The state herald., 1914-02-20

A0op Inc ueu mouse Dry.
Make the stallion earn his feed.
The clumsy horse suffers from cold.
Use the best breeding stock that
you can afford.
Color In butter is important but
davor counts for more.
1t will pay for owners to keep indi-
vidual records Of cows even in small
herds.
The young mare has fretted and
fumed. always half a length ahead Of
the old horse
Leguminous plants do not thrive In
soils where the accompanying bac-
terra are absent.
Hens that are put out into the cold
and snow are soon chilled out Of the
egg.laying notion.
The most frequent fault Of old
peach trees ia the absence Of fruiting
wood in Its lower branches.
Kerosene Is a great remedy In the
poultry pen. 1t may be used as a
medicine, also as a disinfectant
Alfalfa is the forage crop that
means much for the development of
diversified farming and more stock.
A horses usefulness is measured by
its strength and rapidity Of move
ment rather than by size and weight.
The man who will grow strictly
fancy asparagus need never want long
for any of the comforts this world af.
fords.
Butter that is washed until It is dry
and hard usually lacks that quick,
fresh taste that is in butter not so dry
and hard.
One OF the greatest mistakes with
beginners is the tendency to crowd SO
fowls into place where there is room
for only 20.
Inheritance has something to do
with persistency in milking. though
care and feed will encourage and es-
tablish the habit
You can find prosperous dairy farm.
ers In every locality. There are neigh
bors who don't make the cows pay. 1t
is In the men. not In the soil
A few Goals from the wood fire OF
the kitchen put into the houses now
and then. where the hogs can grind
them up to charcoal. help to keep the
hogs healthy.
Fortunate Ia the man who has a
big crop OF pumpkins. They should
be gathered before frost and fed to
will hurt the cows,
No man should forget that the
dairy barn is the place where human
food that Is most susceptible to out
side influences is produced. Have the
barn In good condition.
Garden beans have been developed
from several species of wild forms.
and all OF the common kinds are very
tender to frost and require warm
season and sunny exposure.
One OF the methods OF preventing
injury to apple trees from the woolly
aphis is TO have the trees grated on
Northern Spy roots. AS this variety
seems never to be seriously attacked.
The beginner In selecting breeding
stock should appreciate the advantage
he will secure In using much care In
the selection OF stock and tho sorting
out OF the undesirable ones from time
to time
Black raspberricn and dewberrics
are propagatcd by iaycring. The tips
81 the canes are bent over 10 the
ground and covered with dirt TO n
depth Of about four inches m soon Ms
the fruitins season is past
A little grooming or brushing will
have great influence on the appear.
anco OF the COW. A few minutes
spent In thi. way will pay large dIvi.
dendn In better looks and also In n
greater price OF farm stock and better
returns,
After the silo has been well niled
4, may bc covered over at the top
with u little well shocked straw OF
hay. A matter OF fact. though. tho
siio can be opened and used tho day
after II Ia hlled. n you have use for
the feed. don't walt.