Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-17


A good horse poorly cared for rare
ly sells for what he really is worth.
With the growing pigs thrift, not
hunger, should prompt to exercise.
The success Of the dairy farm de-
Ponds upon the man behind the
cows"
Butter ia usually good or bad &C
cording to the process by which 1t Is
made.
A cross bred male cannot be re-
lied upon for producing uniform on
spring.
There is no profit in keeping a pig
or any other animal when there Is
no gain.
Are the cows paying for the feed
they consume? II not. there are those
that will
Never feed dusty feed IL you can
avoid 1t, but IL you do, sprinkle 1t with
water before feeding.
Sand that will grow good crops Of
clover will grow. or can be made to
grow almost anything.
In butter.making use salt that will
dissolve readily. otherwise your but
ter is likely to be gritty.
The COW that gives the most milk
when fresh is not always the best
mixer In a years time.
The dairy cows. especially, will
greatly relish and do well on the odd
turnips, bets and cabbage.
One way of increasing profits in
dairy farming Is to cut down the herd
to the actual profit makers.
When you breed full bloods, grades
or native stock, never use an imper-
feet animal for breeding purposes.
The only successful hen house is
the open front-one that has at least
one-third of the south side entirely
open.
Four quarts Of good oats, mixed
with warm water, make a fine feed
for the cow Just after the new calf
comes.
On the farm, as in other business,
never undertake more than you can
do at the right time and in the proper
manner.
Where hard coal is burned the Gin
ders may be saved and substituted for
grit. They are not half bad for this
purpose.
The difficulties in the way of max
ing good butter may all be overcome
and good butter will always find o
remunerative market.
One reason why separators do no
always do good work is because the,
are not set up right. Look we'll Il
that in the very beginning.
BY actual experiment it has beer
found that by feeding alfalfa hay with
corn the cost of fattening pigs has
been decreased about one-half.
Contrasting associations are beint
organized in many neighborhoods
Dairymen are beginning to see the
wastefulness of working in the dark
Indigestion Ia the cause OF more
than half the diseases of the horse
and largely caused by improper fooC
and working horses on a full stomach
Horses should never be made Il
eat moldy hay, as nothing is wors,
In leading to worrying, whistlinl
and other arrangements of tn,
wind.
Skim milk, when fed in connection
with grain, makes a very valuable
food for hogs at all periods of thei
growth, but practically so during tn
1 earlier period.
The farming business is getting t,
be big proposition Farm life of to
day means more than the daily roun,
of chores, with the long, idle white
spent reading the almanac
From the fact that so many goot
mares are raising mule colts, and s,
many fine stations have been con
verted into carriage horses of tn
heavy harness type. veritable hors
famine is close at hand.
Have you planned to let the smal
boy of the family have at least on
acre of land to plant and care fol
with the privilege of using the none