Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-03-29


cured.
Chaff for food Is worth twice as
much as straw.
The goslings are very hardy and
require no coddling.
Poultry will never do well If infest-
ed with lice or mites.
You are safe to buy an old sire, but
don't get him very fat.
Winter is the time to plan for i'm
proyements about the farm.
The horses should be given at least
one feed Of mixed hay once day.
TO fatten and fit up farm horse
stock for sale is not difficult task.
Scatter the manure as you haul It,
don't put into little piles all over the
land.
The flower garden is q thing OF
beauty and has place on every farm
stead.
Profitable beef production in the fu-
ture means that better gains must
be made.
Cows should be In prime condition
at time Of freshening. Therefore feed
grain If necessary.
The first requirements for success
with fall calves are cfean, well venti-
lated and sunny pens.
The levelness with which a horse
wnlks is one of the best evidences
that his legs work in harmony.
On small scale, vegetable seeds
may be started in small boxes or flats,
placed under the kitchen stove.
Never breed from fowl, however
fine, If it shows tendency to be kind
to disease germs or has any weak
nesses.
Butter from fresh and properly
ripened cream not over one day old
keeps better than does butter made
from sweet cream.
Every poultryman has his favorite
breed and it would be foolish for
him to desert it for some fowl that
he did not care for.
The heifer that is cared for and
handled gently throughout her entire
life will need little breaking in when
1t comes time to milk her.
AE slaked lime sprinkled on the
floor under the roosts and on the drop
ping boards will help to keep the
place healthy and the air pure.
At this day and time there are
scores of breeds that are well suited
to the needs of the farmer for both
egg production and for market pur-
poses.
II you did not save enough good
seed for the farm crops, lose no time
in getting enough to plant your crops.
Get the best that can be had, regard
less of the price.
1t is not breeding alone that is go
ing to determine the future useful
ness of the COW, but 1t must be sup
ported by liberal feeding, daily care
and careful observation.
When you buy dairy cows remem-
ber that If you are buying from a
dairyman who intends to continue in
business the chances are that you are
not getting the best that he has.
Fresh air, sunshine, and exercise
are the best poultry tonics. But fresh
air does not mean drafts in the
houses, nor does sunshine call for
exposure to hot suns during the sum
mer
Sheep, while generally hardy and
robust, are extremely susceptible to
attacks of disease which, although not
always fatal, wear on the constitution
and ultimately impair the usefulness
OF animals afflicted.
While there may be no greater nu-
triton in a certain feed added to a
dairy cows ration than in the food
lshe has been accustomed to, still, it
is fact that new food adds to the
palatability of the ration which is
nearly always healthful.
Some dairymen believe that If the
feed of their COWS is changed it will
have bad effect upon the milk flow,
but repeated scientific experiments
show that changing from one feed to
annthar and frauuant additions IN the