The Columbus journal., 1911-04-12
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Set trees In the spring.
PorpOiSe meat is not bad.
Chemistry is a valuable science.
Russia exports nearly two billion
eggs each year.
Onions are pulled when half grown
and sold as bunch onions.
Nearly Is per cent. of the people OF
Great Britain live by agriculture.
4 little farming. we'll done. is more
profitable than q whole lot attempted
The milk should be stirred occasion
ally. but not vigorously. while being
cooled
II is said that under favorable condi-
tons the olive tree lives to be 1000
years old.
In order to make a good dairy COW
you must start with the calf of some
good dairy type.
a goat eats only one -eighth as much
as a COW, cut gives more than that
proportion Of milk
The fewer sows kept together dur
ing the breeding season and until far
rowing time the better.
Silage Is one OF the cheapest sue
culenr feeds that can be supplied to
farm animals during the winter.
Don't SOW a miscellaneous assert
ment of real seed weed seed and dirt
and expect 20 get a satisfactory stand.
II seems strange that more farmers
do not combine dairy and poultry
farming when il may be done with SO
much profit.
II would require a bin mile square
ard 40 feet deep to hold the grain
produced in the United States in an
average year.
IN the interest of cleanliness. bot
tomless" milk bottle has been invent
ed. a glass tube with parafiined paper
caps at each end.
You don't have to wait for the in
cubator to get broody. and then If
You don't want TO set il YOU don't
have TO break il up.
An incubator will no: feed or regu-
late itself as the hen does. and We
must not expect as good results until
we have had some experience.
Do not give eggs TO an early broody
hen until she is surely broody. as
hens. like the weather at this season
Of the year. are rather changeable.
Many farmers simply tolerate the
fowls about the farm with a sort Of
notion that it is a hobby of the wo-
men folks 10 have a few hens TO cod
die
OF the 10I 100000 acres of land in
Sweden. fully 5l.O0O.O6O acres are in
wood. Finland alone. of European
countries. having larger forests than
Sweden.
II you want vigorous healthy chicks
do not feed too much animal matter
to force heavy egg production. for II
you do you will weaken the vitality
OF your chicks.
There are iEcubators which have |
been so arranged thar the thermosrat
works to control the moisture con-
tanned in the egg. Others require |
added moisture.
Corn and corn meal are carbonace-
Gus matter. similar in composition to |
that of cream, and there IS no feed |
that calf likes so we'll as shelled |
corn or corn meal.
There is wonderful increase in the |
of milk all over the coun- |
try since the authorities have taken |
up the work of compelling the produc- |
ton OF clean pure milk.
In preserving eggs in water glass.
or any other favori:e method. remem-
Der that every egg so used must be
strictly fresh. One spoiled egg will
a whole hatch
Spring and swelling buds are no;
too far away TO remember that the
first spraying for fungus diseases 10
be effective must be done early. for
spra! ing is only preventive. not cura-
i've.
Melody is new forcing rose now
making fine impression on the Amer
can trade. The flower is a beauti-
'ul yellow. shading TO apricot in the
center. an. the foliage is glossy and
handsome.
Gooseberries should be more com.
monty grown. The green fruit would
make a sauce as good as cranberries
4 it were as difficult 10 obtain. Half
1 dozen bushes will supply family
If ordinary size.