Mexico Missouri message., 1912-07-04

Sharp tools make the work easier.
A gentle mother makes gentle
chicks.
The hen should also be busted occa-
sionally.
Watch out for lice on the late hatch
ed chicks.
Dutch cheese is an ideal food for
young turkeys.
Give the young calf an early chance
to nibble at grass.
There isn't a thing wrong with some
horses except their owners.
Churning when cream Is too warm
has the effect OF whitening butter.
Nature intends that the calf should
have the first milk from the mother.
Handling colts from the start OBJ
viates breaking and substitutes train
ing.
Use only a thoroughbred butter
bred sire for next years crop of
calves.
Farmers, as a rule, pay too little at
tention to the comfort of their work
horses,
There isn't much play about dairy
ing. but no other job pays better for
nard work.
The draft horse is one farm por-
duct that bulls and bears cannot cor
ner nor control.
Sheep do have one real menace,
however, in the summer. That is In.
ternal parasites.
Let us use more OF our own dairy
products at home. They are the best
that can be produced
A muls authority says: There Is
nothing that walks that viii beat an
old jennet as a money maker"
Marking chicks or young turkeys
with poultry pounch does no harm,
and the fowls will always show the
mark.
Ground oats. green clover hay. and
sweet skim-milk make a good ration
for lambs after they are twenty-one
days old
Be careful not to overwork the brood
mare when she is nursing a promising
colt, for overheating of her has a bad
effect on the milk.
Pasturing grass too soon or too
hard is an expensive way of saving
feed. II costs several times the
amount of feed saved
The hog house II left open will sup
ply a cool place for the pigs to lie in,
and also protect the young from heavy
storms and from the hot sun.
Having too many chicks in one
brood. whether with a hen or in a
brooder, is a common fault Chicks
In small broods always do better.
Have an aim in breeding, and try to
breed all the colts to a standard or
type. In this way you will get
matched pairs which will bring better
prices.
Experience the last year has shown
1t is best make such crops as cowpeas
and alfalfa into hay to feed dry and
to fill the silos either with corn or
kaffir. 3. .4g.-.l It's
This Is the time Of year when lice
do the most damage In the poultry
yard. The young chickens should be
examined every week for head lice or
for lice on the body,
When a man wants to use his horse
and has to chase him all over the
farm in order to catch him, 1t is evi.
dent that either the man or the horse
was not brought up right.
Where silage Is used the land can
be used TO grow another crop of
corn. There is no way to get so
much off an acre as to put It into
corn and put the corn ir the sllo.
Cattle certainly are scarce. II they
were not the great hog runs would
have the effect of bringing down the
price Of beef. Shortage of cattle can
not be made up as soon as that of
hogs and we may look for short beef
supplies for some time 10 come.
Most intelligent men realize that II
costs just as much % raise a scrub
as well-bred animal When II comes
to selling there is a vast difference in
the price that the tv will demand |
At the same time Serbs are still very
much in evidence all through the land.