The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-08
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Spraying fruit trees is q science.
Old sows farrow heavier pigs than
young sows.
Decreasing the cost of production
is increasing the profit
The COW and the hen have kept
starvation from many door.
Regularity is an important factor
In caring for the producing herd.
In putting up ice wait until the ice
and weather are right, then rush the
job.
A small amount of linseed meal
added TO the horse ration is invalu-
able
Some animals are selected individ
ually but prove TO be failures as
breeders.
Springs add TO the life OC the wag-
on. also to the comfort of the man
who uses it.
Gilt edge butter brings money to
the maker. It's poor policy to offer
poor butter for sale.
The sale of 50 many thousands OF
young calves annually is an alarm
81,
II IS the general average of the herd
that decides the profit and not the
returns from one or two OF the best
COWS
When COWS get pretty well along in
the period of lactation the churning
does not come as readily as when they
are fresh.
Remember when you plow i'm the
orchard that the roots are very near
the surface. Three inches is plenty
deep enough.
More turkeys would mean more
spending money for many farmers
wife. The turkey crop is getting
smaller every year.
Do not guess" that your seed is
all right: that is not enough. You
ought to be sure that il is all right
before you plant it
When feeding new corn from the
field. husk only the end of the rows. TO
facilitate turning when the regular
corn huSking season begins.
Bring in the corn horse after you
are through with it. Even a wooden
horse will show the effects if stabbed
out in the field q few months.
Rusty garden tools may be bright
ened by soaking in sour milk whey for
l. hours, then brushed. coat of
kerosene should then be applied.
There is probably no question that
the application of lime to any soil that
shows an acid reaction when tested
with litmus paper would be profitable
s mighty nice shelter for hogs and
cattle can be made of long poles and
posts that make large room with a
ceiling about six and one-half or seven
feet.
Re sure to furnish the hens oyster
shells at all times. 1t is important
that this element be supplied. 1t will
improve the egg yield and the health
of the flock.
When killed by the frost, NOW of
the asparagus tops and burn them.
then give the bed-and the rhubarb
plants. too-a thick winter coat of
stable manure.
No one breed of hogs has a monop-
oily of all the good points In bacon
type. AS the saying goes: There are
good and had in all breeds. and bad
and worse in some"
If a little more attention to the food
supply were given the fowls with 2
view to induce . better egg yield the
pullets would be laying early in the
fail and keep At it all winter.
There are several reason, why the
dairy COW should appeal TO the farm
er, but among the chief is that she
helps the soil and brings in regular
returns. Her prod;lct is a sure crop
Never get the idea in your head
that drugs and health are inseparable.
for in most cases il will be found
that what We keep out of the pigs
stomach has more to do with their
health than what we put in.
For me poultry. in addition to corn,
roots may be given and then there
ought TO be also some bran. oats.
wheat and oyster shells, and At all
times an abundance of grit should be
provided, especially during the win
ter season, when the ground is frozen
and covered with snow
4 writer in the Scientific Amert-
can says he has cleared his premises
OF rats as well as vermin. by making
whiJewash yellow with copperas, and
covering the stones and rafters in the
cellar with it In every crevice in