The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-10-04

kOSS IlASI VIII . yOCu6 III
NAL than an older one.
The individual COW must be consid
cred and rerkoned with.
Wrap your butter in parchment %
! per and keep II in q cool place.
Shorts and bran make An excellent
ration for sows that are sucking pigs
You can hardly push pigs too fast.
1, providing you use the right kind Of
food.
The cleaner the feed and feeding
places. the better the quality Of the
pork in all.
Less grain is needed for fowls when
bone and vegetables are fed In
abundance.
Sheep do not drink much water. but
what little there is drunk must be ab-
solutely clean.
Aim to get the top price for the
best. and il prices are cut. let It
be for the cuttings.
Chilled or long-laid eggs will not
produce as strong chicks as fresh.
well-cared-for eggs.
II is conductive to health TO feed
hogs when they can have the range
of the pasture field.
The successful dairyman endeavors
to raise all the feed needed for his
cows en- his own farm.
The dry season will emphasize still
more strongly the need OF preparing
more food for the stock.
Turkey raisers find it profitable to
have Guinea fowls with the turkey
flock They act as police.
Feeding hay not Will have a tenden-
cy to increase rather than decrease
the milk TOW next winter.
The fleece Of the ram should be
dense. even in quality. and OF a strong.
clear white fiber 'troughout
The farmer has not vet discovered
a more efficient fertilizer and humus
for the soil than animal manure
There is nothing like silage TO keep
the dairy cows appetite on edge
throughout the long winter period.
The separator should be placed
where the light is good. Working in q
dark place L. always a disadvantage.
Farmers will soon be feeding new
hay and new grain. Change from the
old to the new should be made grad
ually.
After the haying and harvesting is
completed il is often desirable TO
change the sheer from the regular
pasture.
many sections makes the silo all the
more needful It is now the mainstay
of the dairy.
There is only one time when a poul.
tryman is justified in selling a good
pullet. and that is when he is going
GU: Of business.
The hen is admitted to be one OF
the greatest financial factors in the
country today. and she is also one Of
the most overworked.
Bacteria does not thrive in the colo
but in heat only. II you keep your
milk below 30 degrees the bacteris
will have small chance.
Some good poultry men think by
feeding sitting hens in the morning
they are more apt to remain content
SOly tQclI uSSIS oil Jay.
To secure the best results tie
speed Of the separator must be uni.
form and up to the standard required
for the make OF the separator used.
Now is a good time to observe what
was once the wet places on the farm
where tile was laid and see how II
compares with other parts Of the field
The cream should be cooled Just
as quickly as possible after separat-
ing this weather and it should be kept
cool until it is delivered at the cream
cry.
Clover Is rich in nitrogen. and IL
homogeneous soils it develops tuber-
cles which attract nitrogen from the
air where II is stored in inexhaustible
quantities.
In large pastures the animals roam
from one especially attractive patch !
Of grass to another. travelling all over
the field. and trampling down more
than they eat
Gull the dock SO that the sleep are
of uniform type. and present an even |
appearance Only such as show evi |
dence Of motherhood and hardness
should be retained.