Mount Vernon signal., 1912-08-09
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Pack all fruit carefully.
Cows need pure, fresh water.


Cows need pure, fresh water.
There is always demand for tur-
keys.
Oats and peas viii 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 infiIl-'
enced to quite large degrte by pick
Ing.
Don't let the cows out in the
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-lighted and ven-
tilated stables.
A proper kit for farm work is about
as handy a thing as the average
farmer can buy.
A ten-cent bolt now may save dol
lars worth of time when the rush
Of work comes.
You cannot fatten brood SOW and
'atten hog alike and make the best
success of both.
A gallon of cream testing 25 per
cent should churn a 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 day or two.
Wet plowipg makes a cloddy ground.
will return pleasure as well as profit
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
ton.
Nurse the young clover and the al
falfa; plan more Of both another sea-
son, also large acreage OF root
crops and pumpkins.
A hen that goes around with her
mouth open is not comfortable hen;
she is too warm. Give her a place to
sit down and cool off.
Ventilation In the chicken house is
a very important consideration, and
the health. Of the fowls in a great
measure depends on 1t.
The value of cowpeas as a stocl
feed crop is now firmly established
> and will grow in favor as they be
: come more generally known.
Get rid Of male birds except thos
to be kept for breeding. They ar
g star boarders and eat up the profit
l OF the flock.
Never pasture too closely. Leave
D.. are essential to plant growth. an
8 enough should always be left to pre-
=, mote a good growth of plants.
] Keep away from the corn root
' when giving the plant the last cultivi
n ton; they will be needed In furthe
developing a good crop Of corn.
: Begin to check the colt early II 20
4 would have an easy time with tn
work and O well-broken horse.
e two-year-old Is easier to break than
+. four-year-old.
II you intend to plant a few choiG
D trees next spring. dig large holes IL
r them this fall, fill them with manur
:. removing 1t next spring and filling
= up to the desired depth for the tree.
ID The farmer who raises fruit for h
:. own family should have a much lar
- er variety than the commercial @
II chardist because the latter must pr
ID duce enough Of each kind to ship
advantage.
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A stumbling habit may be cause
le by poor shoeing, or It may be caus'
. by ignorant or careless hitching. T.
~ tight checking is often the caus
or Sometimes Q harsh bit with a tig
ip1 check rein viii destroy the balane
and the horse is liable to fall.