Mexico Missouri message., 1912-07-04


ripening will make better butter.
hog can be starved TO eat al.
most anything, but It is poor economy.
Make very liberal estimates as to
the number Of chickens you are to
save.
This Is the time to begin knocking
out another possible feed shortage next
winter.
For the young calf Just learning TO
eat there is nothing better than
ground oats.
Milking with wet hands Is one OF
the most undesirable habits that a
man can form.
Turkeys often get puuy and die
when several weeks old, from no 9TH
er cause than lice.
The longer a calf Is allowed to suck
the COW the harder II will be TO make
IL drink from a bucket.
It never pays to keep more cattle
than one can be sure to furnish with
ample feed the year round.
BY using a little patience a calf can
be taught to drink quickly by letting
II suck the finger held IN the milk.
There are many reliable breeders of
Holstein cattle whose entire herds av.
erage 10000 pounds of milk per year.
II thin SOW has more pigs than
she can suckle to advantage, take
part OF them away and raise them on
a bottle.
Anybody can raise an ordinary horse
and sell It for an ordinary price. II
takes blood and feed and care to beat
the average
The main points to make sure about
In buying a separator are durability,
clean skimming, easy washing, and
easy running.
Almost any feed that is high in pro-
tein. such as milk OF middllngs, and
the like, Is good for sows, pigs and
growing hogs.
Don't let the young turks out until
dew Is of the grass IN the morning
II YOU want turkeys to sell next
Thanksgiving.
Why not q concrete vat In the milk
house this spring? They are reason
ably cheap, eternally durable, and
highly sanitary.
Geese, after they get their feathers,
are rarely, IL ever. attacked by In |
sects. but this will not hold good in |
regard to goslings.
Put bell on some OF the cows II |
they run in the woods or brush
pasture 1t will save time and steps
In looking for them.
A heifer that has n long milking
period with her first calf Is very apt
to establish the habit OF long periods
IL she is well handled.
See that the harness, and especially
the inside of the collars where they
come in contact with living flesh and
blood. are smooth and clean.
In the push of farm work the truck .
patches should not be neglected. for
in these little things lie the farmers
living and his success as a farmer
On every dairy farm there should be .
two pasture fields, by feeding of first
one and then the other, the cows have |
a succession Of rich tender grass and
clover.
Mix half bushel OF dry ashes with |
a pint Of carbollc acid. pint OF coal |
oil, and a pint of sulphur. Put some |
in the nests and the hens will not be
bothered with lice. .,rrc--~rl.-r.-'-
Good quality Of wheat straw which !
a fair roughage for horses, and when |
fed in moderate amounts should not .
prove injurious in any way.
Barb wire. fences are bad for horses, |
but there should be a barb wire strung
along the top of the wozen fence or
the horses viii ride It down. The barb
wire placed there will do no harm.
The secret Of successful gardening
Is high manurlng and fertilizing. a
deep, finely prepared soil, thorough
and clean culture, choice vegetables
put up In attractive form and honest
measure.
If. within the last year or so, you
have had a case of blackleg among
your cattle It will be a good plan t.
give the pastures a thorough burning
over before grass starts. Fire is a
great destroyer of disease germs.