Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28
Fall blowing is cheapest.


Neglected fruit trees are worthless.
Dryness is the mein requirement in
sheep shed.
There is little likelihood OF saving
too much seed corn.
You cannot keep the milk pail full
unless you feed the COW.
1t is often a good plan to turn
weanling lambs into the cornfeld.
All tender shrubbery in the fruit
garden should be given winter protec-
ton.
Water cisterns and tanks should be
covered and banked before freezing
weather
The milch COWS and young stock
should be put into their stables every
cold night.
All root crops should be harvested
and put into winter storage before
they freeze.
Seed corn OF high productive quail.
tiles should not be allowed to freeze
at any time.
Keep the salt In a sheltered box in
every sheep pasture. Spasmodic salt
ing is very dangerous.
Roots are used to quite an extent
in parts OF Canada and in England in
the fattening Of steers.
Begin now to assure next years
harvest-plow deep, save the mois
ture, scatter the manure.
The capacity OF the silo must be
judged according to the number OF
animals which we have In our herd.
Corn, even in the soft dough stage
of r.aturity, when carefully cured,
makes excellent strong growing seed
The big tree is a doubtful shelter
for the farm implements, even II the
implement dealer says II is all
right.
DO not despise wellbred poultry.
No territory has ever been noted for
its poultry products unless well-bred
fowls were the rule
About the best remedy for "scaly
legs" which is the work of miniature
parasites. is an application of sulphur
and melted lard once a week.
close study of the breed is not
only interesting but profitable. Get
acquainted with your fowls and let
them get acquainted with you.
The loss incurred from plant dis
eases is often underestimated by the
farmer, passes unrecognized or Is re
garded as natural and inevitable.
Always keep the very best ewes in
the flock for breeding. II you persist
in selling the best you will soon sell
the flock right out from under you.
oil meal is laxative and helps tc
prevent the feverish condition which
often appears at narrowing time and
which is occasionally responsible for
pig eating.
In order to get the greatest profit
from the pigs on the farm, It is nee
essary to encourage them to consume
as much Of the cheap feeds as possible
early in life.
Provide a good open shed for the
young turkeys to roost in and don't
allow them to wander Off Their val,
ne is too great to allowsthem to take
up with the neighbours flock.
Variety of feed always brings the
best results, and If the hens are not
doing what they should toward fill.
ing the egg basket a change of food
will remind them of their duty.
One OF the common mistakes begin.
ners make in feeding brood sows is
feeding too much corn Corn is
splendid food for hogs, but It must
not be fed in too large quantities to
brood sows or pigs.
A good muzzle for a self sucking
COW may be made of an old boot top,
Slit the top open, rivet 1t onto the
nose piece OF a halter and, put it on
the COW. The leather will not pre-,
vent her eating or drinking.
At the high price of grain the mar
who has to buy all of his feed must
figure very closely and make the most
OF every pound of it in feeding his
poultry else he VIII come out at the
little end of the horn in the spring.
It is not stretching the truth t.
say that II farmers marketed theiI
poultry in the very best possible con