The state herald., 1913-12-19

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Don't burn the straw.
Sheep are good foragers.
Hogs suffer for the want Of water.
For winter lambs the ewes should
Be bred in July.
Eggs in winter mean money and the
lack Of thsm means loss.
Good roads mean good schools;
good schools good citisenship.
Good roads bring the producer and
consumer in personal contact
Marketing the products of the farm
Is of equal Importance a. their pro
duction.
In order to obtain eggs It il neces-
sary to have healthy, vigorous stock,
properly fed.
Butter churned too soft cannot be
properly washed. and 80 contains Q
great deal of buttermilk.
Turkeys should always be allowed
free range because they are unproflt-
able when placed in confinement
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Considerable loss is occasioned on
many farms every year by allowing
crops to become too ripe before har.
vesting.
One bushel OF oats, four pounds of
rape. and bushel Of field peas makes
a splendid acre seeding for temporary
pasture.
Cement has come to be regarded as
one Of the cheapest, as we'll rs the
best and most durable materials for
stable floors.
Regular careful milking permanent.
ly Improves the animal as a milk pro-
ducer. aside from directly increasing
the milk flow.
Cows should be given all the pure
water they can drink. not less than
twice a day. 1t has decided effect
upon the milk production.
a good cold weather protector or
storm door for the house, can be made
by tackiny piece OF oilcloth. muslin
or rconrs over the screen door.
Before you rid the dairy herd of the
"robber COW" make sure that she Is
having fair show by being supplied
with the - ooer rations. care and shel.
ter.
There Is no better time than now to
get rid OF the poorer COW. Feed 10 too
high to waste II on cows that could
hot pay their board when feed was
cheaper
No other farm animal requires 30
much kindness as the dairy COW. Han.
ding the heifer In roughshod man.
ner 10 an excellent way to make an
unruly. nervous COW.
The dairy farmer can raise hogs
cheaper than anyone else and natural.
ly more important than the cost of
feed this makes a better pruf,t for
him from this one line.
When We put blinds on the bride of
the nervous horse we only add fuel to
the flames. DO not forget this I'm.
portant fact when you go to work that
fool horse" or that "onery cuss."
Your chickens require plenty Of air
but not OF the drafty kind II is much
better to have the whole side Of your
house open than to have tho air
streaming In through n knotholc.
To prevent bad navors In butter
great care must be used In milking,
In handling the milk and cream, ana
In milking the butter Everything
used must be- kept In n sanitary con.
dition.
Tho white Holland turkey although
somewhat smaller than tho Bronze, 10
noted m good layer and economical
meat producer. and their fenthcrs ara
worth considerable moro than those
from tho Bronze.
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In developing tho pigs fos breeding
one should handle thcm rather differ.
entity than when he Ia feeding them
for market Such pigs need food r,ch.
or in protein. In other words. morv
hssh-forminK foods.
An acre Of soil nine inches deep. h
Of ordinary fertility. II estimated ,r
weigh about 100000 pounds. and
contains about 1000 pounds Of nitro
gcnt. 1000 pounds OF phosphorio acid