Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-05-03

Dairy COWS must have salt.
Keep the dairy utensils clean.
It's going to be O great year for |
silos.
That fall plowed garden works fine,
doesn't it7
Keep little gas tar ON hand and
apply for scaly legs.
Carry q pipe-wrench with you. It
10 a general utility tool.
The incubator never changes its
mind. It stays on the Job.
The finer the soil, the better the
vegetables. both in quantity and quail
ity.
A cow appreciates punctuality in
milking, as much as a man does in
meals.
Be sure there are no lice on the
young stock when they are turned to
pasture.
The supply of good 1900 to 1900
pound work horses Is always behind
the demand.
AS general rule, the depth to
plant should be four times the diam
eter Of the seeds.
Sweet clover seed hulled weighs
about 60 pounds per bushel, and the
unhulled 33 pounds.
II the fetlocks are clipped and Che
horses legs are kept clean, scratch
ing will never bother.
Always water first, then little hay.
and follow with grain; this gives the
animal chance to digest
Horses cannot be grown as cheap
as they were when land was half the
price and grain half the price.
Mate up the teams intended for
work in the spring at least few
days before they are needed.
Some men plow the garden when
the fields are too wet to work. So
much the worse for the garden
The development of the young
horse requires the exercise of the
best judgment In handling him.
The ground should never be allowed
to become baked, as in this condition
great deal of moisture is lost un-
necessarily.
In cutting eyes from potatoes leave
enough Of the potato on them to fur
nish sustenance until they can draw
1t from the earth.
The correct mating is 8 to Is hens
for each cockerel. The smaller the
breed the more hens may be allowed
with each rooster
The smaller the quarters the great.
er the care. Crowded fowls are much
more, liable to become affected with
vermiM, and disease.
Grow early onions from sets but the
main crop from seeds. Onions from
seeds keep Better. grow larger and
are of better quality.
Do you like to see a sick fowl? II
the bird Is not Of more than ordinary
value, and the disease Is serious, ap
ply the ak with O steady hand.
When chicks spread themselves out
comfortably at night, part way be
tween the heater and walls OF the
brooder it is safe indication that the
heat is about right
II is Just as important to rotate
garden crops as field crops and It IL
certainly great mistake to plant the
same crop on the same ground three
or four seasons in succession.
The average weight of hens egg
run from 16 to "a ounces per dozen.
weight OF 22h ounces may be takel
as fair average for good sized eggs
although weight of four ounces Il
not unknown for single specimens.
No need to buy prepared charcoa
for farm fowls. Rake up pile o
corn cobs or brush and set fire to II
When 1t is mass of live coaif
throw on water to put the fire out
and the chickens will do the rest.
The covered milk pail is one of tn
new ideas that Is being adopted b.
progressive, dairymen everywhere
The extra cost is slight in comparison
to the improved condition of the milk
The milk goes through several thick
nesses or cheese cloth In most o