The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-01-01

A mule scents danger almost as un-
erringly as the elephant.
The man who raises scrub stock
usually raises scrub grain.
Manure piles are good for the pro.
duction OF gapes in chickens.
The more rapidly the animals are
finished and fattened. the greater the
profits.
Improbable cows should be fat
tened up at once and sent to the
shambles
The collie is the only dog that has
any business around sheep. Shoot the
prowling cur.
Under like conditions. young ami
mails make the largest gain in proper
ton to food consumed.
Sheep rightly managed can be made
to aid the farmer materially In Kidding
the land of noxious weeds.
Don't allow the sheep to rush or
squeeze through doors or gates. 1t
may inture the unborn lambs.
Flowing gardens in the fall gets rid
Of most Of the weed seed and makes
them easier to tend next spring.
The larger the animal Is and the
rougher 1t Is the greater the amount
required for the food of support.
Go out and purchase one or moro
good sows and enjoy your own pork
as well as an increased bank account.
You should be feeding for the lamb
crop. The ewes must grow wool. lambs
and mutton all at once. Feed accord.
ingly.
II is impossible to produce clean
milk and cream unless the COWS,
stable. milking utensils and separator
are clean.
Corn b perhaps one Of the best sin,
gle grains for poultry. but It IL very
fsttening and should not make up
the entire ration.
There 10 NO play connected with
earning . living. neither 10 there any
play work connected with any depart.
ment Of farm work.
In hot weather or IN drawing heavy
loads. watch your horses breathing,
II he bresthes hard or short and
quick. It 10 time TO stop.
Farming IL now becoming such Q
complicated business that certain fac
tors are Just as necessary in making
II . success a. in any other business.
Poultry houses that are up-to-date
are no longer double boarded Affairs
that are closed up at every point, but
are fresh air houses with plenty of ven.
tilation.
Early selection of seed corn from
the field of standing corn permits a
consideration Of the stalk Cd which
each ear grew and the chances each
stalk had.
Rye, barley and oats, equal parts,
ground and made in a slop with skim
milk. will make any pig make a hog
OF himself In short order. II Is the
best feed out.
In formulating ration due regard
should be had to its palatability. A
cow will give better returns II she rel.
ishes her food. II stimulates the ap.
petite and aids digestion.
Every bit of manure that can be Sc. |
cured. should be scattered over the
fields at this season while you have
time. The yield of your land can be
increased in no easier or cheaper way.
II an animal gets out OF condition,
appears to run down and does not rel |
ish its food, little flaxseed boiled In !
oats and fed two quarts at time for |
a few days will soon give him good !
appetite.
Do not select seed corn from hills |
having only one stalk, as a good ear |
on such stalk Is due to favorable |
conditions rather than to its inherent
ability to yield well under average
conditions.
There is no one breed OF poultry !
which can be said to be the best lay. !
ers under all conditions. and as m |