The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-06

Fresh air Is needed by the hog q:
much as 1t is by any other animal OF
the farm.
A day is coming very soon, wher
butter won't sell as rapidly and at a:
high prices as 1t was bringing former
ly. And when that day comes, the
question OF quality In determining
sales is going to be more important
Paint the outside of the buildings In
the autumn after the hot weather Is
past. or In the winter. Oil paint, un
der cold. hardens SO as to be much
more durable than when It dries un.
der heat
The disposition-the likes and dis.
likes OF each CONWAY be studied
carefully while the animals are
around their keeper, and one can then
feed and care for them accordingly.
1t will not do to allow ducks To
share the common lot Of poultry in
general: not that they require more
attention. but rather a different man.
ner OF handling and feeding.
There is one thing which yermin
cannot stand, and that is fire. The
nest-boxes and roosts held over a big
blaze for moment or two will be
entirely rid Of the pests.
! Build your barns little larger than
you need at the present moment. Few
men ever get too much barn room.
Plan for future growth, and then see
TO 1t that you grow.
Drafts Of air cause bad colds. and
that means a cessation OF egg making.
To stop all cracks and crevices with
paper and rags IN -''-a~-~, on the part
| of the poultryman.
Sheep are extremely sensitive to
heat. In hot weather their fleece Is
burden to them. They are q cold
country animal under the most nat.
ural conditions.
The profit in poultry raising fm
market lies in Matching early, pushing
the chickens forward as rapidly as
possible. and marketing them early
In the season.
Do not wash eggs before packing
them. Washing removes from the
shell the mucilagenous coating which
nature provides for their temporary
preservation.
Among the essentials OF the sue
cessful management Of a farm flock
of mutton sheep are that we treat
them In a manner adapted to their
nature.
Make a feeding platform for the
hogs eight inches high with a two
inch protecting board all around to
keep the feed out Of the winters mud
There is no kind Of animal breed.
Ing that will pay better than the
breeding Of horses. but horses that
will sell. not dunghills or insists.
The increase in a flock Of sheep rep
resents almost entire profit to the man
who has no rentals to pay and keeps
his sheep on government land.
Nest eggs are not needed to induce
hens to lay. They have no influence
whatever over the hens, and have
been discarded on most farms.
We mu-. cool the milk In order to
stop the ravages Of what Is now
known to be the bacteria that SO soop
work injury to new milk.
Pregnant ewes should never be kent
in the enclosure with the rest of the
flock. because accidents are liable to
cause loss OF the lambs.
The mare should be fed at all times
with a liberal ration Of clean and nour.
ishing feeds, and should have an album. !
dance Of pure water.
Remove the harness and heavy col
lars during the noon hour. To 70
over the horses with . stiff brush at
noon revives them.
Keep the egg record up every day.
II you skip one day. even. the rest
will all be a guess. and guessing isn't
like business.
The three great constituents which
plants remove from the soil are nitro.
gen. phosphoric acid and potash.
Selling the younger heifers that tho
other dairyman wishes most to buy
II grading the herd downhill.
Clean away the droppings each
morning and lice and disease are not
apt to bother the biddies.
In the last nundred years wonderful
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