The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-03

Pear blight is infectious.
A horse is a very nervous animal
Sheep need salt in winter as well a
in summer
Keep the harness soft where l
touches the horses.
II horse bolts its food. have ii
teeth examined by veterinarian.
Never strike a horse on the head
Kindness will do more than brutality
Don't ke~p the breeding sows or the
growing pigs on plank floor all win
ter.
Tramp the snow well about apple
and plum trees to prevent injury by
mice.
Cat alfalfa or clover hay are good
green feeds for hens at this time OF
the year.
A mosquito netting will keep flies
off the separator after 1t is washed
and before
Barn room is too expensive to stable
cows that lay off work every time the
wind changes.
Strive to keep the sows IN good
flesh. but do not overload them with
an excess of fat.
The patient mule is not much for
speed. but he keeps going and usual
ly arrives on time.
Many horse stands up all night
because its stall is not made comfort
able to lie down in.
The interior of the barn is the place
where the milk is handled. Have this
clean and kept in good shape.
Never work a team of colts to-
gether until they are thoroughly bro
ken. as they will worry each other.
The fall born pig nearly always
proves profitable, because he usually
sells at profit the following spring
The man with good brains and good
cows goes steadily on towards pros
perity. The beef man sometimes
doesn't
The greater the variety and the
richer the feeds given cows. the more
and better manure can be had from
the herd
The sow that catches chickens can
be cured of the bad habit by feeding
her we'll for a few weeks on a ration
rich in tankage.
The good road brings the market
nearer your farm and adds materially
to the value of the place whether you
want to sell or live there.
A scratching pen 10x10 feet will
give a dozen hens plenty OF room, and
one 10x15 feet will be plenty large
or 20 birds. 1t is a good place to pro-
Tide
shovelful OF rock phosphate scat
cred in the cutters after each clean
ng takes up lot Of the liquid manure
md helps swell next seasons corn
rop.
Cooling rooms adapted to the stor-
ge Of small fruit and other quickly
products, even for short
ime. could be used to advantage on
very fuit farm.
Watch your sheep and you will most
kelly see that some of them are apt to
ct more than their share If fed in an
pen trough or box. where all can put
heir heads in at once.
Glover, alfalfa. blue grass, skim
lilk and mill-feed with a very little
orn, will form an ideal combination
[ foods to insure the young sows
sefulness as breeder.
In different varieties of apples the
llyx remains open longer than in
hers, and on account of this the first
praying must be done rapidly on
lose which close most quickly.
The farmer who arranges his work
as to be busy ell the year around
Id to keep his men busy all the year 7
ound is the man that gets the largest
oft and has the least trouble with
lip.
Do not ask the COW to make milk
ID keep herself warm with the same =
ed. At least give her a fair chance
be protected from the storms and
en- let her use the feed for milk
aking alone.
In the addition of manure to the
rden. much will be gained If 1t is