The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-10-06
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A successful machine for spraying
onions has been used by E. N. Foote,
a well-known eastern onion grower.
He used a common 40 potato spray
or, changing the discharge so that II
would spray 10 rows Of onions. With
its use he finds that he can spray 20
acres a day without. difficulty, and he
is going over his 25-acre onion field
once a week in order to destroy the
so-caiied blight, which has proved
great drawback to the onion specially
for several years past.
Many a farmer believes in thorough
tllage, good speed, welf>bred hive
stock and plenty Of good feed and care
for them, and up-to-date farming meth
DDS generally, yet at the same time
considers the poultry business a
trifiing occupation, fit only for the
women folks. something TO look after
when there is nothing else to DO. 90.
Mares do not usually give trouble
by abortion if given good food and
reasonable care. OF course, when
pregnant, a mare should not be over
driven. nor be compelled 10 smell
blood or offal, and should not back
Or hold back heavy loads Her stall
should not have much incline Nour-
ishing food, pure water and fresh air
are essentials. II one suspect ergot
or smut in hay or feed it should be
discarded.
It is estimated that barn-yard ma
nures have a value of about twothirdS
that of commercial fertilizers, there
fore the careful saving of farm ma
nures and their judicial applicationxo
the soil are vital factors In farmiRS
operations, and as essential to con.
tinued success as blowing the land or
planting the crop.
The price of dairy products in the
winter is SO much higher than in sum
mer that only q small extra effort rs
to care and judieious feeding may re-
suit tn considerable increase in the
profits from the entire herd at this
season.
The intelligent fiock-masters are
fast coming to recognize the fact that
| the man who makes the most of his
opportunities In handling farm flock
must become breeder and feeder OF
high-class mutton, more especially
| sheep.
The farmer who is breeding a flock
of improved mutton sheep and feeding
them in an intelligent and painstaking
manner, may plan his feeding opera
lions SO that he may have a good near
| by city market every week In the year
Farm-yard manures benefit the sol
by acting as a mulch and make hui
mus, but their benefit to the growing
crops depends entirely upon the
amount Of nitrogen, phosphOsac acid
and potash they contain.
1t is true that the generality Of
farm mares are low in quality, but
that is no valid excuse for farmers tC
persist In breeding horses that no
body wants, not even themselves.
Sheep raising numbers among its
requirements quietness and content
ment in a degree perhaps not so es
sential to success in the handling o.
other breeds of live stock.
In the production of Strawberries
the best specimens are obtained only
by careful culture. he plants should
be of large fruited and firm fruite(
variety of the best flavor.
Begin to take the chill off the watel
you give the horses when the weathe
gets cold. You can heat 1t cheape
on the stove than you can In tn,
stomach of the horse.
A thick coat Of paint daubed owe
the severed limbs when pruning In tn
orchard or wood lot prevents cracking
of the wood and gives the trees a bet
ter appearance.
The ordinary diversified farm will
its abundant use of horsepower fur
nishes ideal conditions for growing
developing and training draft horses
1t will pay anyone that keeps iron
25 to 100 hens to build a shed clos,
to the henhouse in which to deposi
the droppings during the winter.
1t Is best to separate pullets from
the rest of the flock, let them hav
free range and feed largely of who'll
or cracked corn, wheat or oats.
It is impossible to create capacity
You may breed for it, but you can
create 1t and it's a very importan
function in the dairy COW.
There is the most money in tn
long run in dairying by selling tn
cream or butter only and keeping tn
other products on the farm.
The Duroc Jersey sows are yer
docile; they are easily handled durin
the breeding and narrowing season an