Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-10-31

IL no NdHNt.
A foul dairy makes no producer OF
prize-winning butter.
Livestock Is the basis OF most farm
ers success in farming.
Sharpen and repair the garden
tools for next seasons use.
Feed is cheaper and more plentiful
than it has been for years.
a cork soaked in oil makes q good
substitute for a glass stopper.
All fruit should be graded and GRAFT
ed, especially for private marketing.
So far as can be done select the
largest, and best sows for breeders.
Corn will dry out better II the
shocks are kept down to reasonable
size.
Deep blowing and the gas tractor
are the Gold Dust Twins OF the new
agriculture.
Wrap the young fruit trees early, to
prevent the rabbits from gnawing and
killing them.
Many OF the troubles with both
young and old horses may be traced
TO bad teeth.
Hogs will be high next year and 1t
will pay to give those fall pigs a good
start towards winter.
The first cold rains are hard on the
cows and they should be kept in the
barn in such weather.
A good pasture makes brim-
ming milk pail; and silo makes pos.
sible good winter pasture.
A little clover or alfalfa mixed with
the silage when filling the silo will
prove profitable mixture.
Bran is worth more, pound for
pound as a part Of ration for a
work horse than alfalfa meal
The man who makes a business OF
COW keeping instead OF a chore is on
the right road to better profits.
In the development of horses, as
wen as elsewhere, Judgment must be
exercised as well as the muscles.
Just how long a breeding sire
should be kept depends upon the ex.
cellence Of the animal in question. .
The way TO increase the appetite
/ of a horse, IL such a thing is neces-
sary, is to change his diet frequently
Twill soon be time to bind some
thing around those small fruit trees,
to stop rabbits from feasting on the
bark
Baling corn fodder is a new idea,
but il it works out wei 1t will save
a good deal Of hard ana disagreeable
work.
After all that may be said in favor
of other pastures, clover stands at
the head when it comes to right thing
for pigs.
Mulching isn't to keep the straw
berries from freezing. but to keep
them from thawing after the ground
| is frozen.
Extremes and sudden changes in
! feeding. watering and sailing will
cause acute indigestion in sheep that
| is usually fatal
| Bear in mind that corn fodder, OF
fodder corn, must not be cut early
for it means a loss OF large part OF
its feeding value.
Keep all the rotten fruit well
cleaned up around the orchard, as
these constitute the winter quarters
OF numerous orchard pests.
Look over the young stock carefully
before disposing Of it. A prize heifer
or an exceptional colt may slip away
and the credit and benefit go to some
other man.
In the rush and hurry to keep up
with the fall work we must not forget
to provide plenty of bedding for all
stock and see that it is dry. Wet bed.
ding is a disease producer
Every sheep that has lost one sin.
gle tooth through old age is "A candi.
date for the meat market Don't stand
in the way of her getting there; she
may not weather another winter.
The most suitable time to apply
lime in rotation is when preparing
the land for wheat or hay following