The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-23

Groom the horses.
Save all poultry feathers.
purpose.
There is dearth of good aspara-
gus in every city market
The man who has already used the
silo will tell you whether It pays or
not.
The most important factor in rapid
herd Improvement Is a sire OF high
dairy quality.
Improper ventilation makes more
hen houses cold and damp than rain
and zero weather.
Why not mend the old harness this
winter, and spend the money making
the wife's work easier?
Why act settle on dairy farming as
business? Then breed and feed.
and work for Detter breed.
II colt has not style enough nat
urally to hold his head high, high
managers will not make him do II.
Statistics show that the manure
from each pig is worth s12 year. You
see 1t will pay to save this manure.
A great deal of the sow's future USE
fulness depends upon how she is cared
for and fed until bred for her first
litter.
Let the sunshine and fresh air come
into the hen house through the win
dows instead of through cracks in the
siding
A young. highly-bred, trotting-bred |
mare has been working on a farm for |
two years with an aged horse of light |
er weight.
One thing no hog grower can afford
to do without Is a good feeding trough.
Big cracks sometimes take more than
he hogs do.
1t may save time to hurry through
he milking, but it doesn't help the
milk flow. But the mixer should keep
steadily at his job.
The 50-pound hog Is the proper prof
table weight. Get sires with heavy
zone. broad back. and deep body.
lake time in selection.
Bring your horse in cool and breath
ng easily. If he comes in hot he will
weat in the stable, and the sudden
toppage of hard work is bad for his
eet.
Pruning in the summer will have a
to promote fruitfulness in
ne tree, although it may have exact
7 the opposite effect unless done at
1e right time.
II you will put storm windows over
le regular windows, be sure to pro-
lde openings in both for proper ven 8
lation. 1t is fearful thing to sleep {
/ an alright room. I
Do not let the colts run down In con-
tion on frost-bitten grass. They may
i up, but the nourishmeut isn't there. +
oss in the condition of a growing q
lit is most serious one. 8
There are countless ways OF ma
ng money while the young orchard
coming into bearing, and it is a p
'oblem which does not worry any o
'le-bodied man who has the hustle in a
m. n
The first spraying for the codling
9th must be completed before the 81
lyx OF each blossom has closed. After O.
at time the thoroughness of the ap- .,
lcation is made very much more diff :,
ult. :,
Little leaks in farm work are what
ed looking after. The big ones are A.
sier seen but the small ones are q,
ten passed by, but do not forget r.
at many little leaks are the same as &,
large leak in the end. q,
There are cases In which medicines
~ be advantageously given or ap- n,
ed to sick fowls, but generally a,
eaking 1t Is better to kill all the "a
* birds and thus avoid the spread m
disease to many other birds In the tn
ok. n,
There will always be horses as long
there are men, for from time i'm :,
,morial man and the horse have on
en- inseparable companions, and the y,
ter will never be supplanted In the
g Of the former by any gasoline an
ltraption. ~
rhe sows that are to be kept for
,eders should be separated from tho
ers and fed plenty of flesh. muscla w
/ bone-forming foods SO that they -,