The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-25

Fall is the best time to prune.
Tho corn separator is a time ave
Nothing like q few ows for the run
down farm.
Be careful how you handle the boar.
Keep behind him.
The keynote of the live stock breed
er should be quality.
There is no possible way Of deter
mining the sex of eggs.
The best egg producers are not al
ways the best market fowls.
Warm wheat for breakfast makes
the Biddies shell out the eggs.
Do not feed corn to the ewes while
they are carrying their lambs.
Feeding spoiled meat, moldy grain,
Hogs are in their highest perfection
from one-andIa-half to two years old.
Corn fodder costs less than timothy
hay. and makes = good change in the
diet.
It IL generally estimated that broil-
ers shrink Z half pound each when
dressed.
No success can be obtained with
poultry unless the fowls arc kept
comfortable.
At this time Of year a good lock on
the poultry house represents money
well invested.
Aim for early maturity and keep
hogs growing by intelligent feeding
and good care.
All milk utensils should be heavily
timed and u free from leans a. it
is possible to get them.
The late Matched chickens should
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be given extra feed and care.
Warm drinking water on cold days
does just that much to keep the hens
In the laying notion in winter.
Keep sheep dry, giving breeding
ewes as much exercise a. possible, but
avoid exposure to rains and wet SHOWS.
Ingenius tackle has been devised to
make q tree that is being felled pull
its own stump from the ground with
1t.
When hens lay soft shelled eggs
give them q very little raw linseed oil
once or twice . day, writes one of our
folks.
Fresh air is all right for the hens,
but not when 1t is sifted through
knotholes and cracks between the
boards.
Young apple trees are injured for
the most part by freezing at tho
ground line and by sun scalding ON
the trunks. l.
It is not good for hens to dust ia
coal or wood ashes only, some folks
claim, but We ind that q few ashes
tighten up the dirt.
To clean all wearing parts Of the
separator frequently and to use the
best quality Of oil means to add to
the life Of the machine.
1t 10 just As important that every
horse should have his own collar
all the time as that the man should
a his own shoes.
Whenever the weather IN mild It 10
we'll to leave all doors and windows
open to let the wind blow through the
house for q thorough airing.
There eve was q year when all
feed failed entirely, and with winter
feed and . few cows the wolf can IL
ways be kept at a safe distance.
Since the discovery in Eneiahd u
the lawn moving proclivities of the
guinea pig the price Of these little
animals has increased ~forty-fold.
It is claimed by those who have
tried it that to put q frozen egg In
boiling water for 4 few minutes 10 q
better way to thaw 1t out than by the
slower process Of putting It In cold
water.
According to q western Journal, =
machine for wiping apples has been
installed in the Hood river valley.
that viii ave seven cents on each
box Of fruit. Heretofore all Of the
apples have been wiped by hand. but
this machine viii wipe all Of tho ap-
pies for 400 or 500 boxes.