Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-11-10

Oats make an excellent ration for
laying hens.
Late in the fall is good time to
hatch spring chicks in some sections.
Shorts are more economical feed
for sows and growing pigs than corn.
The deepest mudhole and steepest
hill measure the real distance to mar
ket.
Turkeys will soon become weak and
subject to disease where inbreeding Is
practiced.
Where there is plenty Of skinned
milk, beef scraps for hens need not
be bought
When the hogs fail to gain at least
pound day 1t is time to say good
by to them.
Get your cows started right for the
coming cold weather and they will do
well all winter.
Build a warm, dry and otherwise
comfortable room for the calves for
the cold weather
When selecting a COW for the dairy
look and see If the eye of the ami
NAL is large and full.
This is the time of the year when
dairy cattle require better care and
more liberal feeding.
To thoroughly clean milk utensils
they first should be rinsed with cold
water, to remove all particles of
milk
The successful feeding of lambs de-
pends largely on their being offered
great variety of food while in the
yards.
Peach trees can be planted any
time between last and first frost; the
earlier in the winter they are planted
tbs better.
Keep all the rotten fruit we'll
cleaned up around the orchard, as
these constitute the winter quarters
of numerous orchard pests.
If all of the garden space is to
grow profitable crops. no large trees
must stand closer than thirty to fifty
faet from the garden fence.
The calf that is expected to develop
into a strong and profitable COW
should be given all the chance posi-
BILE during its early period of growth
The best results are usually obtain
ed from the work that is systematized
and most carefully planned. This Is
not always the hardest work on the
farm.
The best way to stop hog from
eating chickens is to put 1t on tn,
market as soon as possible, since 1
will soon lead other hogs into the bas
habit
The best milking pail is the one 81
constructed that 1t will reduce to ,
minimum the amount of dirt fallinI
Into the milk during the process o
milking
An old horseman says that the chile
cause of collie in horses, or the caus
of the largest per cent. of these cases
is brought through long abstinenc
from water.
Do not neglect to secure a goo
supply of fine dust for the fowls dul
ing the coming winter, while tn
ground is yet dry and there is dus
In the road.
There is much difference In the II
dividuality Of COWS and their power
to produce milk as there is in me
and their powers to perform certai
kinds of work.
The profit in a cow comes from tn
extra amount of milk she will yiel
over what she ordinarily gives O
common pasture or the coarse feed
usually given her.
The poultry raiser who notes HI
flock carefully. taking into accouI
what they are doing. and capable
doing, ought to know more how I
feed and what to feed, than anyor
advising at long range.
1t is very dangerous to pastu,
stock on second growth sorghum
Johnson grass, as this year has bee
dry in many sections and these croI
have been grown under unfavorab
conditions.
Skim milk Is good food for por
try. The fat has been taken from