The Columbus journal., 1911-06-07
Hire what men you need early.

Hire what men you need early.
It is very difficult to tell the age o,
ducks.
That weed right in the hin Is your
worst enemy.
The farmer is not much different
from anybody else
Homegrown plants are much 81.
perior to bought plants.
Cattle will never do well in tho
same pasture with sheep.
Land intended for spring crops
should be plowed in the fall.
Have the holes for the trees to be
removed dug wide and deep.
SQUAD raising seems to be q Ia
vorite occupation with suburban peo-
pie.
Large trees should be taken up
when the earth is frozen around the
roots.
A farmer can tell the -alue OF corn
stover without making any serious
mistake
Land intended for roots should be
plowed as soon as the ground IS dry
enough to work.
Mix poultry droppings With an equal
quantity of fine earth. and put one
handful to the hill.
As soon as the calf learns to eat
hay. place one handful of whole oats
in the feed box once day.
A beautiful hedge is made by using
zinnias in the back row, then calliop-
sis with white phlox as border.
Mang,es and sugar beets are the
best roots to grow for cattle. sheep
and pigs, and Belgian carrots for
horses.
Asters can be planted in rows OF
white and lavender, with very pleasing
results, provided the same kind Is
used in each row.
Young turkeys usually have black
feet. which after two years turn gray
and dull. and become paler and more
sickly as age advances.
Surplus suckers in blackberry or
red raspberry patches should be treat
ed lust like weeds: don't let the rows
get too wide nor too thick.
Hens in good health having access
to the dust bath will usually keep
free from lice. The house should be
| swept clean every morning.
! competition is generally recognized as
a great stimulant. but in the creamery
business 1t has been overdone.
The storekeeper who keeps eggs In
his cellar from a week to a month
needs to be looked after. Eggs should
be shipped along as fast as possible.
Let the calk suck the COW few
days; this milk is not fit for human
feed and is what the calf needs to
| cleanse the bowels and tone up the
system.
1t is said that naval oranges
sprung from a single tree that was
found growing on the northern shore
of the Mediterranean sea, nearly $50
years ago.
In dipping pigs great care must be
| exercised to cover every part OF his
| body from tail to snout. II patch as
big as a thumb nail Is left untouched
il NAV contain the nuclus of a new
crop.
| Look well after the water. Keep il
! always before the fowls, pure and
clean, and renew 1t frequently. Do
not allow them to eat snow. Do not
let them drink water grown tepid in
tho sun.
More insects will be killed in a
greenhouse II fumigating apparatus
be placed near the roof so that the
fumes will descend. rising vapor.
leaving the lower part Of house par
TALLY fumigated.
In careful tests made at the several
stations it is found that there is little
or no difference in the feeding value
of the dry matter of roots and enSi.
lage and the general opinion is in
| favor Of the silage.
Honey is the purest and the least
harmful Of sweets. The honey croE
is mostly gain, for no flowers need
necessarily be raised to pasture the
bees. They aid in the fertilization o.
fruit trees and the smaller clovers.
Hog cholera Is estimated to have
been the cause of losses Of over 81.
! 600. 900 to farmers of Illinois. but in
the future this loss will be greatly low
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