Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-09-12


Good feeders prepare in advance for
their stock.
The fowl does net perspire as do
most animals
The fast walker is the profitable
horse on the farm.
System in the dairy should surpass
all other matters on the farm.
The quantity of milk in the pail is
the most dependable sign of good
milker.
BY keeping stock always in good
condition the cost of maintenance is
lessened.
Laying hens should have their heav-
lest feed of the day not long before
roosting time
The energies of the dairy COWS are
convertible into a profit almost every
day of her life.
The only time to develop stock is
when you see the animal is young
and growing fast.
Farming on a bushes basis elimi-
mates small mules just as it dis
places small horses.
The duck comes nearer perpetual
motion than anything on the farm
not excepting the boys.
Pasture or other feed will go farther
when there is plenty Of water. shade,
and protection from flies.
When COW is foundered, plenty of
water to drink and very light feed,
will often correct the trouble.
! If you want to raise a good COW
| you must first raise good calf from
| the start all the way up to the COW.
Milk utensils should have a sun
| bath every day, but they should be
| protected from dust at the same time.
If tissue paper is squeezed hard and
stuffed into a mousehole it will form
| barrier through which mice will not
nibble.
While there is but little sale In
market for guineas, they are the near
est approach to the wild fowls of any
meat known.
Dairying and poultry raising go to-
gether, the waste of the dairy being
more profitably fed to poultry than
anything else.
Where calves are kept in the barn,
furnish plenty of bedding, and when
out of doors have suitable place for
a shelter and shade.
| Poultrymen who have tried 1t,
claim that teaspoonful of Venetian
red in gallon of drinking water is
good bowel trouble preventive,
Mice and rats have little show
around buildings or homes where or
der prevails and general farm santa
ton is looked after as 1t should be.
Give the pigs q fair start in life by
feeding the SOW upon milk producing
rations. There is nothing much bet
ter than skim milk mixed with shorts.
|
In the market stock yards the
bunch of hogs that is even in weight
conformation and color will bring
more than the lot made up OF all
sorts.
Keep the apple trees we'll sprayed
to free them from the destructive
work of insects, worms and scab, II
satisfactory crop of fruit is to be
expected.
Feeding In sheep husbandry is like
any other problem in live stock man
agement! However good the breed
without good care and feeding they
will degenerate.
The truth is the farmers of the
middle west are raising better NUT
ton than ever before, and people art
learning that 1t is about the best ant
cheapest meat they can buy.
It is a mistake to discard breed
on the supposition that 1t is not 4
hardy one. Hardness can be instill
ed in any breed by proper housing
proper food. proper attention, and sys
tematic breeding.
A poultry breeder is greatly pleased
with the success of his diet of steel
cut oats and new milk for young
chicks. He alternates his feeds, Civ
Ing the oats and milk one meal, ant
a mixture of cracked grains in littel
| for the naxt Wheat boiled In mill