Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-01-16

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Keep oil animals growing.
Apples can be stored in pits.
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Good laying hens are profitable.
Thorough preparation is half the cul
uvation.
No animal is profitable at stand
still. Keep all growing.
Prepare to try some practical expert
ment in crops next season.
Now is the time to get rid of the
old hens, while the price Is good.
The possibilities of the hog is mat
ter almost entirely in the hands of the |
feeder.
or venture upon an unsound bridge of
his own volition?
Sunlight Is one of the very best dis
infectants that we can obtain and 1t
costs absolutely nothing.
Fall and early winter plowing always
pays. See that the teams are kept at
this work every day possible.
Much of the value Of butter and
cheese depends upon the quality of
the milk from which they are made.
Sows having superior qualities as
breeders or suckers should not be dis
posed of until there is noticeable
decline.
Other things being equal, the
earlier maturing animals subject
their owners to less risk Of loss by
diseass.
Store seed corn where it will dry out
quickly. Do not leave it, even over
night, in sacks, as 1t is likely to heat
and be injured.
Any little improvement in dairying
that will cheaper the cost of produc-
ton will serve the same as an in
creased selling price.
The manipulation Of the meat
cutter will not make choice meat
from an animal given filling food
and in filthy quarters.
Is the work shop in good condition?
the winter months, and much expense
saved at the blacksmith shop.
The farmer is just as much entitled
to eat of his own hen roost as to eat
of his own apple tree. Don't sell all
the fowls you raise; eat some of them.
Phenomenal egg records are not a
guarantee of strong, rugged offspring;
there must be limit. The hen that
lays $50 eggs in year Is doing mighty
| good laying.
First cross of pure-bred hogs makes
an excellent pig for market. But half
breeds do not always transmit their
own vigor to their offspring. Use pure
bloods for breeding.
1t will pay to have on hand dupli.
Gates of the most breakable parts OF
the harvester. 1t costs time, which is
money, to stop machine in rush days
to wait for the broken parts.
An orchard of young apple trees ie
good deal like ar endowment life In
surance policy. For term of years II
seems to be nothing but paying out
but the rewards are always sure tc
come.
Plan to have the dairy herd exam
ined at least twice year by trained
veterinarian. By this method tubercu
losis will be kept out of the her,
and other contagious diseases will b
held in check
OF all products sold from the faru
butter takes the least fertility and re
stores the greatest amount to the farm
and 1t is we'll known that the mos
fertile sections of the country ar
those where dairying Is carried on.
1t is the full feeding on good, SCUM
food that makes the paying differenc
between the plump, well-feathere
chickens, that command the best price
and the lean. thin-feathered spec
mems, that are too often drug on tn
market
OF late years stock raisers hav
learned to give preference to the hig
and dry spots. It Is all right to talk G
sheltered situations. but too much she
ter In the way Of natural SUI
roundings Is apt to invite disaster 1
other ways.
Young hogs should not be kept 4
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