The state herald., 1913-06-06

All chickens delight in the sun.
Never mix chicks of difreren, ages.
The perches for fowls should be
low.
The sire is the handspring in the
dairy works.
You cannot afford to overlook the
health of your fowls.
Early matches are nine times out of
ten more protitably than late ones.
It's no longer possible to farm sue
cessfully If you depend upon guess
work.
The sheep is Just as efficient ma.
nure spreader as he is manure
maker
Hens suffer from damp hen house,
80 1t is well to keep the floor covered
with litter.
Grow your peach trees 80 that
six-foot ladder will ho long enough
for harvesting.
II applying nitrate of soda sprinkle
around the plant and then stir or
rake into the soil
II you intend to use hens for hatch
Ing set them in dry place where the
ventilation is good.
If you do not intend to use hens for
Matching break them up at once and
get them to laying again.
Remember all kinds of stimulating
fertilizers should by no means be al
lowed to touch the leaves of plant.
Red raspberry rows should be about
six feet apart, plants spaced two feet
apart in the row $3.50 to the acre).
Start the brooder a day or two be-
fore putting In the chicks to see that
the heating apparatus is working prop
erly.
Heroic pruning measures are need
ed TO bring many old trees into bear
ing: but It need not all be done the
first year.
In cool weather 10 to 13 chicks are
sufii cient for one hen, while In warm
er weather is to 20 can be cared for
successfully.
A pound OF clover seed to the bushel
of small grain helps to give ones land
the clover habit. and prepares the way
for good stand.
A 200-bushel yield OF potatoes per
acre removes from the soil i6 pounds
OF nitrogen, 2l pounds OF phosphoric
acid and "a pounds OF potash.
An apple tree that has been prop
erly pruned from the time II is set
needs comparatively little attention
when II reaches bearing age.
The scratching hen will have bet
ter vitality. and n better laying rec
ord. than the lazy hen that waits by
the gate for the next feed to be doled
out.
There is this to say for incubator
Matching: Mites and other pests are
not waiting outside the shell ready 20
pounce on the helpless chick as soon
as II emerges
High fertility is exceedingly impor'
tant for cabbage. This crop must
have an abundance Of quickly avail
able plant food. Application OF nj
trate OF soda usually pays.
A pig must not be allowed 10 stop
growing. II II does, the loss is not
confined only to the days OF unthrif,,
but all the food consumed afterwasd
is likely to give less profit
For n straight hog fence II has been
found that twenty.six inches is Kot
high enough II there are 10 be no
barb wires on top OF the hog fence
should not be less than thirty inches
high.
Plants send their rootlets surpris
ing distance In search OF food A1d wa
ter. and these rootlots show almost
human intelligence In travelling around
stones and other distractions TO gain
their end.
When plowing the land for parsnips
and other deepgrowing root plants.
plow deep and keep the manure down
deep: otherwise you will have lot OF
surface roots Instead OF tho long
straight roots desired.
The nilo will help you meet tho feed
Ing problem. enable you 10 save about
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