The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-16
Notes From The
Meadow Brook
Farm

Spread the manure at once.
Shelter the manure spreader.
The dairy industry is becoming a
science.
Careful dressing of market fowls al
ways pays we'll.
Sugar beets are just the thing for
feeding to poultry.
A little milk goes long ways to-
wards making hogs.
Be careful with corn for the colts
and don't feed much.
Sunshine and good air in the barn
means better cow health.
1t is when the duck is not laying
that she readily takes on fat
The Japanese process of dwarfing
a pine tree lasts about ten years
ocltCI IHSululu-SiZeu, "eli-lOI INeu
eggs from healthy hens for setting
Frozen cream loses it's flavor and
will be found hard to churn after
ward.
The peach and plum are short lived
trees. The pear and apple are long
lived.
Give the stock plenty of salt, and
be sure they drink an abundance Of
water.
Too close confinement makes COWS
more susceptible to the weather
changes.
While the fall is the best time to
prune apples much can be done IN
mild winters.
No land is so rich that the owner
can afford to waste the manure de-
rived from it.
The surest cure for cornstalk dis
ease is the silo. 1t cures by remov-
ing the cause.
Hogs Hike company Don't keep one
in pen alone; but see that the two
are good friends.
The man who uses system is the
man who accomplishes the most work
with the least effort
The surest sign that chicken cholera
Is present is the green, frothy appear
ance of the droppings.
The advent of silos and silage into
dairying has revolutionized the meth
cd of feeding dairy cows.
On third of an acre of land Mis-
souri, boy raised in one season a crop
of sweet peas that sold for $500.
The most economical way to save
manure from the stables is to have
concrete stable floors and cutters.
Keep close watch of your stock. Re-
member the old proverb that "the eye
of the master fattens his cattle"
A thimble carrying a knife blade
on the end has been patented by a
California man to aid in picking fruit.
Almost every wrong act of the horse
is caused by fear, excitement or
mismanagement, said a great horse
man.
Glover or alfalfa hay, with a light
ration of wheat bran and linseed meal
and roots, rs the ideal ration for the
ewes.
The individuality of each horse
should be studied, and the feeds sup
piled to meet individual require
ments.
If there is any one thing, in the way
Of feed, that will bring winter eggs,
more than another, it is little green
cut bone.
1t takes lot of water to satisfy a
COW, even in winter, and it's only
when the chill is taken of that she
will drink enough.
A reader says she has broken the
egg-eating habit in hens by putting
tablespoonful of vinegar in each gallon
of drinking water.
Putting ground feed in the calves
milk is not the best way. A little box
with dry feed kept before them all the
time is the better plan.
When hens lay soft-shelled eggs it
is a good indication that you are
feeding too much corn. Change the
ration and feed more green food, such
as heets and cabbage. ."-t-.
There is no better germ slayer than
an ounce of carbolic acid added to
pail os whitewash Give the walls
and ceiling of the henhouse a good
coating. working it in rather thick in
all cracks and crevices.
Carry a warm blanket with you
every time you drive away from the
farm. You may intend to come right
home without hitching. but one can