American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-11-21

All animals need salt.
The hog is a debt payer.
livery farm should have a silo.
A silo built of concrete will pre
serve silage well.
Milk and corn meal makes a fine
forcing feed for friers.
A good time to Gull out inferior,
birds Is when the market is up.
The'fner the soil, the better the
vegetables, both in quantity and quail
ity.
Feed the soil if you would have the
soil feed you, applies forcibly to worn
out lands.
Grape vines require frequent shall.
low cultivation throughout the en-.
tire season.
In setting an orchard stick to the
proven varieties. Let some one else
do the experimenting.
The thermometer must be used as
regularly in the dairy during the
summer as during the winter.
AL this time of the year care should
De exercised in housing the pullets
that are to be the winter layers.
In breaking a colt, remember that
1t Is an easy matter to overload and
ruin him by causing him to balk.
Bran 1s a very good feed for cows.
IL Is light. palatable and rich in min
eral matter, especially phosphorus.
With fruiting orchards. mineral far
tlllzers are often great assistance, but
excess Of nitrogen should be avoid
ed.
Annual flowers can be hurried along
by watering them with a tablespoon-
rul OF nitrate of soda to a pailful of
!
Heroic pruning measures are needed !
to bring many old trees into bear 7
lng; but it need not all be done the i
drst year. =
The theory that one can overfeed >
growing pullets has been exploded. :
nd many a flock has been retarded by 7
lnder feeding. =
The earlier in the season after the :
June crop" that thinning can be done. 4
he better 1t will be for the tree and +
emaining apples. y
n most humane method of de- q
Iorn1ng a COW Is to do the work with L
little caustio potash when the horns r
re just starting on the calf. B
When the strawberries are of the y
n remove the mulch and cultivate ~
thoroughly to kill OF the weeds and NJ
ut the soil In fine condition. u
Some folks have their houses m N,
1at they can open them up all around r,
10 foundation walls when 1t is hot, r,
nd let the air circulate everywhere. L,
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from early spring until August SOW u
Few rows OF summer lettuce every M
Vo weeks or so. and thus try to pro M
dc a continuous supply of good Ce
eads. M:
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Throw open the windows every ~
ght, but tack some wide-meshed D.
9th Of some kind over them to keer r.
It things that have no business in Pc
Q house. NJ,
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Alsike clover ia a n-eronn,o, AVA m, Ms
grown on ground that is too low M
d moist for the medium red OF ~
ammoth. but it is grown equally Ks
Ill on high ground. An
An
who are inexperienced in al Syl
growing should have forced on En-
attention the important lesson Al
At 1t pays weo to put a little labor Att
the surface after removing each Els
,p. Vic
Mr.
n selecting eggs for Matching much Gr'
should be used. Select only nice MI
'wn, well-formed and good-sized DHs 20,
from healthy stock. Keep them ~.
cool and incubate them as aeon Ia
possible. Hal
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buying pedigreed stock the Kat
70 buyer will study the pedigree of Jea
man who bred the animal as care. MAI
y as the animal itself. A good rep H.
ZION is a valuable asset when sell. ny
registered animals. ~
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