Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-26

Fresh eggs are In demand.
A moultlng hen does hard work.
Flowing is said to be the hardest |
work known.
1t is best to have a hot knife to cut |
cold. thick. honeycomb.
The heaviest fieeces are, as rule,
found on medium-siaed sheep.
II your hens get to eating eggs the
best way to cure it Is to use the axe.
To keep COW clean the stall In
, which she stands must not be toe
wide.
Provide damper to all stoves. A
drum doesn't cost much and saves
lots of fuel.
We feel better when we get our
meals at regular hours. 1t is the
same with the chickens.
There Is just as much Importance
in improving the dairy farmer as there
is in improving the diary COW.
In storing vegetables or apples out
of doors it is better not to dig
trench. Pile on top of the ground and
cover.
The coop for hen and chicks should
be well ventilated, easy to clean and
OF sufficient proportions to insure
comfort.
1t Is claimed that exposed manure
loses about one-sixth of its phosphoric
acid, and more than one-third of Its
phosphate.
Lambs make greater gain in feed
ing than old sheep. There Is nothing
better for the former than good Sec
ond-growth clover.
Dressed stock should be carefully
picked and sent to market in attrac.
tive condition; otherwise 1t will not
obtain the best prices.
Turkeys should always be dry
picked, for scalded ones do not pre-
sent an attractive appearance and
must be sold for lower price.
Carrots should not be left in the
ground too late. Heavy rains often
cause them to start second growth"
of fine roots. and much of their flavor
Is lost.
Where lumber is not available a
straw shed makes good home for
the chickens. BY all means fix up a
straw-stack shelter, II you cannot do
any better.
Get rid of all surplus ducks and
geese on the Thanksgiving market
If kept longer they will consume so
much food that the profit will be
changed to loss.
Oat straw makes fine litter for the
scratching pens. Better SO, in fact,
than wheat straw for the boards from
the wheat straw get in the chickens
eyes and cause sores.
Some kind of green feed is neces.
sary to get large number of winter
eggs. If you canot handily give the
fowls variety give them little
clover or alfalfa, every day.
Hens that are broken down behind
so that the abdomen touches or near.
ly touches the ground should be dis.
posed of. They never lay we'll when
in that condition and never recover
Farmers in every state can raise
their horses for half what they have
I to pay on the markets. with added
freight. and they will raise better
farm horses than they can afford tc
buy.
When shipping to market be sure
to find out just when the one yor
ship to wants the stock to arrive ant
ship accordingly II it arrives TOT
early or too late the best prices can
! not be obtained.
!, Don't neglect to store plenty o
green food for the chickens to eat thi
winter Chickens will eat nearly al
. of the common vegetables. Potatoes
cabbage beets and alfalfa and Glove
: are relished by them.
: Thoroughly clean and spray all nest
at this time of the year and fill ther
with clean stray. hay or excelsior TO
the winter. 1t seems that hens hav
no desire to lay in dirty nests and
: don't see that we can blame them YER
much. either
If you happen to run into poison iv,
. wash in hot water just as soon as yo,