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

Concrete tanks are superior.
Keep the dairy utensils clean.
"The early bird" easily keeps down
the weeds.
Great Britain's wheat fields cover
100000 acres.
Too much sun for young chicks is
as bad as too little.
The manager must supply the brains
for the COW machine.
Don't wait for the weeds to appear
before you begin cultivating.
Have everything neat and sweet
about your milk and butter business.
The owner of the small farm flock
is the man most likely to neglect dip
ping.
An alert carriage and a bright eye
are necessary in q perfect carriage or
saddle hose.
To teach chicks to drink sprinkle a
few grains of feed on the water for
them to pick at.
The great majority Of farmers do
not know the value OF the harrow, or
II they do they do not use It.
Teach the lambs as early as pos
sible to eat grain in a lamb creep to
fit them for the early market.
If horse sweats easily, take partic-
| ular pains not to let him stand out
In a draft, or drink too heartily.
| II is expensive economy to do with
! out a separator where cream is sold or
butter made from five or more cows.
The best way 10 get rid OF tubercu-
losis in dairy cattle is to follow the
old precept about an ounce OF proven
ton.
The little pigs seem to be wonder
fully keen in detecting the small holes
in the fence through which they can
| escape.
Success in the dairy seems to be
most all 50; separator. silo, scales
then the following letter, ct" test, is a
| close second.
! Have all cattle that come into the
herd tuberculn tested and then have
a we'll ventilated barn that is kept
scrupulously clean.
If a SOW that has lost the use OF her
legs is in good flesh, 1t would be best
to slaughter her for meat, as chances
of recovery are poor
The poultry business requires study
and constant attention, the same as
any other business. First efforts are
rarely ever successful.
One OF the silo arguments that ap-
peals to every stock owner is that
there is no such thing as cornstalk dis
ease TO worry the silage feeder.
The stomach OF the little calf is
very sensitive and easily ruined. Moth
ing will do it quicker than keeping the
animal confined in wet, dirty pen.
Ore Of our readers recommends
cream of tartar for chickenpox; one
tablespoonful in soft feed for each
twelve fowls, two or three times a
week.
In growing a heifer for the dairy,
muscular vitality is wanted rather
than fat, and this is obtained very
largely from the skim milk portion OF
its diet.
Filth on eggs under the sitting hen
should be washed off as soon as
noticed This Is one OF the little
things that helps toward getting a
good hatch.
should be fed sparingly to keep hens
laying and to ward off diseases to
which the overfat bird is susceptible
In warm weather.
The calves to be vealed should be
fed all they will eat greedlly, so as
not 10 get hungry enough to bawl
very much. The feed may be whole
milk, part whole milk or skim milk
and oil meal. But never give them
cold milk.
Don't do any pruning OF the grape
vines after the buds begin TO swell,
as bleeding" will result and the vi
tally OF the vines be Slapped away,
retarding proper growth, cutting down
fruit production and often killing the
! vines entirely.