The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-04-21
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The demand for eggs is Increasing.
Eggs that have been shaken rough
y will not hatch.
Under the best conditions the milk
gill contain some bacteria.
Brood mares should be given spe-
cial attention during the winter.
1t is we'll to turn a out in q lot
where there is no other stock, to foal.
To those wishing Towering hedges,
there is a wide variety from which to
choose.
The fault with the incubator Matched
chicks lies in the treatment after
Matching.
A useful and ornamental plant is
parsley. It may be easily kept for use
all winter.
Scrub poultry only sells because
there is not enough well-bred stock to
supply the market.
The successful farmer is the
man that SO plans his work as to make
every days work count.
Cuba consumes 4OO, 1000 barrels Of
potatoes a year, o than one-half OF
which it gets from Canada.
Experimenting with chickens and
small mammals, a Paris scientist be-
lieves he has discovered the germ of
govt.
A corr shelter is not an essential.
The hens will do their own Smelling II
you throw out the a r in short, broken
pieces.
Farmers should take more than or
binary precautions in purchasing al
falfa seed to ascertain what they are
getting.
Owing to the difficulty in securing
fresh eggs, most of the mining com
panies in Mexico have their own poul-
try yards.
Allowing brood sows to run after
cattle in the FEED lot is not a bad
plan, provided they do not get too
much corn.
Keep the egg record up every day.
If you skip n day even the rest
will be a guess, and guessing isn't
like business.
1t is usually best to set trees in early
| spring, but if the land is moist and 9th
er conditions favorable, they way be
| set in autumn.
Let the boy and the girl start their
own bank account. 1t will give them
a sense of ownership that makes for
character building.
Beets, turnips, onion sets and the
smooth, hardy varieties Of peas may
be planted just as soon as the top soil
is dry enough to work.
With q view to horses comfort a
Philadelphia has invented a check
rein operating from the sides of the
head instead of from the top.
For years pure-bred cattle have not
been very profitable to the breeders;
in fact, many herds of pure-bred cat
tie have gone to the shambles.
For the beginner it is we'll to keep
the best COWS already in the farm
herd. Breed these to a registered
sire, selecting the kind decided upon.
In the spring, when the weather is
warm and damp, you are quite likely
to find lice on your poultry, especially
If your lighthouses have not been kept
clean.
A final condition of success with
an incubator is not due to the incu-
bator at all, but to the ability success
fully to real chickens after they are
Matched.
II you have any iron or other meta
roofs take a comfortable spell arr
paint them. Get all such jobs out o:
the way before something else begins
to crowd you.a
More good horses have been ruined
or blemished since the introduction Of
harbed wire than from any other n
"~nse, says the Colorado Experiment
~,'ation Bulletin.
breeding ewes require plenty of ex.
erc'<e and every day when the wealth.
er is favorable they should be turned
out ,nd allowed to roam over the
yards and pasture.
Cut cut the middleman. One hun.
dred postal cards addressed to PEG.
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