Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-09-13
Weeds harbor nies.

Weeub udrDor MES.
Overhaul the corn crib.
Kerosene kills onion maggots.
The unframed dog is a nuisance.
The use of hooded pals means
cleaner milk.
The horse Should be given food
free from dust.
The Importance of the sorghums is
often overlooked.
Line fences well kept up help to
make good neighbors.
Alfalfa should ordinarily be cut
when 1t is coming into blossom.
There is no grass that will stand
flooding for any considerable time.
A crop of potatoes should be spray
ed at least twice with Bordeaux mix
ture
Hogs should be fed as near as pos
sible at the same hours, morning and
evening.
One of the cheapest root crops to
grow for stock is turnipsl Plant early
this month.
No animal that gets only feed
enough to support life can make
gain or profit.
Sometimes a weeks chill rains or
cold weather will set the pigs back a
month in their growth.
In selecting the brood SOW remem-
ber that the size of the litter is an
important factor in her profit.
Father and the boys appreciate the
garden at meal time during the vege-
table season, If at no other time
When building that dairy barn be
sure to make 1t large enough to ac-
commodate the growth of your busi-
ness.
1t is the amount Of food over and
above the quantity required to sus-
tain the life of the animal that counts
for profit
1t is just as important that every
horse should have his own collar all
the time as that the man should wear
his own shoes.
Where young orchards are kept per-
fectly clean by cultivation, there Is
seldom much injury sustained from
mice during the winter.
Young hens should not be set after
their first laying of eggs. By the time
they want to set the second time they
will make good mothers.
The greatest crop the farmers of
the world have raised has been Lib
erty and Freedom. The oppressed far.
mer is never a good farmer.
With good corn crop almost ready
to crib and plenty of other feed ev-
cry farmer should prepare to raise
and fatten few hogs this year.
II you have had a crop fail for you
two or three times it will pay to look
deeper than mere climatic conditions
Probably there are other causes which
you can remove.
'In the shade of the old apple tree
J Is mighty good place to spend few
minutes at noon these hot days.
little rest at noon gives speed to the
work of the afternoon.
It costs just as much In soil fertility
to raise weed as to raise wheat OF
oat stalk. Land is not resting If 1t Ii
raising weeds. Even they ought to be
plowed down for fertility.
Now is the time to swat the mites
and be sure that 1t is mighty swat
, because the pesky mite is a mighty
! mean mite or an insect that ls the
, bugaboo of egg production.
A whole lot Of farmers would bet
ter sell their COWS and buy their mill
7 and butter. 1t would be cheaper thar
: the price they are now paying, al
) though they do not realize it.
Constant care is one of the secrets
of success in the breeding or feeding
] of stock of all kinds. 1t is only tn,
< man who likes such work that will
] measure up to the greatest success.
Some crops have root systems whici
go much deeper than the soil 4
: plowed or broken up. 1t takes strength
: to send down the roots which Nigh
r be used in sending up stalk. Deel
} plowing pays.