The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-06-30

/ Keep weeds out of strawberries.
/ Farm teams should have extra care
/ Horses should not be checked up
when at work.
, Wild mustard causes but little trou-
BILE in the corn belt.
/ Ensilage materially reduces the cost
OF raising and fattening cattle.
Sometimes old strawberry beds will
pay 10 keep for another fruiting.
| Ordinarily the best animal food for
| hens at this time OF year is cut green
/ bone.
/ For the women who love plants
there is nothing so pleasant as indoor
gardening.
sanitary stable is absolutely
necessary for uniform quality OF
good butter
II costs less TO raise strawberries
in new bed. and they are of better
size and favor.
A man who cannot succeed with a
scrub flock will hardly make a success
with pure bred herd.
Dairy farmers should not raise or
buy timothy hay for cows. Glover or
alfalfa is much better as milk pro
ducer.
With the majority OF farmers the
pasture provides the sole summer feed
for all the animals except the work
horses.
4 patch OF rutabagas or an acre OF
pumpkins will make the COWS remcm.
Der YOU with increased yields next fall
and winter.
The temperature OF the cream when
in the churn should range from 80 TO
SO degrees. and II should be churned
for 80 TO 40 minutes.
The sheep that shears ten pounds
or over. an animal of good size and
strong back. with proper attention
will make money for its owner.
The great advantage OF the cream
separator over the various systems oi
cream. raising is that thick or thin
cream. as desired. may be obtained.
Home grown seeds. pure. free from
weeds and found by local experience
to afford satisfactory yields. are gen
orally to be preferred over all others
Summer selection should be kept
up until the fowls are fully grown
Dispose of every little runt that shows
up. because they are not worth keep
ing
Get the horseradish into the ground
Just as soon as possible. Plant tho
roots two or three inches deep with
the thick end up. The soil must be
very rich.
All infertile eggs have value
While Il is unlawful to sell these eggs
We find that when well boiled and
mixed with cornmeal they make sx
cellcnt food for chicks.
To give the hen heat and energy
We use carbonaceous matter (carbo
hydrates-starchesD. The two mus
be mixed. Fats. to a more or less ex
tent. can DO found in every article
of food.
A gallon tin fruit can with holes
made n half inch from the open enc
and inverted over an inch deep pie
pan makes an ideal drinking fountain
Use the scrub brush on the pan once
In awhile. too.
When corn is several inches high
put In the sulky cultivator set 10
mellow the ground fully FIVE inches
deep when corn is small and shall
low; when stalks are half grown and
roots spread across the rows.
The Pekin duck is very hardy. a
good layer and fattens quickly. The
ducklisss. il well cared for should be
ready for market In ten weeks. They
should be killed before the pen feath.
ers begin TO grow
Be careful not to overcrowd the
birds during the hot season. Fresh air
and cool quarters are conducive to
health these warm days. and proven.
ton Is better than cure with chickens
seeing that the best cure for sick
fowl is death.
II the hens are confined to a small
yard. a portion OF the yard sould be
dug up once a week and little finely.
ground bone and meat fed three times