces Of dry rot
Despite constant work with the cul-
tivator weeds will grow IN the potato
field.
Keep a supply Of wheat bran before
ali your chickens Of all ages Al al
times.
The quality Of The plant-ripened to-
matO is mucn better than OF house
ripened fruits.
Sell that blows badly may be i'm
proved by scattering straw or manure
over The surface.
Corn properly planted can be gwen
its firs, working before the rows can
be distinctly seen
The production Of milk reasonably
free from bacteria IS simply \ QUes-
ten OF cleanliness.
There IS 40 better general feed than
coed green grass for growing and pro
iucing farm animals.
Hens for incubation should be Of 4
quiet disposition and on friendly
terms with their keeper.
Il has been proven by many -ests
that silage increases the production OF
milk and lowers the cost.
Teach the vOuns colts 70 eat mix
ture Of crushed oats. wheat bran and
oil neal rs sCoI is possible.
The larger amount Of feed N animal
will consume ali things considered. the
more profitable will the animal De.
Sow cowpeas before you piow your
potatoes for the last tine. They will
De up before the weeds get 4 start
TIiess If exceptional value. after
he third year COOP the hen. fatten
lnG eat her She Will De fine for that
purpose.
The dry method OF feeding chickens
consists n supplying nothing but
grain from the commencement Oi
their lives.
n hunting 4 sire get one OF the
same strain rs he mare unless she is
a scrub. There IS little 70 he gained
in crossing.
The foremost method of cuIrivat!na
alfalfa IS with the iisk harrow. one OF
the ros: excellent farm Implements
aver invented
Chatfv seed corn. If it has not been
frosted ard has been properly stored
generally terminates practically Is
veil as mature seed corn
Five dollars invested in package ma
te-IaI will 1ay man. tines the invest
nent IN he better prices the fruit vii.
bring wien properly packed
PARSLEY SEED terminates SLOWLY
have ground very ine- Cover seed
with fine rich soil mixed with manure
scr1pings Keep sell moist.
Dc TOT try 70 force nature. IN At.
ing Young fries FOR the market give
The chicks proper foCd. freedom from
ice acd nature will do the rest
The future III the mutton crop lie
ponds UPON "he attention given the
young lambs. lni the iegree 20 vhirn
they are kept growing from The start
TIE first week Young ducks srIouiG
De- FED corn bread Made OF eTual par-:
Of wheat bran and cGrnUeal. 4 little
sour milk and soda % raise. ana lii
re salt
Horses always bring 4 higher price
N the spring -lau n III" fall. IS nany
Ten sell their horses in The fall pre-
Cer-.n- not 20 keep iheEI through he
winter months.
Sow 4 patch Of COW peas near the
poultry YARD. Do nOr harvest the
peas when ripe hut t,IrT the hens INTO
them when the green grass disappears
ana they will thrive upon them.
Agricultural experiments show that
If il Is necesEarv 20 fertiIiZe the SOIL
70 secure a crop Of twenty bushels Of
wheat per acre. il IS even more necas
sarv 70 fer'iliZe for a good crop Of
fruit
The majority Of turkey raIsers hare
20 -a:se their birds under unnarura!
conditions and have TO adopt meas
Tres Of protection and food that will
conform as nearly Is possible 20 their
condition.
An incubator will not feed or reg,,.
late Itself as the hen does. and We