Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02

valuable for the brood SOW.
The ewes that are sucking lambs
should be fed very literally.
In order to have good-sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young.
A variety in feeding is one way of
keeping the flock in good condition.
Stinting in feeding is repaid by stint
ing in milk flow and per cent OF fat.
Buying pure-bred stock by mail Is
coming to be more and more common.
You can get no more power from
your horse than you give him in his
food.
1t should be remembered that a
horse can do more than his feet will
stand.
Your horse may intend to please
you but does not understand your
wishes.
Good feed will put life into a horse
a hundred times better than an s.
foot whip.
A runaway horse is only safe in the
stable with a good halter and the
stable door latched.
Growing pigs should not be crowded
into close, filthy quarters, exposed tc
vermin and disease
Many a man blames the Lord for a
poor crop, which was really the result
of his own poor blowing.
Always water first, then a little
hay. and follow with grain; this gives
the animal a chance to digest.
A good spray to disinfect coops and
brooders is mixture of " pint car.
bolic acid in gallons of water.
Lack of moisture in the incubator is
one Of the common causes of chicks
| failing to break out of the shell.
Don't be tempted to sell your best
| birds unless you have some better
ones in view to take their places.
Nothing worse than damp brooder
| floor to start chick ills. Cover them
with little dry earth or old carpet.
Fresh poultry manure is said to
OF cattle manure, pound for pound.
Another argument for the silo-it is
a weed killer. No weed seed that
| goes into a silo ever comes out alive.
A yearling tree is preferred by
| many to older trees, They are thought
to be safer to transplant than two-year
| trees.
A cement feeding floor for the hogs
can be built for close around six cents
a square foot. 1t is worth the invest
ment.
Cultivation Is a moisture conserva-
tor. but if the ground is dry don't run
the cultivGtOr teeth deep; keep the
top soil stirred only.
Truck crops suffer least from fungi
in seasons that open with a cool spring
and end with a very hot summer, with
rainfall below the average.
Often the only difference between
gentle COW and a kicker is that the
first had a little handling while a
heifer and the other didn't.
Ground limestone or hydrated lime
may be applied to a meadow with
soil that is acid. Lime may be ap-
piled to the meadow at any time, us
ing from one to three tons per acre.
Chilled eggs are responsible for a
good deal of bad luck" with incuba-
tors, but as a general thing eggs in
| lut pIOCcS5 III udlCuluS Will blduu
more cooling taan many people think
A sandy soil can be cultivated much
| earlier than the heavier soils, and in
this there is a decided advantage, as
two or three crops can be produced in
season, while only one can be grown
on heavy soil.
If your stable floor is Of plank and
in need of repairing, the laying OF a
thin coat OF cement over the old and
/ then putting a new layer of planks on
1t will serve to make the floor water.
tight and at the same time to prevent
dry rot.
An adult fowl is supposed to pro-
duce nearly 100 pounds OF highly con-
centrated manure in year, but on the
average farm, on account OF careless
methods in attending to the poultry,
the bulk of this manure is allowed to
20 to waste.