Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-13

Dock the lambs early.
Cont be slow about spraying.
Chickens devour many insects.
Use caution with cottonseed meal
Move the brood coops every two or
.hree days.
1t is always best to have a system,
and stick to it,
Blood tells with sheep as well as
with everything else.
Persistency is one Of the great
traits of the best dairy COW.
One OF the worst evils in the or
chard is the so-called pear blight"
A milk house aids very much in the
proper care of milk and milk utensils.
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have plenty Of pure, fresh water to
| drink.
The best kind of a garden club is
wire net fence to keep out the
chickens.
For orchard spraying a three
Fights or halfinch hose is best, and
In lengths of fifty feet
The grape is one Of the surest OF
crops, as after the third year a gen
| erous crop may be expected.
Ten acre fruit growers and egg
producers who adhere to modern
methods are making a success.
It will not be necessary for any
corn-belt farmer to go many miles to
see what a silo is like next winter.
Don't get the idea that you cannot
| obtain satisfactory results from spray.
ing Just because your neighbor failed
The hen house that is whitewashed
inside and has clean widows Will be
more healthful and attractive for the
fowls.
The heifer calves from parents OF
long dairy inheritance are almost sure
to equal or surpass their dams in pro-
ductiveness.
The sudden change from the warm
stable to the highland damp ground
might prove serious with some of the
heavy mixers.
Successful dairying means that 1t is
vital to steer clear of dry cows and
Indifferent producers. High priced
feeds brings this home.
Many a case of chick disease might
be traced to the chilling they so otter
get in transferring the hatch from
the incubator to brooder.
The chief value OF the manure
spreader lies in its ability to put thin
coating over a large area, and thus
produce maximum results.
The building of silo is not a specu
lation by means of which you can gel
something out OF nothing, but 1t is @
good, sound business proposition.
When done spraying each day, ruI
some clean water through the pump
to wash out the spray mixture anC
avoid corrosion of the working parts.
Ducks do not like whole grain, bu
prefer soft food. When winter ap
proaches they may be fed twice day
at night adding animal meal or cooked
meat.
To get a good, select private egt
trade, make It a rule to put eggs II
the package that are not only strictly
FRESH but which were made from pure
sweet food.
The person who raises good stocl
| neeu nave no rear ABOUT prices. FITS
class fowls always bring good prices
no matter how great the surplus Of
ordinary stock is.
If the dairymen could come into di
rect contact with the people who eat
their butter there would be less need
Of discussing the subject of making a
better grade of butter.
Test the spray hose several days
before needed for spraying. Try Il
with the highest pressure you will
use. If 1t burts easily or leaks, make
the needed repairs in it. or get a new
hose. 1t will save delays at a crit
zeal time.
Soaking cabbage seed in a solution
Of one ounce of formalin to two and
one-half gallons of water for twenty
minutes will be a good start against
| cabbage rot Soil and manures free