Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-10-24

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Chickens enjoy free range.
Keep all sleeping places dry.
Mulch the rhubarb with manure.
Clipping horses legs is not a good
practice.
II is time now to prepare the ewes
for the next mating season.
II is bad policy to wean young pigs
suddenly and put them on cows skim
milk.
Sheep ought to be kept because Of
the influence which they exert upon
fertility.
Try to arrange to give each horse
on the farm a three weeks vacation
on grass
The time spent in company OF the
sheep will pay and success will
crown your labors.
II winter dairying is to be the most
| profitable 1t must be planned for def
nitely in advance.
The young pig wants to be got out
into the sunshine and on to the dirt
as early in life as possible.
Sheep at six years OF age lose their
teeth; hence they should be fattened
and sold before this period.
This is a good time to put a square
of tar paper in the bottom of each
nest box for the benefit OF lice.
Do not neglect to provide clean
water for the poultry. Dirty water is
dirty at any season OF the year.
II the strawberries have been picked
two seasons, spade up the beds and
sow the land for some late planted
crop.
Know whether a plant requires a
situation dry or moist, hot or cool
sunny or shady to know where to put
that plant.
The lady-bugs or lady.birds are
small turtle-shaped beetles which feed
upon plant life in both the larval and
adult stages.
Some plants cannot be thoroughly
weeded with the hoe. In these cases
every weed should be carefully
plucked by hand.
Plant a cover crop in the orchard
Rye, barley, wheat and oats are good
non-leguminous plants, but the lie
gumes are better.
The farmers and fruit growers Of
this country are losing over one bill
lion dollars annually by reason OF the
ravages of insects.
A dense fleece is valuable not alone
for the increase in quantity of wool
but for the protection that it affords
the animal from the elements.
Corn and alfalfa usually can be at
tended to when the wheat needs nc
care, thus distributing the labor more
cqLitably throughout the season.
} If lice and mites fail to pay enough
attention to other treatments. try
burning them out with a torch. Blu
} don't burn down the house in ordeI
to get the vermin.
, AS a rule, 1t will not pay to hol,
J the pig crop for prices to rise, IN
less they are being held. While
! few feeders win out in playing tn
market game. many more lose.
, Mushrooms, on account OF tn
, amount OF nitrogen they contain, ar
proach nearer to animal food than an
other vegetable product An analyst
made by Prof. Atwood shows tina
mushrooms contain 3.5 per cent. pre-
teids.
Anything that will destroy weeds 1
worthy OF the farmers attention.; any
q thing that will maintain the fertilit
0 OF the land demands his attention
e Sheep will do both. and are therefor
entitled to the attention OF ever
: farmer.
The dishonest poultryman ma
palm a dozen bad eggs of on tn
G lady of the house, but the cook wi
! expose the dishonest practice. Be
: ter keep on the right side OF tn
cook by marketing none but strict
fresh eggs, besides incidentally aiC
;, ing some to your reputation.
1t has been demonstrated to be a
almost universal fact that toppin