The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26
Use care with separator.

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Use care with separator.
The farmer must have horse.
Soft corn makes an excellent late
fall feed.
Never allow the ewes to get wet dur
Ing the winter.
Cold milk will not separate as COM
pletely as warm milk.
A suffering, frozen hog or pig cannot
be making profitable growth. s'
Fall is the best season for planting
all deciduous trees and bushes
For best results separate the milk
as soon after milking as possible
Locate the separator on a solid
foundation in a place free from dust
The soy bean has been grown very
little north OF the latitude of southern
Iowa
Having secured a tester and learned
how to use it, weigh the milk and
test It.
Cows afflicted with the disease of
abortion convey this disease to their
offspring.
The mare with the fall colt should
be kept most of the time in roomy.
warm box stall
Concrete watts in the milk houses are
reasonably cheap, eternally durable
and highly sanitary.
Early autumn is a very trying time
on the ewes on the account Of the
shortage of pasture
If the farm as a whole doesn't pay,
make some part of 1t a garden spot.
for gardens always pay
Never breed nervous, high-strung
sow that-is always ready to Jump and
iun at the drop of the hat
Besides the white grub, there are
several other pests which trouble the
roots of Strawberry plants.
All breeds of hogs look good when
taken care Of, all of them win yield,
good money II rightly handled
Owing to the scarcity of hay and the
high price Of all kinds of grain. farm-,,fs
ers having plenty of straw are forthers
nate, one O
him v
Drafts under the floors shoula scho
prevented by placing boards oves A aoir
openings and then banking with 81. ~
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The terminating power OF the mid-o'
die kernels of an ear of corn is much
stronger than that of the tip and
butt kernels.
No matter whether the corn is
bought of saved from your own farm
It should be stored In dry, we'll
ventilated place
A good ration for rams during the
breeding season is oats, bran and lin :,
seed-meal, with such folders as rape, m
the vetches and alfalfa
Prepare the soil for your bedding
plants which are to be planted next
spring. You cannot take too much
pains in preparing the soil.
No man that is inexperienced should
undertake the business of raising hogs
unless he expects to naive study OF
it. and to profit by his mistakes.
Better run dairy without a dog
than have one that is irritable to the
cows Many kicking cows are caused
by the dogs nipping at their heels.
Sheep that are well kept and fed dur
ing the fall season so that they enter
the winter quarters in thrifty and Wig
oroAs condition viii keep easily over
winter
IfFeu are beginner with sheep go
slow until you have mastered the in
dustry As in noultrying or any other
like business, experience is the safe.
sure teacher.
One OF the most general methods
adopted for cooling tmilk rs to place
che cans m a vat containing water
which reaches point slightly above
surfaoe OF milk.
This years sprouts may be pulled
from theNpeach trees with the hands
II It IS done this fall when It should
be, which will save considerable
work next spring.
Cleanliness IN Asndltog, IN strain.