The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-07-16

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Keep the chickens busy and hungry.
Why not corn. clover. cows and
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BE sure the horses have good. deep.
clean beds.
In preparing the land for alfalfa It
is best to go slow.
Pasture and forage crops are needed
TO make cheap pork.
Work the butter Just enough to dis
tribute the salt evenly.
Good pastures are essential for
profitable beef production.
II takes a mighty good COW to hold
her own with rs average hens.
Rutabagas are a good roofing crop
for the hogs 10 harvest next fall.
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on just enough dirt to cover the seed.
The selection OF the sire ia very
important factor In building up dairy
herd.
II sows are kept near the male hog
they can usually be bred at about the
same time.
Exercise, alfalfa, a little corn. and
slop will keep the brood SOW in ex-
cellent condition.
Exercise the greatest cleanliness in
all your work In connection with the
rearing Of small chicks.
The increasing demand for milk
products indicates that there is money
ahead for the wise dairyman.
In curing alfalfa hay. the main aims
should be to save all the leaves and
to keep the plants from bleaching.
San Jose scale appeared and caused
much destruction OF fruit trees In Cal
ifornia more than thirty years ago.
A clean coop and plenty OF fresh air
and exercise will do much toward
keeping chicks healthy and growing
For forage purposes the sweet sor-
ghums usually produce n greater ton
mage to the acre than either kafir or
corn.
II the young sows are fed as liberal
ly as they should be TO properly de-
velop them. the old ones will become
too fat.
Keep the pigs growing rapidly. by
feeding through the SOW, and by IN.
ducing them TO eat In an inclosure by
themselves.
Before turning the young horses
and colts to pasture. have the teeth
OF each one examined by a competent
veterinary surgeon.
As a general rule, the best milking
ewes are the ones to suffer from the
low nutritive food value of spring and
early summer pasture.
The kind and amount OF commercial
fertilizer to use should be determined
by the value of the crop grown and
its power of acquiring food.
sitting hens should be kept free
from lice and given chance TO eat all
the whole corn, grit and charcoal that
they want at least once every day.
The litmus paper IL an absolutely re.
liable test for the presence OF acids
but when applied as a soil test II deos
not Indicate all that we need TO know
Both soybeans and cowpeas arc
highly nutritious feeding stuffs and by
reason of their high protein content
are especially valuable for feeding
with corn.
To obtain the full value OF crimson
clover as a fertilizer the entire greer
crop should be plowed under thus
adding to the soil large quantity Of
nitrogen and humus. or decayed vege
table matter,
Nothing beauties home more
than hardy vines Remember this IN
making up the nursery order Half q
dozen different vines planted about
the dwelling can be made to produce
shower OF flowers throughout tn,
summer and fall
See that the young SOW raises the
right number of pigs (from eight tC
ten, according TO her capacity anC
milk how) or none at all. as other
wise her udder will be poorly de