Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-10

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Excessive sweating in a horse indi-
Gates weakness.
A pasture arranged to include a few
shade trees is rs per cent better
If the potatoes arc beginning to
sprout in the ground. dig them at
once.
Exposure to dampness makes the
wool harsh and brittle and the fiber
weak
the soy bean is quite like that OF the
cowpea.
Get n die and stamp your initials
on the cream or milk cans. Paint will
rub off In time.
If you want a lasting cement use
melted alum. II hardens at once and
water does not affect it.
The pigs will eat up slick and clean
the corn and stalks of that field which
is soft and not fit to crib
OIL meal Is greatly relished by
lambs, and helps greatly in obtaining
fine finish for the market.
The work Of lice is often mistaken
for disease. When a fowl seems to
be ailing look for lice first.
The development OF the young
horse, requires the exercise OF the
best judgment in handling him.
one advantage in keeping feed al
ways before poultry is that they do
not have to hurry to get their meals.
Fruit growing and poultry raising
| 90 well together. Anyone following
either will do well to consider the
other.
Got harness punch? II costs only
quarter and with a package of
copper rivets breaks can be mended
| in jiffy.
The silo today furnishes the most
economical. the safest and the best
means of storing the corn crop for
feeding purpose.
Wheat bran Is an excellent feed
for dairy cows and calves, but at $40
per ton or more. II is a little rich
for most feeders.
Although certain pessimists claim
that the dairy market will soon be
overstocked. present prices give no in
dication OF the sign.
AS result OF the activities OF the
reclamation bureau. $4,000 farms are
now being watered and a million acres
are being put in crops
Cabbage will sometimes cure slob.
Der in horses caused by eating white
! ~AO'Nib buN ~ 10 pClltl W keep Inp
clover away from the horses.
Try putting pinch OF copperas in
the watering trough once or twice
month. Better still, scrub out the
trough and spray thoroughly with a
| copperas solutios
The Iowa experiment station has
! discovered that feeding mangles and
sugar beets to cows is dangerous.
and II continued for any considerable
period will prove fatal.
VIII you feed the hogs in the mud
this winter, or build a feeding floor
which may cost $40 or 500, accord.
Ing to the size of your herd, but IL
will pay for itself every time.
Red raspberries do not thrive in the
| west as well as we could wish. They
seem to like moister, cooler climate
better They are also more likely to
winter-kill in the west than the black
varieties.
The best care for a well-developed
case OF roup is the AK Better lose
the individual bird than endanger the
entire flock. II we nip the slight colds
in the bud, we need not fear the ap-
| pearance of roup.
The dairyman may have plenty of
chores to do, but he is getting an in
come every day in the year. He isn't
like the exclusive grain raiser. a mil
lionaire three months in the year and
pauper the rest of the time.
Although summer will soon be over
there still remain 80 days in which
| summer heat will at times prevail.
| While this weather continues remem.
Der that the hotter the water the
cleaner the milk things can be kept