The record., 1913-06-05

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Keep the calf growing.
Keep poultry houses clean.
Clean OUT the feed ;roughs daily.
Sweet clover does well on any
soil.
vetch and rye will grow we'll to-
gether.
Foamy butter is a sign that the
cream is too sour.
Sharpen and repair the garden tools
for next seasons use.
Young peach trees are never As
sturdy as apple trees.
The little things on the farm often
represent the best profit.
II takes just little bad cream to
spoil the whole batch for butter.
Watch your machinery for loose
bolts and nuts. and don't forget the
oil can.
Wherever dairy products are work.
ed up on the farm the dairy thermom-
eter is essential
Summer or winter a good dairy
thermometer pays its way wherever
dairy cows are kept.
In setting the orchard stick to the
proven varieties. Let some one else
do the experimenting.
To double. the amount Of milk per
acre and cut the cost Of milk produc'
.tion in two-build a silo.
Build the roosts ali oBs eight. II
saves competition amnng 60 hens to
sec which can roost the hisaUst-
Two of the best acreage-savine
money-making propositions up to the
farmers today are silage and alfalfe
4 The manager of one of the largest
duck farms claims that an expert car
scald and dress a duckling In ten min
utes.
. An open shed makes the best place
for the turkeys to roost. but 1t should
not be SO open as to furnish no pro
lection.
Decay soon spreads in fruit or vege
tables In the cellar. To be on the safe
side they should be culled over fire.
.Quently.
The incubator lamp should be filled
and cleaned every day at noon. This
will give ample time to regulate the
fame by night.
Ventilation is essential to both man
and beast. Oftentimes the cattle are
better provided for along this line
than the children.
Pasturing grass too soon or too
ho - 10 ~ ufH -
feed; II costs several times the
amount of feed saved.
A little careful feeding about ten
days before freshening time Is all
that is necessary to prevent milk fever
and other udder troubles.
Butter for market wrapped In pa
per will always get the edge In price
and the expense is trifiing. A quarter
buys a big batch of butter paper.
don't fail to include few Concord
grape vines. Quality and hardness
considered. you can't beat, the Con-
cord out here.
BY raising standard bred poultry
one will be able to sell stock and eggs
for breeding purposes and get much
better prices than when selling eggs
and fowls for food only.
By keeping a little tab on the hens
that are laying best, now: then set
ting the eggs from these hens in early
spring. one Is pretty sure to develop q
flock of first-class winter layers.
Keeping the cold out of the stables
by excluding all fresh air Is endanger.
ing the health of stock. Fresh air
without cold drafts, is what is desired
though it is some trouble to secure
such conditions.
II the buttermaker uses more than
the right proportion of salt. thinking
thereby to Increase the weight cheap
ly. he is lowering the quality of his
product and increasing the weight but
little. Not more than one ounce to the
pound should be used
Fresh air is important in successful
poultry culture. To house fowls in a
close. stutfy building. will result in
colds which LEAD on to reup. Since
the adven. of the scratching shed
houses the value of fresh air has
proved its worth and there Is less ara.
iety about poultry diseases.