Mexico Missouri message., 1912-08-15
Capons are profitable.

Cows need pure. fresh water.
There is always demand for tur
keys.
Oats and peas will not inoculate
ground for alfalfa.
No eve should be bred until she
has reached maturity.
Concrete floors in the COW stables
are sanitary and easily cleaned.
The size of an apple can be iuflu-
enced to quite large degree by pick
ing.
Don't let the cows out in tho
storms to stand around. It doesn't
pay.
The colder the milk when separated
the greater the loss Of fat in the skim
milk
The cows that produce the largest
amounts of butter fat do it most eco
nomically.
The calves should by all means be
kept in clean, well.lghted and ven.
tilated stables.
A proper kit for farm work is about
as handy a thing as the average
farmer can buy.
4 ten-cent bolt now may save n dol
lars worth OF time when the rush
Of work comes.
You cannot fatten a brood SOW and
fatten hog alike and make the best
success of both.
A gallon of cream testing % per
cent. should churn little over two
pounds of butter.
The object Of COW testing and keep
ing record Is to improve the herd and
increase the output.
Frequent stirring of the soil Is said
to be a good preventive of rust form
ing on the cultivator.
Look out for the potato bugs on the
tomato and eggplant plants. They
prefer them to the potatoes.
For sandy land the mammoth red
clover has proved superior to alsike
or the medium red varieties.
A good night pasture is the cows
: delight, and a delighted COW is more
profitable than discouraged COW.
II the soil leaves the plowshare
: shiny and wet, wait a day or two.
: Wet blowing makes a cloddy ground
In looking for an occupation that
will return pleasure as we'll as profit
y take up the breeding OF fancy poultry
: Guessing at the quantity of salt to
put in butter is little risky. An ounce
to the pound is about the right proper.
s ton.
d Nurse the young clover and the nj.
falfa; plan more of both another sea
son, also a large acreage of root
t crops and pumpkins.
: A hen that goes around with her
mouth open is not a comfortable hen;
she is too warm. Give her q place to
= sit down and cool off.
l. Ventilation In the chicken house if
very important consideration, and
the health of the fowls In a greaI
L measure depends on 1t.
y The value of cowpeas as a stool
feed crop is now firmly established
and will grow in favor as they be
u come more generally known.
&c Get rid of male birds except thos
to be kept for breeding. They ar
star boarders and eat up the profit
e of the flock.
'e Never pasture too closely. Leave
are essential to plant growth, an
enough SnOulu always ne IelJ W pl'
So mote good growth of plants.
Ut Keep away from the corn root
when giving the plant the last cultivt
ton; they will be needed in furtht
w. developing a good crop of corn.
by
be Begin to check the colt early II "
would have an easy time with Il
work and wellbroken horse.
10 twoyear-old is easier to break than
~ four-year-old.
n II you intend to plant few choi'
trees next spring, dig large holes f
to them this fall, fill them with manur
I'd. removing It next spring and filling
is up to the desired depth for the tree.
gs,
The farmer who raises fruit for b
ar own family should have much lar
II 1fg.I 4.