The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-18

Sheep are beneficial to the land.
Never allow the milk to sour N the
swill barrel
Give the colts attention. 1t will
not do to neglect them
For the sence-nying habit, trim one
wing 1t is a painless cure.
Churning should be done on time.
Better put off something else
If you want to keep eggs for any
length of time turn them over every
day.
First grow bone and muscle, then
put the fat on. Corn is splendid for
fattening.
A feed of something while milking
will often make stubborn COW let
down her milk.
The working hours of the poultry
man extend from early till late; there
are no holidays.
The Babcock test for a cows pro-
duction is often an acid test of her
owners gumption.
TRY raising the farm horses In
stead of buying them. 1t is the safe
and profitable way
Don't expect every chick Matched
from those high-priced eggs you bought
to be prize-winners.
The chilled or wet chick gets a set
back from which it VIII not soon re-
cover-sometimes never.
With pastures burned up the man
with silage left over from last winter
is now finding good use for it.
Even in rush time it pays to take
a half day off every week to keep the
machinery in good working order
Chicks that have been drowned in
water tanks that someone forgot to
empty would make a good-sized flock
Old pastures are sure to have inter1
nal parasites and this is one reason
why frequent changes should be
made
The sooner the calf can be grown
up to COW or steer size the more
profit there is in the business of rails
ing cattle.
The better way to raise chicks is to
keep them in a yard enclosed with
poultry netting until they are well
feathered out
Save the soil moisture by working
early in the spring and keep this idea
of saving the moisture clearly before
you all the time.
The feed for maintenance may be
the same for a COW that returns 500
pounds of butter fst per year as for
one that returns 100 pounds.
Hens will eat great quantity of
coal cinders. and they are very good
for them. Try putting load in the
chicken yard and watch the result
Throw the milk strainer in the
scrap heap. The cloth strainer over (
he pail is the only thing Dirt kept ,
)ut will not have to be strained out
Where the COWS run in rough brush
md pasture there will be cuts and
on udder and teats Keep a !, :
'ottle of vaseline handy at milking :,
ime. :
Keep close watch of the potatoes
20 not allow the bugs to get settled :.
n their destructive work, but prevent =
by spraying in season or other =
nethods :,
The breed isn't all and tire feed
sn't ALL eB sure you are on the :,
ght track with both and there will =,
e no disappointment in the dairy =
usiness for you. =,
The planting Of few shrubs as
oirea lilac mock orange, highbush e.
r cranberrr about the edges of the !,
wn or in aiouns. often adds to the =.
alue of the homestead
Health is natural and disease I'M
atural. In the fight between the -
70 nature will usually come out vic -
rious if we give her a little en- =,
Engagement in the way of humane -,
eatment and sanitary surroundings. %
The American Pigeon Keeper says
lough we have handled hundreds
birds we find 1t impossible to dis ~
,euish the sexes except when about .'
rec weeks old; then the female is a
nerally smaller and the legs and ="
1T of the male bird are larger than ~
1se OF the female.