The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1913-06-19

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Named your farm yet!
Clover 10 a cleansing crop.
Get sunligh. into the dairy barn.
Grain raising depletes fertility OF the
soil
Never throw soft feed on the
ground.
Sorghum makes a good material for
filling the sio.
Dirty pals cause much sickness
among the calves.
IL you want your cows to do well
make them comfortable
Bright clover or alfalfa hay should
be kept In a convenient rack.
Remember that the swine family
are not protected by furry coats.
IL is generally estimated that broil-
ers shrink onehalf pound each when
dressed.
Are the mice or rabbits girdling the
trees? Remove rubbish and wrap the
trunks in paper.
Get your spraying equipment in
good order several days before you
must begin spraying.
The cream separator should be
firmly fixed on solid base II good
work Is expected of 1t.
The average yearly butter fat pro-
duction per COW in the United States
In 1900 was 145 pounds.
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Salt the hogs as often as you do
the other stock. They will be health
Ter and digest their food better.
II is almost impossible to crowd
the young pigs too fast, provided you
have the right kind OF food and care.
| Some people have gone so far as to
claim that the corn stalks in the silo
are worth as much as the ears in the
crib.
Wash and dry the cows before milk
ing and keep "a per cent. of the dirt
out Of the milk that usually gets in
otherwise.
The garden should be well fertilized
In the fall or winter. This makes II
possible TO work it more quickly when
spring comes.
The dairy farmer ought to have
pigs for market every year. This is
the best way to sell the by-products
at the top price.
One reason why pure bred sires
are SO necessary on the farm Is be
cause defects are just as easily trans
mitted as good points.
The heifer that is to be retained in
the herd should be handled from her
early calfhood so that she will have
confidence in her keeper
IL Is well to order few catalogues
from the reliable seed and nursery
companies. They are educators even
II We are not intending to buy.
See that the hens have all the pure
water they can drink at all times. II
you have skim milk to spere. that also
can be placed before them constantly
Keeping any machine well oiled and
in proper repair not only increases
efficiency, but decreases the amount
of power required to run the machine
The milk pail is always more nearly
full when pasture is at its prime than
during any other season, and the silc
will produce the same conditions in
the winter.
The manure spreader and syste
matte crop rotation form the two
strongest links in the chain for the
maintenance of soil fertility ant
heavy crop production.
The ideal COW. Everybody's look
ing for her. but few find her. though
she is the most valuable asset on tn,
! farm. How many possible ideal COW,
ore done into veal in this country ev
cry year nobody knows.
Too much care cannot be exercised
by breeders in sending out eggs for
Matching A good way is to wrap each
egg in paper separately and place
them in a basket. doubly lined with
newspaper and packed with excel
sior.
For poultry food, pea meal will bt
found nutritious! rice easily digested
linseed meal cathartic, potato starcl
digestible. barley nutritious but lax
3 ative, and oatmeal more nutritious
than either wheat or barley. Their,
D Is fully 5is per cent Of fat in oatmeal
. | Corn contains from z to Z nor can't