The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-02-26

Run the cream separator smootniy'
Litter should cover the feeding
floor.
Keep records and know where
you're "at"
Light and pure air prevent disease
and promote productiveness.
When you have chosen broeo, work
for size and vigor by selection and
feeding.
The farmer that farms with his
mind as well as his hands Is generally
n success.
The cellar Ia a good place to store
flower roots In winter. provided II 10
a dry one.
Winter eggs make poultry profitable.
Don't delay arranging for the comfort
OF the hens.
BY putting pinch OF soda to ordi
nary cream II will whip as thick as
whipping cream.
A $40 forge and an anvil. with a few
other tools, will more than pay their
cost the first year.
The COW stable is n poor place for
huN al al h. hat M
from an lll-kept temper
Irrigation has been practiced in
Spain nearly century, the first canal
having been begun In 1914.
Don't try to sell skinny horse.
Fat on horse brings a higher price
than on any other farm animal.
Hail may knock down the wheat
and chinch bugs take the corn. but
the cream check comes every month.
Get thoroughbred, butter-bred bull
calf now. II you have none. and grow
him well to begin to improve your
dairy.
Let the sunshine and fresh air
come into the hen house through the
windows instead OF through cracks In
the siding.
Plenty OF grit and plenty OF pure
water are Just as essential to egg
production as good houses. and the
right kind OF food.
The poultry raiser should have a
bone cutter. The cost price is reason
able and one will more than pay for
itself the first year.
Both sexes in geese are feathered
exactly alike. which makes II dimcult
to distinguish ganders from geese.
especially when young.
The seed corn should be stored
where there will be little danger OF
frost. This Is especially true until
the ears are entirely dried out.
II doesn't look as though the mar
kets could be overstocked with dairy
products MIX and butter prices are
staying up well. in the cities at least
The rich butter fat cows can be
made more numerous only by careful
breeding. II you mate ruch butter fat
stock only. the Improvement will bs
rapid
Eggs a. Is to 30 cents a dozen make
an expensive cure for scours In calves,
The better plan is to keep a quantity
OF dried blood meal on hand for this
purpose.
Next to alfalfa there 10 roughage
grown on the farm that will compare
with clover hay. OF course, the
brighter and cleaner Il Is the better
for the stock.
MIX is a food, not a beverage. II lie
usually looked upon as drink only
but the truth ia It is n food supplying
the need OF practically every form OF
! human necessity.
II any new males are to be bought
this season II is a good plan TO get
them now while those who are selling
have more to select from. As rule
too, prices are low.
In drying OF your COW don't dismiss
her finally till you find that she u
truly dry. Any milk or thick. matter,
stuff left in the udder is likely to pro
duce disease later on.
The farmer who arranges his wori
so as 10 be busy all the year aroun'
and to keep his men busy all the yea
around is the man that gets the larg
est profit and has the least trouble
with help.
Dairying compels a farmer TO di
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