The state herald., 1912-08-16
Capons are profitable.
Pack all fruit carefully.
Cows need pure, fresh water.

No eve should be bred until she
has reached maturity.
Concrete floors in the COW stables
are sanitary and easily cleaned.
The size of an apple can be inlu-
enced to quite la"ee degree by pick.
ing.
Don't let the cows out in the
storms to stand around. 1t doesn't
pay.
The colder the milk when separated
the greater the loss of fat in the skim
milk.
The COWS that produce the largest
amounts of butter fat do it most eco.
nomically.
The calves should by all means be
kept in clean, well-lighted and ven
tilated stables.
A proper kit for farm work is about
as handy thing as the average
farmer can buy.
A ten-cent bolt now may save dol
lars worth OF time when the rush
Of work comes
You cannot fatten brood SOW and
fatten hog alike and make the best
success of both.
A gallon of cream testing % per
cent should churn little over two
pounds of butter.
The object Of COW testing and keep
ing record is to improve the herd and
increase the output.
Frequent stirring of the soil Is said
to be good preventive of rust form
ing on the cultivator.
Look out for the potato bugs on the
tomato and eggplant plants. They
prefer them to the potatoes.
For sandy land the mammoth red
clover has proved superior to alsike
or the medium red varieties.
A good night pasture is the cows
delight. and n delighted COW is(more
profitable than n discouraged COW.
II the soil leaves the plowshare
shiny and wet. wait day or two.
Wet plowing makes cloddy ground
In looking for an occupation that
will return pleasure as well as profit
take up the breeding of fancy poultry.
Guessing at the quantity OF salt to
put In butter is a little risky. An ounce
to the pound is about the right proper
tion.
Nurse the young clover and the al
falfa; plan more OF both another sea-
son. also n large acreage of root
crops and pumpkins.
A hen that goes around with her
mouth open is not n comfortable hen:
she is too warm. Give her place TO
sit down and cool OF.
Ventilation In the chicken house Is
n very important consideration. and
the health of the fowls In great
measure depends on 1t.
The value OF cowpoas as n stock
feed crop Is now firmly established
and will grow In favor ms they be.
come more generally known.
Get rid OF male birds except those
TO be kept for breeding. They are
star boarders and eat up the profits
OF the flock.
Never pasture too closely. Leaves
are essential TO plant growth. and
enough should always be left to pro-
mote n good growth OF plants.
Keep away from the corn roots
when giving the plant the last cultlya.
tlon: they will be needed In further
developing n good crop OF corn.
Begin TO check tho colt early n you
would have an easy tlmo with tho
work and wollbroken horse. A
twoyear-old Is easier to break than a
four.ynar-old.
II you intend TO plant few choice
trees next spring. dig large holes for
them this fall. M them with manure.
removing II next spring and nlling In
up 10 tho desired depth for the tree.
Tho farnior who raises fruit for his
own family should have n much larg.
or variety than the commercial or.
chnrdlht because the latter must pro-
duee enough Of each Kind TO ship 10