Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-08-30
MIX the cows clean.

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stunted calves don't make good
, COWS.
II you can raise good steer why
raise poor one?
The pig eating sew is usually the
result of bad feeding.
Learn to handle harnes fast, on and
of, 1t saves so much time.
| The world keeps finding new uses
for corn and corn products.
A roadside filled with tall weeds is
great harboring place for files
Handling and petting the heifer calf
Will mean gentle COW after awhile.
Get the old hens started for market
as soon as they have laid their litter
out
The most eloquent friends the silo
has are those men. who have fed
silage.
One good thing. about the incuba-
tor, It never leaves the nest before the
Job is done
| A little salt daily for the cows Is
better than the weekly sailing on Sum
day morning.
The breeding boar should not only
be good individual but be backed by
good ancestors.
Sunshine Is natures best disinfect-
ant and the pens and houses cannot
have too much of it.
Glover is an exceptionally good
cattle roughage, but at present prices
its use is quite prohibitlve.
Roosters of all breeds should be
separated from hens when they molt.
1t takes them longer than hens.
Pigs allowed to make their beds on
manure piles soon become scuffy and
affected with a dry hacking cough.
II the heifer doesn't show up we'll
with her first calf and give promise OF
being a profitable COW better get rid
Of her.
There is no question but what the
thin blanket keeps the flies off, but
however thin it may be 1t makes the
horse warm.
II one of your hogs gets a grudge
against another. put them in sep
arate pens. They will do better and
grow faster.
Removing stumps certainly pays.
They not only occupy space which is
valuable but they also cause all sorts
Of trouble and Inconvenience
In punching alfalfa should be
handled by hand. as punching with
rake loses many of the leaves Rain
is very injurious to the cut hay
Provide shade and shelter for calves.
Keep salt and fresh water before
them all the time. Dehorn before fly
time. Halter break every calf while
young.
There are two crops which cannot
as a rule be grown in the same par
ish. sheep and dogs. Sheep are most
profitable but dogs 'are the favorite
with too many farmers
When one growth of alfalfa is re-
moved. another one comes on inn
mediately. But If the first growth re-.
mains while the second one starts,
then the second suffers.
When the pigs are taken out OF
the pasture this fall they should not be
turned suddenly into the cornflelds or
red all the new corn they can eat
Make the change gradually.
When strawberries are through
fruitipg remove the mulch and give
cultivation. If the plants have made
a rank growth. NOW off the tops of
the plants with the mower.
| 1t is the very poorest sort of policy
to store potatoes intended for seed in
q basement in which there is a fur.
mace as 1t usually results in lower
ing of the vitality of the seed.
To in any. way skrimp the food of
growing animal. chicken, pig. lamb,
calf or colt is to invite sure loss. A
| thrifty growing Young animal ~
kept thrifty and growing. is always
money maker
Never introduce a new bird into the
regular yard until it has been duly
quarantiued. Keep it alone for week
and note its condition, appetite etc.
Disease is often introduced into
flock by carelessness in this matter.