Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-01-23

Use metallic milk strainer.
Hens need a variety OF feed.
Disinfectants are cheaper than dis
ease.
Regular attention to all live stock
Is very important
The first requisite In feeding cattle
for profit is good stock.
During the fall and winter is a good
time to dig that pit silo.
1t is said that sheep will eat 4.330
different kinds of weeds.
Fresh air night and day is vital to
poultry. But drafts are fatal.
The ultimate success of the farmer
depends on diversified farming
In selecting location for a poul-
try yard, choose light, sandy soil.
The falling over of the rooster's
comb shows him to be in bad health.
There are few crops raised on the
farm that vary as little in price as
wool.
Meal should be mixed dry and
crumbly, since it causes illness when
fed wet.
Fill the pigs stomach while he is
young, and he will fill your purse when
he is grown.
Do not attempt to churn poor or
thin cream at low Temperature, or
there will be trouble.
Don't burn the straw. Use II for
bedding for the stock, and return it
to soil to renew fertility.
Young chickens need animal food,
but they will not thrive well if given
too large rations of rich food.
Above the food of production that
goes to milk, COW demands food of
support in proportion to her size.
Keep an eye on the seed corn and
see that plenty of ventilation is af-
forded the room in which 1t is stored.
Keep the windows of the hen house
clean so that the inside of the house
may get all of the light that is pos.
sible.
Eggs from hens that have made a
fair showing in laying this winter will
be more fertile than those that did
heavy laying.
Save every ounce of grain and every
pound of fodder this fall What you
don't need can be sold for good prices
before spring.
Do not forget to salt the horse once
week; or, better still. keep salt al.
ways before him. He knows best how
much he needs.
, Too many farmers have not learned
that 1t is all wrong to feed SOW on
feed that produces heat instead OF
bone and muscle.
Young birds are good breeders only
when they are practically full grown
| and we'll matured Immature birds
should never be used.
Never feed more than hogs will eat
/ up freely. Many farmers do not prac
tice this, but keep quantity of un.
eaten food lying about the lot at all
times.
Peanuts make splendid feed for
both hogs and cows and Whenever
they can be grown they should be
used, for they furnish nourishment
and variety.
, Build the line fence strong enough
| to keep your own and your neighbors
stock on the right side, but do not
, have it so high that 1t will prevent
you from being neighborly.
Laying Hens must have bread OF
/ milk; eggs cannot be produced with
, out nitrogenous material In some
shape. Keep a supply of bone meal
or oyster shell convenient.
Remember that fowls that Tool,
| alike" will attract better attention and
sell better than the hit-and-miss kind
, Furthermore, the pure-bred stock will
, average about the same in size bird
, for bird.
Tankage is highly profitable win.
, ter food for fall pigs. Use one gallon
} for each so pigs, fed in the slop. You
| will get your money back. with com.
; pound interest. and get more for your
; homegrown feed.