The state herald., 1912-08-23

eggs. '"u
fienty OF exercise Is one very i'm.
portant Item for keeping a flock
The use of siage for sheep feeding
purposes has been tried out to a lin.
ited extent.
lhere is no reason why potatoes
should not be cultivated with a rid
ing corn cultivator.
IL you want fine, early yellow
peach' put two or three Triumph trees
IN your next nursery order.
some tell the sex of the guinea fowl
by Its wattles. Those of the male arc
double the size of the female.
"A liberal application of ashes to the
SOIL where cabbage plants are grown
Is a preventive of clump root.
Condiments that stimulate egg pro-
uuction are very much like anything
that stimulates human being.
An orchard will live longer. bear
better and be more profitable by be.
ing well cultivated and enriched.
Good fruit can be raised only with
care and attention given to spraying.
pruning and generally good care.
Gooseberries require a cool situa.
ton, with plenty of air and moist.
ure, and should be partially shaded.
1t requires two.thirds of a full IN.
ton to keep COW in fair condition
before there is any milk production.
A blockish built mare with a large
barrel on short legs is likely to pro
auce a better foal than the tall, leggy
kind.
Capons are the most profitable parts
OF the chicken business, Just as steers
are the most profitable part of the cat.
tie industry.
Frequently disinfecting the hen.
aRisihsessF aRiihssFi Is 9Ry ftSa 10 save s,Ii I5is 6fSroaBls
from disease.
1t does not require any great ability
at figures TO show that there Is
great waste in selling hogs when they
are but half fed out.
Truck crops suffer least from fungi
in seasons that open with cool spring
and end With very hot summer. with
rainfall below the average.
Raspberries and blackberries should
be mulched with straw or litter after
they have been shallow cultivated two
or three times in the spring.
II the onions are not growing well.
n little nitrate OF soda or hen manure
sown broadcast. before or during a
rain. often helps them to MI out.
You don't have to take the frost out
OF the bits these days. but you might
take the FIRE out OF your temper and
save much suffering in the horses
mouths.
sugarboet growing means more
than the mere profits from growing
the beets. II introduces n higher typo
OF agriculture and the crops raised In
rotation are better
At this season COWS should bo dry.
so as to avoid milking during fly
time and excessive heat. Pastures arc
short. too, and dry COW can stand
It better than n good mixer.
II pays TO whltewash. yontilate and
| properly light stables; 10 brush nnd
curry cows. TO use clean and well.
covered utensils. 10 cool milk quickly
and TO have cool place for tho milk.
Cowpcaa or soy beans are frequently
sown In standing corn Mt the time OF
tho last cultivation or they can bo
nown after such carly.haryosiod crops
na wheat have lsen removed in case
Il IL not too late In the aaaHon.
Those who contemplate starting nm
alfalfa patch should bear In mind this
one fact. that under ordinary clreum'
stances no one factor will contribute
20 much 10 the success OF the crop as
nm application OF fsrmyard manure.
It's n tosaup between milking out
In tho cool yard whepo mosquitoes and
flies poster tho coys and tho tail
works like perpetual motion, and tho
darkenod barn, With row OF hot
cows adding TO tho heat OF tho
day.
II n very important that the pas