The Columbus journal., 1911-03-01

The flavor and odor of eggs is often
affected by the food.
The Poland Chinas of today are as
good as they ever were.
The Durcc-Jersey is not as refined
and compact as the Poland China.
Soil doubtless has a good deal to do
with the success of the POnderosa to-
matO.
Keep at least one horse about the
farm that is easily managed by the
women.
There is something about oat straw
of a hog.
The quality of the silage may be
materially bettered by using care in
taking it out.
a hard weed to kill on account of its
perennial nature.
A young bull not in service may be
fed silage literally. but sparinsly
when in service.
Those who have succeeded in get
ting a good stand of alfalfa are en-
thusiastic over its value.
Fall pigs. or any other hogs for that
matter, should be kept OF the man.
ure pile during the winter.
All reports show that the demand
for butter. milk and cream continues
to be greater than the supply.
Any time before growth starts in
the spring will be all right for prun-
Ing such hardy trees as the box elder.
The practice OF removing manure
from the stable directly to the field is
a good one when it can be carried out.
Potato blight alone is estimated to
cause damage to the amount OF $685.
100000 every year in the United
States.
In locating your plants be sure that
you understand their habits and are
able to assign them to their places
intelligently.
The hen is admitted to be one of the
greatest financial factors in the coun-
try today. and she is also one OF the
most overworked.
Dairying need not imply abandoning
wheat. but more wheat on less acres.
corh bread and butter should be pro-
.iced on the farm.
Plant trees only in ground that has
been under cultivation for at least
two or three years and is in a thor
ough state of cultivation.
The farm manures vary in their ma
nUrial value according 10 the feeds
given. the bedding and The absorbents
used in saving the liquid portions.
While Il is not desirable to select
for an orchard soils which need arti-
fetal drainage, yet if such is chosen,
it should be underdrained with tile.
Unless rotten apples are promptly
removed from the orchard. fruit pests
will have an ideal place in which to
hibernate during the winter months.
Cows must be kept clean ard
healthy. and have pure air to breathe,
and then they will return a volume Of
rich. nutritious milk in paying quaint
ties.
1t is not profitable to treat fowls
suffering from a contagious disease
II is z better move to at once destroy
all such cases. or there may be an
epidemic.
In making flower beds 1t is not de-
sirable to elevate them above the sur
rounding level Raised beds shed
rain and in consequence dry out more
rapidly than level ones.
Outdoor grown tomatoes removed
Wv IN fn
frost threatens. will take on a more
natural color II placed in the dark
than when exposed to the light.
The only way to raise chickens in
large numbers in a short space Of
time and have them at the right
time to get the highest prices for
them is TO use incubators and brood
erS.
Every farmer may keep MS seed
wheat from deteriorating and even
Improve 4. by little extra care and
labor. To produce seed wheat the
grain should be we'll graded and only
the heaviest. plumpest seed sown In
! separate field at the most favorable
season and given the best possible
culture.
Experiments made at the Missouri
experiment station show that drinking
water is needed in proportion to the
milk yield. That is. COW giving six
gallons Of milk q day needs about