Mexico Missouri message., 1912-08-15

Rotation is profitable.
Be gentle with the cow
Be liberal with fly repellant.
A good SOW is a valuable asset
The common term "9O.day corn" is
a deceptive one.
The well.ventilated barn is quite as
essential as the warm one.
Hogs should have clean pastures,
beds and water and n variety of food.
The best time to cut post timber Of
any kind is when the trees are in full
leaf.
Lice are responsible for more loss
among little turkeys than any other
cause.
Avoid a rush by ordering crates,
boxes, barrels, etc, in ample time for
shipping.
The cleaner the feed and feeding
places, the better the quality of the
pork in all.
The greatest element in successful
turkey raising is long dry season
without any rain.
Turkeys are good for the fields. They
can be driven anywhere you wish from
one field to another.
In transplanting plants from pots to
the open, water them freely the day
before they are re-potted.
In making poultry pay much de-
ponds upon your ability, your expert
ence and your aptitude in the work.
A chickens stomach Is not made Of
iron, and the same diet day after day
harms them as much as 1t does hui
man.
Understood pullets are not profit
able. There will be some scrubs de-
veloped in the best of strains. Get
rid of them.
Poultry raisers can learn much by
attending the farmers institute meet
ings held in their section of the diff
ferent states.
A good grain mixture for chicks is
made up Of two parts cracked corn,
two parts wheat, two parts Katilr and
one part millet.
Keep track of the chicks that
feather out early. The chances favor
the birds becoming the most profit
able ones to keep.
A tablespoonful of baking soda plac
ed in the drinking water two or three
times a week will prevent bowel trou
BILE in the chickens.
It Is always good plan to use plen
ty Of seed in planting cucumbers, can
taloupes, melons, etc. The hills may
be thinned out later.
Give the newborn calf a touch o
fly repellant on that spot on the bacl
where the hair parts. The flies lik
to feast right there.
AS the weather gets warmer be sur
that all brood coops are we'll yer
= tilated at night, so that the air will b
pure and cool within.
Poultry Systems" requiring clos
: confinement of the flock and a larg
/ amount of personal attention are on
b of place on a general farm.
To get the flock as a whole In la
r ing condition in the time required /
Z the breed or variety the fowls must
o properly grown from chickhoOd.
u Twenty acres of corn put into a sill
d Is said to be worth more than thirt
acres put in the crib. This is quite a
u item, especially when feed is SO higl
Industrious hens are the kind
- keep, 1t matters not what the bree
The lazy hen is Improbable. 1t
% the Industrious hen that lays the ogg
. II any fruits or vegetables are ma
keted, see that they are put up
-, clean, neat and well-graded package
They will sell quicker and at bett'
= price.
: The pig that can be raised und'
: ordinary conditions and good care, al
:, made to weigh from $50 to 800 pounC
= quickest, is the most profitable size
. hog for the farmer to keep.
. The man who wants White lie
horns has little trouble In buying bal
chicks in large quantities, for this sp
cial branch OF poultry work, the BE
er ing OF day-old chicks, has been Il
DR. more highly developed with this bre'
than with any other, thousands OF lie