Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-08-29

Market the useless ROSTERS.
Plant some trees in the pasture.
Try keeping a few sheep on the
farm.
Sit on the milk stool-don't pound
the COW with II.
Hot, close weather brings lots of
lice to the dirty pen.
Improved breeds of hogs are i'm
proving the hogs profit.
Are there any dead heads in your
dairy? If so weed them out.
First-class fruit will command a
firstclass trade at first-class prices.
Shorts are a more economical feed
for sows and growing pigs than for
cows.
A boy and dog make a poor combi-
nation to bring the COWS home from
pasture.
In spraying, drenching is not de-
sired; stop spraying just before drip.
ping begins.
He who attends to the repair OF ma.
chlnery before using it saves both
time and money.
When a dairyman learns to use the
Babcock test he is started on the way
to his economic salvation.
Frequent cultivation the remainder
Of the summer will fit the strawberry
bed for it's reXt years work.
The best dairyman is clean, not
because he has to be, but because II
It second nature for him to be.
When the calf gets old enough t
turn out to grass be sure and continue
feeding a ration of grain or milk.
s AS the marketing season advances
the patrons of cooperative elevate
companies congratulate themselves.
' The dairy COW has a capacity TO
1 a great amount of feed and unless thi
y feed is provided she cannot do he
: best.
Mil rnou ha tocfad for h11ttarfat a
different temperatures. 1t is well Il
have 1t between 60 and so degrees
r Fahrenheit.
II is hard to see where those pig
that are growing up In a dry pen arr
I going to make very much profit 70
their owner.
a If hog dies on the farm. no matte
from what cause take no chances, bu
n remove the body a long distance fror
e the feeding lots and burn 1t.
l. Never use crates or boxes NOR
than once. Neat, clean boxes Sc
first even though the fruit may nc
be up to the standard In every way.
g. If you are careless or neglectful {
a spraying and get poo- results this Sc;
& son don't say that spraying doesn
pay. 1t does pay-and pays big int
@ est.
It II is always safest to take n
chances with a bull, no matter no
good his reputation beforehand. 1t
so often the gentle" animals thu
- cause accidents.
p A great many farmers do not rea
lie that grass supplies feed entire'
70 different from corn and that II is
Is bad practice to change entirely ar
" suddenly from one to the other.
Too many forget to speak kindly
their horse, hence never have a kir
o. horse Get the affection of 20,
g horse, and you have taken a mo
important step toward getting his be
r services.
r The grower who will sort his appl,
into two or more grades, packed we
will get more money for his fruit tht
the one who throws all kinds togeth
lie In a barrel and places a layer Of Il
best ones on top.
VI The best time to kill weeds of al
70 kind is when they are small New
let weeds go to seed. Stop the fou
tain of the trouble by planting on
clean seed. A good tanning mill W
1T solve the problem of clean seed
9 Tomatoes should be canned in the
~ own juices. The U. 8. department
agriculture considers that the additi,
Of water or OF extra juices is an ad,
teration, and II It makes commerce
canneries observe this rule how mu
ie more ought II be observed in priva
10 canning where one wants the best I
family use.