The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-08-09

Feed the hogs a variety.
The best feed is cheapest
Turkeys devour many insects.
Separating cold milk means . loss
OF cream.
This season of the year is trying on
cows and dairymen.
Get q die and stamp your initials on
the cream or milk cans Paint will rub
OF In time.
The COW that can hold up well in
milk production In August 10 . valu-
able animal.
Selling all the hay and grain raised
on the farm Is q sure method Of sell
ing the farm.
From 10 to 80 per cent of cream Is
lost by setting" milk in pans. say the
experimenters.
With the exception Of the pillow. the
harrow Is perhaps the oldest Of till
age instruments.
Less Kafir corn in the feed as the
weather gets warmer will keep hens
from getting fat and lazy.
Don't fail to divide the buttermilk
between Biddy and the pigs. She rel
ishes 1t as much AZ they.
All fowls, chicks, ducks and duck
lings that are kept In yards should
have plenty of green food every day.
A chicken takes naturally to having
feed handed him, but the turkey is al
most self-supporting until cold wealth
er.
Don't allow the hen-mother to drag
around all day with her brood, as
many chicks succumb through exhaus-
ton.
One advantage in keeping feed al
ways before poultry Is that they do
not have to hurry 80 to get their
meals.
In building a wire fence for hogs
put one barbed wire at the bottom and
the worst rooter In the pasture won't
root out.
One mite on the back of a fellows
neck makes him Just about wild.
What must 1t be to have q million
crawling?
There II still time to put out crop
Of roots for cow feed next winter.
Rich light soil Is the best place
for them.
Turkeys always find q ready sale
and are almost clear profit. There is
always q demand. The market is new
er glutted.
Neat. clean crates and boxes help to
sell fruit even though 1t may not be
quite up to standard Of excellence set
BY the grower.
II the season 10 dry. haul a few bar
rels Of water to those late planted
trees. Don't let them suffer for water
during = dry spell.
II hogs are lousy, set . small post.
wrapped tight with an old rope. In the
ground and soak the rope with coal oil.
The hog will do the rest.
Overheating is to be avoided BY eau
tious working and careful watching
Of work horses: with shade and water
at intervals. is possible.
II you use the litter In the house
keep 1t dry and clean. Musty and
moldy litter IL particularly liable to
cause trouble at this season Of tho
year.
Plymouth Rocks have been made to
weigh seven pounds. dressed. at
Thanksgiving time. by judicious feed |
ing for growth and development while
On range.
Land plaster has . very small per.
eentage Of lime: lump lims has the
largest percentage and hydrated lime
next Mari IL usually little richer In |
Time than ground limestone.
Az the pastures begin to drop OF the |
cattle grow more uneasy. Look out /
for the fences. A herd Of cattle will |
destroy more stuff In one night than
you can grow In . whole season.
Shall We salt stock? A friend says
70 feed the salt In the feed and not let
them have access to It His grounds
are that he does not like to eat unsalt-
ed food. and then 60 Into tie pantry
and eat . lot Of salt. and he takes II
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