The state herald., 1914-01-16

The COW Is not machine.
Milk is food not a beverage
Manure is a valuable by-product.
It is poor economy to stint on the
cows feed.
Clean up the garden. Remove or
burn all trash.
Alfalfa contains more protein per
ton than clover or corn.
There is more profit In a grunting
pig than in squealing one.
When common scours appear imme-
diately reduce the feed one-half.
Newfoundland has for several years
steadily increased Its agricultural pro-
duction.
Switzerland is first and Belgium
second In the interest taken In the
raising of bees.
To insure vigorous lambs careful at
tention must be given the ewes while
they are carrying the lambs.
A well bred steer calf, made into
beef as quickly as possible. yields a
fair profit on high priced land.
Inbreeding OF bees is as impractical
as inbreeding Of animals, but the diff
Guilty is in controlling the drones.
Farming is simply business propo-
sition. To be successful the farmer
must run his farm on business basis.
The raising OF couple OF good
horse or mule colts on the farm each
year does not call for an increased
investment
Those who are feeding bundle corn
to their cattle must make arrange
ments to have hogs follow them or
the waste will be too great.
The farmer who marketed his corn
in the hog yard and who is now mar
keting the hogs, can look any man In
the face and tell him to go to any old
place.
A standard division OF the work on
any farm should be the growth OF
every crop which can help towards
the sustenance OF the stock or the
family.
around the barn yard and carried to
the fields. putting II on poor spots.
You will note big difference In crops
another year.
II In better TO SOW alfalfa late rather
than early in the spring. On wellp-e.
pared land not more than six pounds
OF good seed properly sown will be
called for per acre
Dairying is a good division OF agri.
culture to provide n regular income
on the farm and TO convert coarse
feeds into salablc products where prof.
i,a may be made,
Autumn is the ideal season for hor.
ticulture. and as the farmer often has
no time TO prune. spray and mulch the
trees In the spring, he is now due to
get busy In the orchard.
II pays to buy weil.madc silo A
poor one IL expensive at any price.
Cement for this purpose Is worthy OF
consideration, One cannot AFFORD 10
make n mistake in silo building.
best work unless II runs smoothly and
does not vlbrntc. That's where
solid. concrete foundation comes In
II also means longer life for the ma.
chine.
Winter feed must generate heat. and
tn. colder the climate the more atten.
Won tnuht y" paiu 70 thih utthil, Corn.
barley. peas. buekwheat. oil meal. 30.
iatoen and rye all come In the lis, OF
hcst'produeers.
II plenty OF bran is fed. the pigs will
seldom become conatipated. Much
PHOSPHORUS Ia needed to grow n good
frame. and bran supplies considerable
Of this. and the addition OF bonemeai
or ground phosphate rock will be bene,
Hrinl
4 windmill with nye widely s.pa.
rated vanes has been adopted for irri.
cation purposes In itaiy'a new pos
sessions In Africa ~ tho only kind
that will Withstand high winds and
nj tho same time work In light
breereu.
Tho pure.brod bull has done a great
deal 10 improve the dairy herds OF tho
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