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

Powdered charcoal mixed with soft
feed aids digestion.
Be sure the salt box in the sheer
quarters is kept filed
The foorless coop on drained ground
is the only kind for this season.
Courage based upon knowledge is
the farmers most valuable asset.
Confidence and contentment are two
important factors in poultry culture.
The first calf should be dropped
when the heifer is about two years
old
Generally the more condensed and
finished the products the more the
profit.
If vermin bother the setting hen,
try a few moth balls in the nesting
material
An even and proper temperature of
the cream gives texture and solidity
to the butter.
Poultry likes fresh straw now and
then just as we'll as the COW likes to
be well bedded.
Dairying does not bring its best re-
turns until 1t is made business in
stead Of chore.
An abundance of sunlight is great
help in keeping poultry houses clean
and fowls healthy
The ambition to become rich and
own vast acres has kept many men
poor all their lives.
A good way to tell ripe melons is by
the fragrant odor They also part
easily from the stem.
Taking care of the tools and imple
ments is one of the best modes OF
economizing on the farm.
Success lies not in the number of
COWS man keeps, but rather in the
kind of COW that he keeps.
Money and position without happi-
ness are like a table loaded with good
things and no appetite to eat
Keep a good amount of absorbents
in the yards where pigs are kept and
have dry. clean place to feed in.
Furnish salt regularly for all Of the
animals and see there is always plen-
ty of clean, good water for them.
Drop everything to help horse or
a COW that is in trouble, no matter
it is your own or your neigh
boris.
Guinea fowls are the most persis-
ent bug eaters of all the poultry tribe.
And they are good eating too-the
,uineas.
Many times, steel or other metal
covers get small leak holes, which
night be repaired and the roof last
several years yet.
The horse that has long stride
las a lown down knee and he moves
With more ease and rapidity than the
ne with a high knee.
Some one man in the neighborhood
ould make a business of spraying
nd secure enough work to keep him
usy large part of the year.
When milk sours before all the
ream has had chance to RISE not
My will the butter be poor in quality
ut some of the cream will be lost (:
The woman who sorts eggs and {
rades and packs them carefully for 4
arket is always well paid for her !;
ork in the increased price they I:
ing I;
The small farm pays better In pro- !,
)rtion to it's size than the large farm,
scause of its compactness, less fenc-
G and drainage and more economy
labor.
Among the COWS as elsewhere. It
large production that pays profit
ID it Is a mistake to make a good (
oduction pay the cost Of keeping
d one.
The foundation of all poultry farms l.
egg productions. There is too
lch risk in buying eggs from hatch
g broilers. Such broilers as rule
e all sorts and sizes.
Some farmers are so busy listening
; horse trading opportunity to <
ock at their front gate that they Is
u not hear the rooster crow about r.
bigger one In the back yard. IS
The milk producing function is to