The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-02

Keep the good brood sows.
Don't allow the cream to freeze.
Don't underestimate the value o
good seed
Hens that are fat and baggy ar,
not worth Keeping
Plenty Of green feed should be Civ.
en- the chickens every day
The merits OF the scratching shed
are shown during bad weather.
Outdoors is no place to keep fowls
when the mercury is close to zero.
II never pays to work a slow. lazy
horse beside quick. spirited animal.
Nothing contributes more to health.
economy and contentment than a good
garden.
Teach the colts 10 walk well and
good foundation is laid for all of the
other gaits
II breeding light horses, breed for
speed; II breeding heavy horses,
breed for strength
Keep the ewes In good condition It
doesn't pay TO be stingy-nor should
you have them too fat.
Pulverized charcoal mixed with soft
foods aids digestion and is an excel.
lent preventive OF disease
Draft colts do not need so roomy
a paddock in which to exercise as
the lighter harness and saddle types.
Do you know the individual perform.
hnce and value in milk production OF
your herd7 Better get acquainted with
them
Next to grass the most important
thing for live stock on the range is
water and plenty of it well dis
tributed
Colts should have regular grain
ration daily. Less hay and some grain
are more economical and will make a
better colt
Don't crowd your chicks. They are
living organisms and need room and
air as much as people do Crowding
is dear economy
Charcoal is good for poultry, having
a healthful influence over the whole
system They win eat much OF II
when placed in reach.
The old setting hen is gradually go
ing out OF business, with over hun.
dred manufacturers of incubators and
brooders as competitors.
Ownership is a great thing. Let the
boy have something OF his own-a
colt, n calf, or a flock OF chickens II
will pay hundred times over.
of as great importance as the amount
OF plant food there. Fertilizers will
not do the work Of fitting the seed
bed.
Although II is not necessary to be
an expert at the business II requires
some effort and intelligence and strict
10 10. a d..
raising.
Many horses are permanently I'm.
jured by having eall the hay they can
eat. Each horse should be carefully
studied and given what he requires
for his health.
Where the eggs are intended for
Matching there should be no forcing
OF egg production. but the hens
should be given ample runs and fed
for vigor and fertility.
No man should attempt 10 raise
hogs unless he has adequate yards
and fencing. The hog can make him
self an intolerable nuisance II not con.
fined within proper limits.
II will pay you TO give your hens
parched corn. good and warm, for the
last meal at this season OF the year.
Makes them feel so good inside when
they creep up on the roosts at bed.
time
DO not attempt to secure warmth in
the stables by banking windows and
closing everything up tightly. The |
horse is a breathing animal and needs |
fresh aid, but It should be supplied |
without exposure 10 draughts
Too many farmers spend good
money for Babcock testers and other
implements OF that kind then store
them away in the barn or on a shelf
IN the milk house and forget entirely