Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06

II liz never too late to pTuDo.
The Jersey is a popular breed.
II takes brains to raise dairy cows.
Beware OF frauds in buying trees
and bushes.
Half way business doesn't pay in
breeding work.
No animal suffers so much from
neglect as the sheep.
There should be a good scratching
post in every pig pen.
Eternal vigilance is the price Of
everything good in the stock line.
See to Il that the work horse is well
curried during the heavy spring work
Comparatively few people realize
the importance Of drinking water for
hogs.
Clean the calf pen often and bed II
with a liberal supply Of dry straw
oftener.
The silo seems to be edging mighty
near the cornerstone of successful
dairying
II you can't afford to buy a good
bull get one with your neighbor, each
paying half.
Fresh pasture is 80 relaxing that
care must be taken that the cows do
not lose flesh.
Many farmer has drawn the
greatest measure of prosperity from
the dairy COW.
When spraying, II showers come
and wash OF the poison, spray those
trees a second time.
Careful selection of the stallion is
essential to the production Of uni
form harvest of colts.
A fumigation with burning sulphur
will get rid of both vermin and disease
germs in the poultry house.
The chickens like rape. A little
patch OF 1t near the barnyard will
keep them busy and contented.
Chickens will not die OF gapes II
they are fed proper food and plenty
of IT, and are kept free from lice.
Not only the flavor. but the keeping
quality of butter Is injured by keep
ing the cream until it gets very sour.
Usually, a careful dressing of mar
ket fowls will draw a little premium
from the buyers. It pays in the long
run.
The quality of the egg can readily
be established by a ration that will
add sweetness and good flavor to the
contents.
The SOW should be In moderate
flesh when bred, but when safely in
pig she should have a strong ration
to build her up.
Do not expect satisfaction from
bordeaux mixture that has stood for
as much as twenty-four hours. It
deteriorates quickly.
Next to good feeding the thing that
will make the horses look sleek and
comfortable is elbow grease and a
curry comb and brush.
Some people think that the dry COW
needs no care. but those that make the
best records have the best care dur
ing their period Of rest.
See that the half.grown chicks have
plenty of exercise, especially at feath-
ering time, II you are trying to push
them forward by heavy feeding.
Never speak harshly to a COW nor
strike her She is of a highly strung
disposition and will easily become I'M
manageable through rough handling.
To feed too much soft food is I'M
natural. This is particularly true and
harmful If overfed so such food lies
around to sour and become unwhole-
some.
Feed the small chickens often, and
IL wet and cold, and the old hen is
overly active, better cbnfine her for
short time each morning or all of
rainy day.
The farmer who can tell Just what
it costs to produce and market
crop is not so very common but when
you do find such a man you find one
who is a success.
Cottonseed meal should not be fed
too literally, as it then acts rather
disastrously on the reproductive or
gans. 1t Is really not advisable to,