The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-07-14


Dogs and sheep don't mix.
Keep your chicks on dry ground.
Fodder corn should not be neg.
ected.
Roots should always be part Of the
'ations OF dairy cows.
A wet yard Is an abominatIon In the
light OF a well.bred hen.
Use the shepherds crook as little
rs possible AZ or before Landing.
The pigs should have clean. pure
water always ut hand. day and night
Providing n man knows his business
the brood mare Is the most profitable
farm worker.
Baby beef Is not moro common be
cause stock raisers generally are not
uock breeders.
From the dairy standpoint, the best
time In the year for a COW to freshen
IS the month Of September
Just one setting OF thoroughbred
Eggs may be the means OF working n
revolution In your poultry business.
II n neifer Is TO make the best dairy
COW. she should freshen when she is
from two years to thirty months old.
Newly Matched duckllngs can be
brooded without heat In box coop mt
this season. and II well fed viii grow
rapidly.
The scalper shovel is best for
corn cultivation. as the deep running
old-style shovel Injuries the feeding
roots.
Dairy butter should be packed In
ive-pound Jars and ten and twenty
pound tubs TO sell 10 the best ad.
vantage.
II eve aborts, remove her Mt once
from the lambing shed: burn all litter,
bedding. etc. and thoroughly disin. |
feet tho pen.
No extensive grower OF potatoes can
AFFORD to do without a breeding patch |
from which to secure seed stock for |
his own planting
Orchard grass should be cut Just rs
soon as the blossoms fall, and crimson |
clover when about twothirds OF the |
blossoms turn brown.
All sprays after the first should be |
very fine and SO applied as to lightly
cover the entire surface OF the fruit
and foliage with the liquid.
The subject Of cutting back young
trees when planting 10 an old one.
and the ideal one In favor. OF which
much has been said and written.
II Is commonly believed that a warm
horse should not be given water to
rink. which 10 correct II the animal
s to be allowed all that he will drink.
Some turkey growers who cater TO
special hotel and club house demands.
seek to improve the flavor of the flesh
by introducing wild blood into their
locks.
The I,io0-pound mule is becoming
popular draft animal. He Ia tough,
.ats less than n horse OF the same
weight. and n sound will sell for $500
,r better.
Alfalfa sown In the fall Is almost IN
ariably helped by disking the follow.
ng spring. with the disks set quite
traight. 30 ms not to cut the crowns.
ut to split them. II
Corn and corn meal are carbona.
eous matter. similar In composition ,
o that OF cream. and there Is no feed ,
hat a calf likes so well as shelled | ,
orn or corn meal.
Potatoes should be either put over
n inch and three-quarters screen or
ssorted so as not to have anything Z
nder an inch and three-quarters In
be stock sent to market.
A good mower oil Is made by mix.
lg. at about 100 degrees. the ordi. =
airy thin oil and the heavy dark grade n
this does not run freely nle on a a
alf-inch Of the snout Of the oil can e
Many a good spirited young horse
as his value greatly lessened, n he \,
J not ruined. by being compelled to a
'ork beside a slow. lazy mate. or A
ne that IL 80 much stronger that To 4
eep up with him requires q constant =
rain. L.,
All live stock owners should apply
10 tuberculin test to their cattle. ana 4