The commonwealth., 1912-10-11

The cry is for hogs
Use only pure-bred sires
Tuin the sheep in the orchard.
Scrub cows appear In every herd.
Excessive sweating In horse indi-
Gates weakness.
A pasture arranged to include few
shade trees is 25 per cent better.
If the potatoes are beginning to
Eprout in the ground. dig them at
once
Exposure to dampness makes the
wool harsh and brittle and the fiber
weak.
The growth and feeding value OF
the soy bean Is quite like that of the
cowpea.
Get die and stamp your initials
on the cream or milk cans. Paint will
rub off In time.
II you want lasting cement use
melted alum, 1t hardens at once and
water does not affect it.
The pigs Will eat up slick and clean
the corn and stalks of that field which
Ia soft and not fit to crib.
OH meal is greatly relished by
lambs, and helps greatly in obtaining
a dne finish for the market
The work Of lice is often mistaken
Tor disease. When fowl seems to
be ailing look for lice first
The Development of the young
horse requires the exercise OF the
best Judgment in handling him.
one advantage In keeping feed al.
ways before poultry is that they do
not have to hurry to get their meals.
Fruit growing and poultry raising
go we'll together Anyone following
either will do well to consider the
other.
Got harness punch? It costs only
quarter and with a package of
copper rivets breaks can be mended
in 1iffy.
The silo today furnishes the most
economical, the safest and the best
means of storing the corn crop for
feeding purpose.
Wheat bran is an excellent feed
for dairy cows and calves, but at $40
per ton or more, 1t is a little rich
for most feeders.
Although certain pessimists claim
that the dairy market will soon be
overstocked, present prices give no in.
dication of the sign.
AS a result of the activities of the
reclamation bureau, $4,000 farms are
now being watered and million acres
are being put in crops.
Cnhhn
her In horses caused by eating white
clover; but It is better to keen the
clover away from the horses.
Try putting pinch of copperas In
the watering trough once or twice
a month. Better still, scrub out the
trough and spray thoroughly with a
copperas solution.
The Iowa experiment station has
discovered that feeding mangles and
sugar beets to cows is dangerous
and II continued for any considerable
period will prove fatal.
VIII you feed the hogs in the mpd
this winter, or build feeding floor
which may cost $40 or 500. accord.
ing to the size of your herd, but Il
will pay for itself every time.
Red raspberries do not thrive in the
west as we'll as we could wish, Thev
seem to like moister cooler climate
better They are also more likely to
winter-kill in the west than the black
varieties.
The best care FOR a weIl.develonea
case Of roup is the ak. Better Ioso
the individual bird than endanger the
entire flock. II we nip the slight colds
in the bud, we need not fear the an.
pearance OF roap.
The dairyman may have plenty Of
chores to do, but he is getting an n
come every day in the year He len,
like the exclusive grain raiser 4 Mi,
honaire three months in the year ana
pauper the rest of the time
Although summer will soon be ovsr
there still remain 80 days in which
summer heat will at times prevail
While this weather continues remem.
Der that the hotter the water tba
cleaner the milk things can be kent
The feed now in sight win give Won
pretty good idea as to how much
stock you can carry over winter II is
the best policy to have little too
much feed than to be little short. n
means all the difference between th,n