Mexico Missouri message., 1912-12-05
Plow the garden In the fall.

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neves well sheep.
Roots of peony and bleeding heart
should be planted in the fall
In order to have good-sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young.
II costs less to deliver butter fat
than any other crop on the farm.
Sheep are not found on enough
farms, and it is the wonder why they
are not.
The one great secret in producing
milk that is pure is to keep 1t clean
and cold.
II requires quite as much care In
packing butter for storage as in can.
ming fruit
All dead limbs from trees in the
| orchard should so into the brush heap
or woodshed.
Eleven dozen of eggs per year is a
| fair average for hens and pullets kept
in large fiocks.
As the potatoes are dug, sort out
the small ones and keep them for the
hens this winter.
Hogs fed in the field gained nearly
hfrH
fed in the yards.
Rotten fruit which has fallen to
tie ground should be picked up and
consigned to the fire.
Pork was produced with less gain
by hogging off corn than by feeding
ears or snapped corn in the yard
Trees that are badly infested with
the San Jose scale appear as II they
had been busted over with ashes
Hens afflicted with scaly leg cannot
possibly give the best service In egg
production, and rough shanks look
bad.
Decay soon spreads in fruit or vege- |
tables in the cellar To be on the safe |
side they should be culled over fire. /
quently.
II you had good luck with pumpkins |
and squash this summer, better save |
some seed for next year, from the best |
specimens.
Don't neglect the seed corn which !
so many lost last fall and winter be- .
cause 1t was not thoroughly cured and .
dry when zero appeared.
good quality in the Eorsets Is
their pugnaclous disposition which |
makes them able TO use their big
horns in defense against dogs.
1t is well to change the sheep occa-
sionally into the different pastures
Don't mate them too early. and. II
possible, have a thoroughbred buck
The demand for good draft horses
In nearly every state is better than
ever before and sound, well-formed
animals bring from 5000 to $4O0 each.
A thorough preparation OF the soil
before planting, II possible, is always
best in the garden. The seedbed that
is poorly prepared is always harder
to cultivate.
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should be placed in the center with a
wing at the edge in order to prevent
the wind from blowing in on the SOW
and young pigs.
Alsike clover is a perennial ant
can be grown on ground that is too
low and moist for the medium red or
mammoth. but It is grown equally
well on high ground
In buying ram for mutton lambs
his size alone is not the only thing to
be considered. He must have all the
other good qualities and even If he is
a little under size it will do no harm.
Breed horses to some definite pur-
pose. lhat is, go IN Tor drafters,
coachers or saddlers. finished ami.
NAL OF either OF these breeds will al
ways bring more than a mixture OF
all.
Let the colts have all the grain and
bright hay they will eat up clean
Keep them going during the first win
ter as that is the time when the foun-
dation for future strength and growth
is laid
II your teams are to be used much
in handling heavy loads where back
ing is necessary. use a harness with
very wide and heavy breeching. II
will add to the horses confidence and
his backing power.