Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-09
Alfalfa II a perennial.

GOOd pasture Is invaluable In grow
ing pigs successfully
Cut straw Is the best for bedding,
IL you save the manure.
II zinc is burned with the coal 1t will
clear the chimney OF SCOT.
Are the plow-lays sharp, and all me
tools in first-class shape?
Two litters OF pigs year is about
what the best sows will 10.
He that abuseth his colts may ex-
pect to be kicked by his horses.
Sifted coal ashes are better than
plaster for the striped squash bug.
Jerking the bit and yelling confuse
a horse and advertise blockhead.
Out-buildings, implanted fences and
rubbish heaps may be hidden behind
vines.
Equal parts of corn and oats are
hard to excel as a grain feed for
sheep.
Provide plenty OF pure water, sun
shine, range and green forage crops
for sheep.
A f,ock that gets bone meal and oy-
ster shell will have few cases of leg
weakness.
Look out for the yearling colts.
Don't let them get setback as spring
approaches.
Sore mouth will sometimes attack
sheep in pens and run through the
entire flock.
During an extra cold spell of
weather add little corn to the sow's
grain ration.
Small seeds and finely cracked grain
are a better feed for the small chick
than wet mashes.
Never breed a nervous, high-strung
sow that is ready to jump and run
at the drop Of hat.
The fewer sows kept together dur
ing the breeding season and until far
rowing time, the better.
OF all fowls ducks are the easiest
to raise. The eggs are more fertile
than those of any other fowl.
Cold weather is not much of detri-
ment to chickens, providing 1t Ia dry
cold and the atmosphere pure.
The geese should be laying at their
best now, and this is, also, the month
in which turkeys begin to lay.
For the majority Of vegetables, soil
of q sandy nature is best, provided
there is a good sub-soil for drainage,
II all the implements We're cleaned
and painted last fall a great deal of
time will be saved when you must
get busy"
A good way to disinfect n brooder
is to open 1t wide. take out the hover
and let the sun get at the inside
through the day.
Making the drinking water slightly
red with permaDganate Of potash has
often been found to prevent the
spreading of roup.
Poultry manure should be partially
dried before storing in order to pre-
vent fermentation setting In, thus
avoiding the escape OF the ammonia.
There Is no better or cheaper way
of growing hogs than to pasture them
on alfalfa. One acre will furnish pas
| turage for from ten to twenty hogs
per season.
An old horseman says that the chief
cause Of collie In horses. or the cause
OF the largest per cent of these cases,
| lS Drought lnTOusn IOnS dueliueuCS
| from water.
Men of moderate means should start
the Improvement of their cattle
through the purchase of a pure bred
bull and gradually grow into the
breeding of pure bred animals.
No one can afford to raise pigs that
refuse to fatten or that are frequently
of feed. In this case the correction
may often be made before the pigs
are farrowed 1t is very apt to lie
with the handling of the brood SOW.
To make alfalfa hay cut in the fore
] noon and let It. wilt; then rake into
windows. 1t should be cured in
windrows and cocks, and stacked and
| put in barns with as little handling
as possible before the valuable leaves
become too dry and brittle.
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