The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-14

Clean up the strawberry bed.
It takes 80 days to hatch setting
OF goose eggs.
Stop at the top of the hill and let
POUR horse get breath.
Give an ailing animal u change Of
diet. An ailing man. also.
Cool the milk as soon as II IL out
OF the COW. This is very important
Prune and burn all the diseased
fimbs and fruits clinging to the fruit
trees.
Keeping two cows to do the work
OF one is the cause of many losses In
dairying.
Charcoal In pieces the size Of pea
or burnt cork once a week Is good for
all poultry.
One advantage in keeping poultry II
that they eat much that would other.
wise be wasted.
To thrive best the young pigs must
have dry nests and the bedding should
be changed frequently.
The man who fails to profit BY his
mistakes 10 losing one Of the best les
sons taught by experience.
Poultry makes good insect destroy.
ers for orchards. Have the runs ex.
tend into the orchards when possible.
Don't disappoint your customers.
Keep your promises and don't make
promises. unless you know you can
fulfill them.
A good mixture for growing calves
is FIVE parts rolled oats, three parts
wheat bran, one part corn meal and
one part oil meal.
Sheep manure Is one Of the best
farm manures. It contains large
percentage of nitrogen and portion
of phosphoric acid and potash.
1t is much easier to run flock Of
poultry down than to build 1t up, and
nothing will run down flock of chick
ems quicker than improper feed
ing.
For the production of sanitary milk
the dairyman must have healthy
cows, sanitary barn, clean bedding,
dust-free air, clean barnyard and
clean cows.
An acre Of alfalfa will furnish more
high class protein feed than almost
any other crop that is grown in the
sections where dairying Is followed
to the best advantage.
Provide ample roosting places for
the growing young stock. Beware Of
crowding. Nothing II 70 conducive
to colds ~ the everlasting that
comes Of crowded quarters.
These y . good market for IN kinds
Of fsathsrs. PICK fowls dry asA sort
feather, the eoasss from ~ iins.
Thay can easily b preserved until
snoush srs eol1soesd . taks to
marhsk
While eoane manure hauIsd out
and spread In The spslng may not
sreatiy bsnsdt the crop q that
year II - better haulsd out at any
time than left to laaoh and burn
in the barn yard.
Machinery ID necessary ON the farm
and cheaper than hand labor, and It ID
also more enicient IN many cases
The farmer must have considerable
money tied up In his machinery and
therefore 1t is necessary to give It the
very best Of care, both when in use
and when stored.
In selecting the bulls to head the
herd or buying any stock to put in
the herd, ancestry is Of as much i'm.
portance as individuality, but both
must be considered. It is wrong to
take a poor individual because of an
cestry and It is also wrong to take q
good individual that does not have any
ancestry.
Raise your own teams and one oc.
casionally for your neighbor. SO long
as men use improved implements they
will continue to use good teams. And
the best way to have an efficient team
on your own farm is to raise colts for
this purpose.
II your poultry houses are old
after thoroughly patching them up
give them a thorough coating OF
strong whitewash containing kero
sene oil and some carbolic acid. Give
nest boxes, roosts and droppins