The Columbus journal., 1911-03-22
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Buttermaking is an art
Fresh fruit is always delicious.
Gapes is caused by a small worm in
the windpipe.
Most farm buildings are built too
close to the dwelling
In preparing a seed bed for sweet
clover do a thorough job.
Very little is known about the actual
value OF rye as poultry food.
Tie barn that is banked up will
have fewer draughts over the floor.
Don't leave your valuable farm ma
chinery standing unprotected in tho
field
| Dat straw is an excellent rough feed
for sheep. Wheat straw is next in
value.
Overcoming the eve flock during
the winter months is frequent cause
of severe losses.
Very early spraying with bordeaux
is the thing for all kinds of fungus rot
and for peach leaf curl.
Fresh. green bone Is of itself almost
a complete feed and may be used as q
special material for egg production.
Farmers should not buy more land
Until that which they already have
is producing TO its maximum capacity.
Exercise is Of prime importance in
several ways. 1t keeps the pigs nim-
bic and in healthy condition gener
ally.
Before putting the chicks into the
broOder II is good plan 20 sprinkle
them carefully with a good insect
powder.
One OF the first needs of the pigs Is
4 comfortable place in which 10 pass
more than half of the tine. sleeping
and resting.
breeding stock should be selected
for health. strength, vigor and matu
rity first, utility second and fancy
points third.
II is a we'll known fact that properly
managed 20. 80 or so acre farm will
return in addition To a living. fine
income for the family.
The dairyman having productive
farm of $50 TO 200 acres can easily
raise six TO eight OF his best marked
female calves each season.
The annual income from milk and
butter in the United States is said to
be more than the output Of the gold
and the silver mines.
Carrots are fed TO horses rot so
much for their feeding value but for
their influence In keeping tine digestive
organs in good condition.
It requires ice to handle milk.
cream or batter. so see to II that you
will be fully supplied with this cheap
article for next summers use.
Fowls should always he starved for
at least 81 hours before being killed.
so as to have their crops and intes-
tines thoroughly free from food OF any
kind
There is a steady demand for nuts. |
The English walnut. pecan. Spanish. |
Japanese and American chestnuts, |
butter nuts and shellbarks are the |
most profitable.
The difficulties experienced in |
spreading poultry manure, on account !
of its sticky consistency. may be OBJ |
waited by mixing with loan. peat or |
common stable manure
Provide shelter for all of the ami |
mails on cold and rainy nights OF |
spring weather. Shelter means saw |
ing of feed. and making the animals |
grow and produce better.
Condiments that stimulate egg pro- |
duction are very much like anything |
that stimulates a human being. After |
the immediate results wear of the
bird is in worse shape han before be-
ing fed.
One OF the things which concern the
grower all over the country is 10 try |
10 manage his business himself. and
get as large a proportion Of his pro
duce to the consumer direct as he pos
sibIy can.
Unless there is enough alfalfa hay
On hand. when feeding all COWS will
eat. TO last until grass is ready in the
spring. feed more sparingly of it. say
10 pounds day. and supply the def
cheney with some other roughase. and
add a mixture in equal parts 10y meas
ure of corn and oats ground together
and the finer the better.
For early blossoTing. plant aster
seed in flats or the hotbed early in |
March and TRANSPLANT tho y,upr aS,a- |