The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-09


start slowly wih poultry.
The ho-se mus, have fresh air
The goose lays score or two OF
Gags IN year
Earliness is one OF the main items
IN raising broiiers.
There is a large opportunity FOR
improvement In horses.
Beware Of the oiiy.yoiced tree agent.
Buy Of firms Of known integrity.
II Is the wise poultryman who
studies the comfort Of his fowls
A weed cut before seeding means
hundreds less for the ground to be
feeding
a little ground charcoal mixed with
the chicks feed vii help keep away
digestive troubles
Common salts will prove a reliable
laxative where a physic Is needed In
the treatment Of swine
onions. beets. spinach. radishes and
lettuce may be sown as soon as the
ground can be worked easily.
Eggs cannot be produced without
nitrogenous food In some shape
Bones are absolutely essential
Hardness In poultry is not indicat.
ed by color or plume. Hardness de
pends upon the care OF the fowl
Any man who has ever had corns or
bunions can sympathize with horse
that has tender feet from any cause.
The successful business man stud
les the requirements OF the market
and the farmer should also follow this
method
Go over all garden tools and see
that they are repaired or replaced
with new ones before next season =
work begins.
Plant a quart or two OF onion sets
rs soon as the ground can be worked
White or yellow sets Of the smalles,
size are best
boar OF heavy bone IL more 10
be desired than one OF slight build
Fineness as a quality is more desir.
able in the SOW
Every farmer should try TO have a
good garden every year as 1t goes a
great way in supplying the table with
pure. healthful food.
The average farm hen produces
about six dozen eggs yearly. which IL
just about enough to pay her expenses
and leave a little profit
The period OF gestation with the SOW
Is il2 days. or l6 weeks. and seldom
varies to a great extent Keep your
tervice record accordingly.
small plot even II II Is not more
than a rod square, on which new
seeds can be triea out is interesting
and quite often OF real value.
The hog raiser is getting started
right when he buys a few well bred
sows or a pure bred boar Let every
farmer aim TO produce better hogs
Our hogs fail TO maintain their
size. first. because they do not get
enough feed. aud second. because
they do not get the right kinds OF
feeds.
Too much care cannot be taken I'm
buying nursery stock It's heartbreak.
ing 10 care for trees for four or FIVE
years only to discover that they are
worthless.
Most hen houses are not sufficiently
well ventilated. particularly at night.
Pure air supplied without causing a
draft is necessary to the health and
productiveness OF the fowls.
With turkeys II is well TO avoid
inbreeding. but il is better TO keep
the same male two years and mate
10 his own offspring than TO select a
trio OF chicks year after year with
out introducing fresh blood.
Black feathers IN white varieties
are a disqualification. but such feath.
ers unless too frequent are very often
found IN the whitish birds and are US
uslly removed by expert exhibitors
before the fowls are shown.
Charcoal is one or the most essen.
tisl articles In the food IN successful
poultry farming. Place ears OF corn
on cob in oven until charred, and then
shell o0 cOru and feed IN ch{cLana