The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-05-31


Know your brood sows.
Clean the poultry houses.
Chickens like sunflower seeds.
Kerosene emulsion Is easily made.
A horse that Is trained without
blinds is usually the safer horse.
Young pigs are peculiarly subjected
to various kinds Of intestinal worms.
It Is better to give the orchard clean
cultivation than to try to raise crops
In II.
It is better to have q dirty floor than
a dirty, dusty atmosphere during milk
ing time.
Leave a horse united when hooked
to q vehicle and he will be likely to
be gone when you return for him
Fine gravel is not the proper grit
for poultry. They want q sharp ma
terial with which to grind their food.
Expert orchardists recommend seed
ing the orchard to crimson clover-or
rye to be plowed down the following
spring.
In localities where aster, goldenrod
and other fall blooms abound 1t is
well to look for surplus even in Sep
TENDER.
An hours work with a sharp wire
at the foot of your peach trees killing
borers may mean an extra bushel OF
fine peaches.
| A tree can be bridge grated In less
than half an hour, and II Is better TO
take this time to do 1t than to let a
valuable tree die.
Go over the young apple trees and
cut of every water sprout with a
sharp knife close to the trunk. DO II
early. and they will heal this season.
To do we'll the cows should be turn.
ed dry something like six weeks be
fore freshening. This is good for the
calf, rests the COW. and develops the
udder.
When II comes to growing pigs
calves, poultry or cream, any farmer
with a few acres Of alfalfa on his farm
has a great advantage over his neigh
Dor without It.
The first milk of the COW is Of pc
culiar character-called colostrum-
acting as a purgative. and this put,
the bowels of the young calf in per
feet working condition.
II you did not have enough goot
seed for the farm crops, lose no tins
In getting enough to plant you
crops. Get the best that can be had
regardless Of the price.
A ration for a dairy COW should ful
I'LL the following requirements:
should be balanced, palatable. hom'
grown as near as possible. and finall,
It should be economical.
During the winter the dairy farm
er has more time to figure out hi
plans for improving his system O
farming. The great question shout
be to get a better and more profitabl
'ot Of cows.
Sixty per cent. OF all horses that g
unsound. go wrong In the hook joint.
according to the notes taken by ON
breeder. Too much attention canno
be given the hooks in choosing sta
lions to which the mares are to b
mated.
3 Call veterinarian II a mare is ha,
: ing trouble In dropping a colt and 20
are In doubt of being able to assis
her properly. A fee of IS or $40 I
the veterinarian may save a $500 mar
and bring a colt into the world ths
will develop into q horse worth q
much more.
A little knowledge Of the prope
Q type of animal to select is worth a IL
Of money to the buyer sometimes. A
tend the short course schools whel
ever you get q chance and study tn
types and breeds as well as the ma,
I kets. There is . surprising differenc
4 in animals when you know what I
b look for-as much as there Is in pc,
!. pie.
, When 1t IL desired to spray th
. poultry house 1t Is important tina
a every square inch Of space shoul
) be given a fine spray. and while sma
= force pumps. rubber sprayers. be
b lows. etc. may be used. 1t is not g
a important to do the work quickly q
Q to do 1t well. care being taken I