The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-03-05
Ventllate the stable.
Clean up the farmstead.


Don't keep the breeding sows or the
ter
Tramp the snow well about apple
and plum trees to prevent injury by
mice.
Cut alfalfa or clover hay are good
green feeds for hens at this time OF
the year.
A mosquito netting will keep flies
Off the separator after It is washed
and before.
Barn room is too expensive TO stable
cows that lay OF work every time the
wind changes.
Strive to keep the sows in good
flesh, but do not overload them with
an excess OF fat.
The patient mule is not much foi
speed, but he keeps going and usual
ly arrives on time.
Many a horse stands up all night
because its stall is not made comfort.
able to lie down in.
The interior of the barn is the place
where the milk is handled. Have this
clean and kept in good shape.
Never work team of colts to-
gether until they are thoroughly bro
ken. as they will worry each other.
The fall born pig nearly always
sells at a profit the following spring
The man with good brains and good
cows goes steadily on towards pros
perity. The beef man sometimes
doesn't
The greater the variety and the
richer the feeds given cows the more
and better manure can be had from
the herd
The SOW that catches chickens can
be cured OF the bad habit by feeding
her well for few weeks on a ration
rich in tankage.
nearer your farm and adds materially
to the value OF the place whether you
want to sell or live there.
scratching pen 10x10 feet will
give dozen hens plenty OF room. and
one l0X15 feet will be plenty large
for 20 birds. It is a good place TO pro
vide
A shovelful OF rock phosphate scat
tered In the cutters after each clean |
ing takes up n lot OF the liquid manure
and helps swell next seasons corn
crop.
Cooling rooms adapted to the stor- |
age OF small fruit and other quickly |
perishable products, even for short
time. could be used to advantage on
every tuit farm.
Watch your sheep and you will most !
likely see that some OF them are apt to |
get more than their share II fed In an |
open trough or box. where all can put |
their heads in at once.
Glover, alfalfa. blue grass, skim
milk and mlllfeed with a very little
corn, win form an ideal combination
OF foods to insure the young sow's
usefulness as a breeder
In different varieties OF apples the
calyx remains open longer than in
others, and on account of this the first
spraying must be done rapidly on
those which close most quickly,
The farmer who arranges his work
so as to be busy all the year around
and to keep his men busy all the year
around is the man that gets the largest
| profit and has the least trouble with
help,
DO not ask the COW to make milk
] anu Keep htIStll warm Win tne same
feed. Al least give her fair chance
to be protected from the storms and
then let her use the feed for milk
making alone.
In the addition OF manure TO the
| garden, much will be gained II II is
thoroughly decomposed. as then II is
more quickly Incorporated with the
soil, and the plant food II contains is
most readily available.
|
The man who comes TO your dairy
! farm and wants 10 buy the heifers
from the best cows is not always your
| best friend BE careful before YOU
sell them TO him, II is moving back.
ward in the dairy industry to let
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