The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-11-09
Winter 10 coming. batten the cracks.

Inc VaIue OF outer increases as
the quality improves.
A good horseman never trots a
draft horse. even when he has no
load.
Laying hens need from Is to IS
per cent meat scraps added daily to
their mash
Don't feed hay or other forage.
which will raise a dust. before or dur
ing milking.
Tainted. musty OF nouldy feeds
should never be served in the dairy
herd ra:ions.
IL We nave not access to road dust.
We may take some field earth. fine
and free from Jumps
The best market for skim milk on
the farm is afforded by good dairy,
calves and quick growing pigs.
II the cream in the churn foams up
and runs over. the churr Is too full
or the cream is improperly ripered.
Simply because a calf is given her
ration of milk each day. 1t does not
signify that she does not need water
also
Cholera and other diseases of swine
attack herds which are in poor cond:-
ton and consequently most suscep-
uble
If your horse is troubled with in
digestion have the animal clipped
and its teeth attended to by veterin-
arian.
Until recent years the poultry bust.
ness. especially on the farms. was Of
SO little importance that not much at
tention was paid to it
The egg production OF the United
States is given as 100000, 900 for the
past year. The entire poultry pro-
duction is put at 100000. 900.
Prune out ole canes Of raspberries
and biackberries and burn them. Thin
the hills to three or four shoots. Gull
tivate. and add some manure to the
soil
The red mites or lice do not stay on
the fowls during the daytime. but
hide in cracks during the day. sally
ing forth after dark to seek their
prey.
Orchardists who have never used
dynamite should be sure TO get all
possible Information from the manu-
facturers of the explosive before at
tempting to use IT.
II celery Is to be brought into the
cellar for winter storage cut the top
root, lift it from the ground and then
with a strong knife cut OF the branch
ing roots and most Of the earth.
Lousy fowls are necessarily weaker
than fowls that are free from lice. and
strength and vitality are quite i'm
portant factors while the fowls are
producing their new suit Of clothes.
II your fowls have the range Of the
fields and orchards and can pick up q
number OF insects and worms daily.
you will not need to bother much
about the meat supply IN the ration.
Although flying about and appar-
emily of mature age. birds may be dis
tinguished as squads by the squeal-
ing noise they make. which is always
the call Of the SQUAD.
The raising OF poultry on the farm
or in conjunction with fruit growing.
ca2 be made very profitable with the
same kind of management that is de-
voted to raising good stock or good
grain.
Everything should be kept as clean
on the little chicks feeding floors a.
II It is on the floor Of the kitchen.
II this is done the little birds will
never have gapes or many of the
chicken diseases
II you are feeding clover. remem-
Der to cut down the bulk. This is a
hearty food and you can't use as much
Of 1t as you can Of timothy without
doing your horse harm.
In filling a silo attention must be
given to the outer edges. for vixen
the silage begins to settle there is al.
ways a draw away from the wall.
leaving an air space that makes the
silage spoil.
There is no better germ slayer than
an ounce OF carbolic acid added to a
pail of whitewash. Give the walls and
ceiling OF the hen house a good coa;-
Ing. working it in rather thick In al!
cracks and crevices.
There is not a farm in the country
where farming is seriously attemp,e6
at all where it is necessary to try to
raise chickens without decent provis-