The record., 1913-11-20

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Level roosts are best.
Do not starye your hens.
Regularity in feeding is needed.
Fit the young colts with cotton col
lars.
Lead the COW instead of letting her
lead you.
Drainage is necessary foundation
for a good road.
Variety keeps the cows appetite in
the best condition.
Pure water is essential to pure but
ter and profitable beef.
Duck raiscrs pack forty dressed
ducklncs in n barrel for shipment.
Cnfertilized eggs keep best. and salt
is the bast material to pack them in.
The man who goes into dairying for
year or two had better stay out
of it,
All the dead limbs from trees in tho
orchard should go into the brush heap
or woodshed
A breeding pen of chickens is usu-
ally made up of from six TO fourteen
females and a male.
A male bird less than year old
| Us known as a cockercl When over
year old il is a cock.
To prevent rabbits from gnawing
the bark and limbs from small apple
trees spray with soapsuds.
The mule from high strung dam
Is much more likely TO be a kicker
than one from a draft mare.
When the hogs have free access To
salt there Is little danger of their cat
ing enough to injure themselves.
Cramming is a system of forcing
feed into young fowls. either by hand
or machine, so as to put on extga
flesh.
Mustard planted between the cab
bage plants attracts the harlequin
bugs and they can then be captured
and killed.
There are about dozen different
breeds of dairy COWS, and the best Is
the kind that should suit you the
best of all
A good way to salt the COW Is to
keep a plentiful supply before her
and trust to her judgment In using
what she needs.
Light framed birds that mature
quickly. such as Leghorns and Minor
cas-, should not be kept with those OF
the heavier fowls.
disinfectant should be used In the
barn from time to time. Remember
that cleaning the stables means more
now than 1t used to.
A few gallons of paint would not
be expensive, but II IL were rightly
applied 1t would add great deal to
the value of the place.
The first cutting of alfalfa is tine
coarsest and contains, so far as data
indicates. less digestible nutrients thar
any OF the following cuttings.
Driving a wedge with the back OF
/, the ak has spoiled many a good tool
Take a maui or beetle TO do that work
and save the ak for its own work.
The calves should be fed regularly
and they should have good clean pure
, feed in clean pals and boxes. Ignor
ing these points Will account for much
, calf mortality.
, II is estimated that laying Peklr
, ducks require from twothirds t.
|, three-fourths of a quart OF food pc
. day for each duck. or from &C 70 Z!
. quarts per 100 ducxs.
Keep over q few OF the best eve
!, of your own breeding each year, ever
though they are not so good sc yo,
might buy. II will make your locl
more uniform all the time.
. II the cream does not come afte
, long churning. give 1t a thorough
warming. heating II up to more thai
the right churning temperature Thel
set 1t away to cool and when il reach
. es the right point, try it again.
: Millct seed is an excellent egg pre-
!. ducing grain. Beans being highly nj
. trogenous are equally beneficial. SoI
!, ghum and brcomcorn seeds will d
to add variety to the bill of fare Rai
!, ley is about of the same merit Por
: corn contains more nitrogen and phos
q phate than does regular Indian corr
;. Buckwheat is an egg producing food
but must be fed Bparingly, as /; /
overwhelming