Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-24
Mend the fences.

Early plowed isoprofits made.
Make the poultry house rat proof.
Don't neglect the newly planted or
chard.
Corn must be the chief grain crop
on a stock farm.
Always put bran or little grain
in manger at milking time.
A good spray pump is an effective
weapon in fighting lice and mites.
Good care is as important as good
feed. especially in the fall and winter.
Failure to secure profits in hog
raising is usually due to misman-
agement
Roasting poles that have a smooth
surface with no rough places to har-
bor lice are best.
On cold nights sash can be covered
with old carpet or heavy canvas in
stead of straw mats.
Those who have succeeded in get
ting a good stand of alfalfa are en-
thusiastic over its value.
There is no better way to stiffen
up horse than to have him stand
on plank floor when not at work.
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Skimmilk in place of water will
make the fattening mash more palat-
able and the bird will do better on it.
Ground oats, middlings and corn
meal, mixed with skimmilk, make a
good fattening ration for young stock.
Filth and dirt in a poultry house
make good breeding places for lice
and 1t always pays to keep the house
clean.
Intensive cultivation demands inter
cropping, and when this is done most
liberal manuring is necessary for the
highest returns.
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II cows are fed grain when the pas
lures are succulent and abundant, it
will increase the yield of milk and also
add flesh to the cows.
A COW cannot give full flow of
milk unless she is provided with feed
from which to make the milk. 1t is
wrong to expect something for moth
ing.
Apple trees will thrive and do well
on almost any soil which is well pre-.
pared, but the different kinds of soil
may require different treatment and
after care.
Hauling up few loads of chafl
from around the straw stack is a sea
sonable job now. The chaff makes
good scratching litter and also con
tains some grain.
Creameries are of no benefit to 9
neighborhood unless there are suf
ficient number of cows to supply the
milk necessary to run them econo
mically and successfully
Tar may be removed from the
hands by rubbing with the outside o.
fresh orange or lemon peel and dry
ing Immediately. The volatile oils dis
solve the tar so that it can be rubbed
of.
You can prolong your tomato sea
son by taking up all plants and pilint
them in a heap The small green to
matoes should be pulled for picklint
and the large ones allowed to remair
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Do more than look at the cattl
when you visit the fairs and exposi
tions this fall. Watch the Judge ant
see If you cannot carry home a poin
or two that will help you in pickin,
out good individual
The draft horse does the work OF
the farm most satisfactorily an,
with less expense and worry; sell
higher and more rapidly; costs les
to get him ready for market; an
1t costs less time and labor t
train him and get him ready TO
market.
Another thing that goes to max
vegetable growing success Is irri
cation; have water at hand where yol
can irrigate when your garden dc
mands It; there. isn't anything tina
makes vegetables tough and woody a
lack of water.
This is the getting ready season 10
the winters work. A leaky rooi
cracks in the wall or floor. broke
roosts. and the like are calling for a,
tention now. Banking earth aroun
the foundation OF the hen houae As ala