Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-11-07

Find out the good cows.
Overcrowding is mistake.
Mismanagement is expensive.
For heifers provide good pasture,
shade and water.
If you hurry you still have time to
put up a silo this season.
1T is estimated that five chickens
will yield a pound of feathers.
Old turkey hens and young toms
make the best breeding combination.
Sheep ought to be kept because OF
the influence which they exert upon
fertility.
Wasteful feeding does not neces-
sarily mean too much, 1t may mean
not enough.
In seeding sweet clover its lime and
incubation requirements should be
carefully looked after.
When managed rightly. the dairy
COW and the good profitable hen will
always give profit.
Mistakes in pig feeding are costly.
In the short life of the pig there is
little time to correct mistakes.
Eggs ought to weigh a pound and
half to the dozen or fifty-five
pounds net to the thirty dozen eggs
Sand is a bad thing in the gear
boxes of automobiles but is very nee
essary in the gizzards of chickens.
1t is necessary to feed the breeding
ducks literally, yet at the same time
feed SO as to keep them active and
healthy.
Do not plant the same crop on the
same land each year; rotate. Dis
ease and insects will become trouble
some II you don't.
Silo filling time has already come
for some of the dairy farmers. 1t is
best to be thoroughly prepared be.
fore the actual process begins.
Seed corn week will soon be here
See that the very best ears are saved
for next years crop depends upon
your foresightedness Just at this
time.
Broom corn and sorghum should
not be planted close together II plant
ed 30 they mature pollen at the same
time. They are closely related botan
nically and mix.
Select at least fifty ears Of corn fol
each acre to be planted next year
This will allow more careful selection
next spring. The poorer ears you cal
sell to your neighbors.
We would not feed shelled corn II
heifer calves intended for dairy COWS
The feed Is too fattening. Whole oat'
are much better. Shelled corn will d,
for steer calves intended for beef pur
poses.
Remember that the fall is a splen
did time to paint those buildings yo,
didn't take care of last spring. Dt
not let them go through another win
ter without some Improvement alonl
this line.
Success In intensive cultivation cal
come only through a thorough knowl
edge gained by study and close appli
cation to the work. You must know
how to rotate your crops. that is. hoy
to follow one crop with another. wha
crops to plant for early growing AM
what to plant for late crops.
The best market you can find 70
the green corn. II you haven't plent
of silage, is cutting part of 1t an
throwing 1t into the pastures for tn
COWS or. better still, feeding 1t in tn
barn. They will return you a goo
price for everything you give ther
II they are good cows.
Dozens of dairy farmers are feedin
And milking twenty cows twice pc
day each day of the year. when tn
chances are that twelve to fifteen {
the number would pay a larger prof
The whole idea is to find out whic
are the good COWS and then Civ
them the attention they need.
How are you taking care Of the m,
nure that daily accumulates on tn
farm? This is big item to dispos
of any very important In oonnectio
with future soil fertility and big crop
We trust that you are not allowing
to go to waste.
Mongrel live stock and poultry wi
be predominant on our American farm
till more of our farmers keep the
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