The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-15

Keep the hen roosts low.
BE careful in selecting seed.
The pig and COW pasture should be
separate
Don't let any butcher have your
best eve lambs.
Don't guess that there are no ticks
on the sheep-be sure.
Lambs are more susceptible to stom
nch worms than other sheep.
II you fatten the hogs in summer
keep on the lookout for cholera.
Sheep seem to require the attention
and companionship of man to thrive.
Stock needs water as much as we
at hand.
II a heifer is used TO being handled.
then Il should be easy TO break her
90 be milked.
Bark beetles or shot-hole borers
cause more or less damage to fruit
trees every year
The small farm well worked is often
worth more than the large farm that
is only half cared for
The coop with uniform birds. pref
erably OF one variety, will command
a good premium over market prices.
Cowpeas and soy beans make ex-
cellent ensilage. They are rich in
protein and protein is a valuable ele-
ment
At no time Ia good Judgment and
common sense needed on the farm
more than when the hay crop is being
secured.
When laying freely. flock OF so
hens will drink from four to eight
quarts OF water daily. depending upon
the conditions.
Make your mulch three or four
inches deep; deep enough so hard
strata OF earth will not form under
meath your mulch.
Although there may not be any Wis
ibe lice or mites In your poultry
house, It is a good thing to whitewash
It two or three times a year.
II hog raising is profitable in spite
OF the ravages OF cholera. imagine
what a Huo1ey-making industry Il
would Be utth this dread disease abol-
ished.
Where outside brood coops are used
IN raising young chicks. the eoops
should Be moved every two or three
days to keep the ground under them
from getting foul
Red raspberries sucker vigorously
during the summer Some OF these
new plants I'll in vacant spaces. but
others come where the plants are al
ready thick. and should be treated as
weeds.
The cockerels not wanted for home
use can be disposed OF TO sood adyan-
tage along about Thanksgiving or
Christmas time. The pullets win go
into winter quarters in good shape
and repay you well with eggs when
the older hens are taking their sum
mer vacation.
Throughout the great agricultural
section Indian corn, kafir and cane are
the best crops for ensilsge because
these crops produce from two to eight
times as much feed to the acre as 9TH
er crops. Cane and kafr frequently
yield twice as much ensilage as In
dian corn. However Indian corn has
around per cent more feeding value
than the former crops.
Corn is in best condition for silage
when the majority OF the ears are well
dented, but great variety OF circum-
stances frequently prevent the filling
at just the proper time rainy spell
may make the fields too soft TO get
onto, frost may come before the corn
Is ready. and few breakdowns may
occur when filling. etc In such case
individual judgment must guide.
Every tail left on a late lamb
means a big risk in taking II on
in heat and fly time, or discount OF
80 cents or more when shipped to
market A few long tails may spoil
the sale Of the bunch.
Scatter the food thrown TO the flock.
III the food Is thrown into piles there
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