The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-07-26

Soy beans make good silage.
More dairy products are wanted.
Give the COW nothing but fresh wa
ter.
Cleanliness Is one Of the essentials
IN poultry work.
Are your neighbor's crops looking
better than your ownf
Move the farm closer to town by
means Of better roads.
While charcoal Is not q food, fowls
gain flesh faster during its use.
Progress in dairying Is greatest
where there IL the most interest.
The only honest way to water milk
q to give pure water to the cows.
No part Of the farm work Is more
universally neglected than the garden.
Throw your ashes into the poultry
house and watch them enjoy them.
selves.
Trouble with weeds has caused
more alfalfa failures than any other
one thing.
The cow that Is a large producer Of
milk must be large consumer Of feed
and water.
For grinding purposes alfalfa hay
should be cut when the very first bios
SONS appear.
When the horse Is In normal condi.
ton he should have all of the water
he will drink
It 10 possible to milk in comfort II
the stables are kept in q clean, sani- |
tary and light condition.
To the good dairyman II is import
ant that the exact age Of every fowl
on his premises Is known.
A profitable farm garden IL q con- ]
tinuous source Of satisfaction from |
early spring until frost comes.
Alfalfa should be raked and cooked
up the afternoon OF the day of cutting
where conditions are favorable.
Indiana produced $4,000. 900 worth
OF poultry and eggs In 1909. year OF
the last census-fgures Just out.
In tho rush. don't forget those odd
corners that are growing up to weeds
and seeding the farm to these pests.
Where milk is set In pans It 10
, good sanitary precaution to cover
the pans with clean paper after cool
Ing.
A good farm paper Is the very best
machine on the farm, and will be the
means Of making the most money for
Tou.
The three essentials for a success.
III dairy cow are vigor. capacity for
God and welldeveloped organs for
milk production.
Corn silage is no less valuable for q
arrying stockers and feeders through
he winter months than for fattening q
nd finishing beeves.
The most humane method Of dehorn. \
ne q COW 10 to do the work with a u
title caustio potash when the horns U
re Just starting on the cali.
A record COW Is not only q good ad c
Dr. the breeder. but It Is q boost for c
be breed as well. to say nothing of D
be country which produced II.
When swine are bred for mere fancy q
oints and when constitution and sub G.
ance are lost sight OF they cease Il
be profitable assimilators of food.
Good butter Is as good as gold any. ID
here In the summer time. and farm m
at turns out a good supply of the d
j kind every week IL a gold mine. al
J. A. Ferguson. Missouri station, 10
'ging farmers to set out forest nur. bi
ries In portion Of their vegetable II
to plant waste places b.
It'll the seedlings. OF
Chickens need fresh water several
mes during tho day. They need feed. va
regularly four or I'VE times q day. ne
II little at . time. II you give at
en- . lot Of feed. they do not know y,
'en to stop eating. and eat too M
1ch.
Never feed lettuce to the chicks N
less your garden u fenced In or so
are prepared to give them al hu