Mexico Missouri message., 1912-08-08

Keep the nOe boi"s'
Rod the hogs variety.
Tho hest feed is cheapest.
turkeys devour many insects.
,.o,roting cold milk means a loss
o. cream.
This season of the year is trying on
rows and dairymep
Cot die and stamp your initials on
~ roam or milk cans. Paint will rub
Of in time.
Tho raw that can hold up we'll in
milk production in August Is Valu-
able animal
Selling all the hay and grain raised
y, Tho farm is sure method of sell
ing the farm
From 10 to so per cent. Of cream is
lost by setting milk in pans, say the
e1perimeRters.
With the exception of the pillow, the
harrow is perhaps the Oldest of till
age instruments.
,yna. oorr In 4ba food ac tho
weather gets warmer will keep hens
from getting fat and lazy.
Don't fail to divide the buttermilk
between Blddy and the pigs. She rel
lsbes It as much as they.
All fowls, chicks, ducks and duck
ungs that are kept in yards should
have plenty of green food every day.
A chicken takes naturally to having
! feed handed him, but the turkey is al
most selfsupporting until cold wealth
er
Don't allow the hen-mother to drag
around all day with her brood, as
many chicks succumb through eXhaus-
ton
One advantage in keeping feed al
wars before poultry is that they do
not have to hurry so to get their
/ meals.
In building a wire fence for hogs
put one barbed wire at the bottom and
the worst rooter in the pasture won't
root ont.
One mite on the back of fellows
neck makes him just about wild.
What must 1t be to have a million
crawling?
There is still time to put out crop
Of roots for COW feed next winter.
Rich light soil Ia the best place
for them.
Turkeys always find a ready sale
and are almost clear profit. There is
always demand. The market is new
er glutted
Neat, clean crates and boxes help to
Sell fruit even though 1t may not be
quite up to standard of excellence set
by the grower.
If the season is dry, haul few bar
rels of water to those late planted
trees. Don't let them suffer for water
during dry spell.
II hogs are lousy, set a small post,
wrapped tight with an old rope, in the
ground and soak the rope with coal oil.
Inc hog will do the rest.
Oyerheating Is to be avoided by cau-
nous working and careful watching
vi work horses; with shade and water
at intervals, is possible.
IL You use the litter In the house
Keep 1t dry and clean. Musty and
moIdy litter is particularly liable to
cause trouble at this season of the
year
rlymouth Rocks have been made to
meieh seven pounds, dressed, at
lnahksgiVfng time, by judicious feed.
inS Tor growth and development while
On range.
Land plaster has a very small per.
,en'ase OF lime; lump lime has the
'alsest percentage and hydrated lime
next Mari is usually little richer in
"lue 'han ground limestone.
as the pastures begin to drop off the
."'le grow more uneasy. Look out
to' me fences. A herd of cattle will
destroy more stuff in one night than
you can grow in whole season.
ohall We salt stock? A friend saws
" teeo the salt in the feed and not let
auem nave access to 1t. His grounds
@,e mat he does not like to eat unsalt.
~ 1000, and then go into the pantry
th mu eat lot Of salt, and he takes II
%s the sheep or cow 10 like him in
ogic. ~ "A' so''