The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
OIL 10 the work harness.

You can't oyerwork the narrow.
A lousy pig is sure sign of a poos
farmer.
The neglected colt or calf win
prove profitless
Phosphorus is an element that II
essential to plant life.
How are the farm implements? Any
OF them need repairs?
Look suspiciously at eggs that have
been laid in a stolen nest.
The Gamma. like corn needs moisture
and heat to develop properly.
Don't let the weeds get a start
kill 'em while they are a.borning.
The horse Is known by its years.
but the mule Is better known by Its
ears.
When you hoe corn thin II ont to
not more than three good stalks to
the hill.
The ewes must have plenty OF PAL
atable food both before and after tho
lambs come.
A flock OF 80 hens. or not more than
| 100. properly fed aud cared for will
pay handsomely.
II the butter is packed In Jars or 9TH
er receptacles. they. too. must be ster
| ilized al above stated.
The ashes of the elm. oak and beach
are the most valuable for applying to
farm and garden crops.
Cattle should not be pastured In
tho orchard. sthey pack the ground
hard and bruise the young wood.
After trees are planted. mulch. with
one foot Of leaves or rotted straw.
dry.
The calf should be kept In the pen
and not tied out on grass until tho
weather is warm and the ground 10
dry.
Enormous yields of potatoes can be
secured under irrigation. provided the
moisture in the soil Is uniform and
continuous.
Tobacco stems contain large guam.
titles Of potash and are worth eight to
ten dollars per ton for topdressins
grass and grain.
You will get more fruit by spraying
thoroughly and the quality will be
such that you can sell more OF II as
first. class fruit.
Good orchardists say that an or
ehard neglected for one year without
spraying or pruning and cultivation.
puts II back fully three years.
Five dollars invested In package
material will pay many times the in
vestment In the better prices the
fruit will bring when properly packed
Plan to raise fine flock of general
purpose standardized birds this sea-
son. They will yield much more sat
isfaction and profit than q mixeS
flock.
Western alfalfa Is ground into very
fine meal form and after being mixed
!. with molasses Is sold to western dairy
men and poultry raisers for from $50
ton up.
II there Is no other chance to get
sunlight into tho COW barn II might
not be much OF chore to cut a few
openings In the south or west side and
! put in some windows.
To feed 80 laying hens one month
will require 200 pounds OF oats and
| cracked corn or 800 pounds Of wheat
! screenings. In addition to the rye and
: grass pasture and ground meat and
bone.
Two perennials which are compare
= lively new and most beautiful and
r satisfactory are the Burbank daisy
I and the lovely cherry+red. hardy car
: nation pink. You make no mistake In
ordering them.
. The leguminous crops grown on the
r farm are the cloyers-red. mammoth.
; white and alsike-alfalfa. peas. beans
l and vetches. Much Of the farmers
: prosperity depends on the use he
makes of these plants.
a Ten million dollars is neat sum
Z to pay each year for the ravages OF
: one animal. yet this is the figure
0 given by the United States Depart
1 ment OF Agriculture as the damage
| done nv the oocket gophers. /.