The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-07-09

Keep chicks busy and hungry.
contentment Is the best egg tonic
Never mir warm cream with col,
cream.
Wean the calves when the pasture,
get short
Groom cows with q brush. not q
eurryoomb.
Almost every farm has a good-sized
lock OF chickens
Use pure-bred beef bulls for grad
ing Up the native stock
Animal food OF some kind 10 a ne
sessity In rearing chicks.
Dock the lambs early. The shock is
less when they are young.
Feed the lambs specially and get
them ready for the early market
Anyway the incubator has It on the
hen for producing louse-free chicks.
Lice and worms heep hogs in poor
thrift Keep these parasites out OF the
herd.
Let the cream stand eight hours or
more lover night at the churnins
temperature.
Lamb and mutton--properly fed NUT.
ton-are being appreciated more and
more by consumers.
The small cost OF construction OF
the pit silo should enable every farmer
TO build a silo Of this type.
A Cornell university hen has pro.
duced 257 eggs worth s7.i3 in a year
and Mt feed cost of but ;1.6s.
Don't sit down In the meadow and
wait for the COW to back up to be
MIXED. Get up and 20 after her.
Keep the incubator burner and nil
the heat-nues clean and there ia no |
danger from operating an incubator.
Don't yank or whip the horse, but
md the cause. II may be a sbarp |
tooth or the harness may be ill-ntting |
Wherever sheep or hogs are raised
patch OF rape In connection with the
other pasture will always prove profit.
able.
During cold rainy days the hens and
young chicks should be protected from
the storm by keeping them in the
house.
The man who makes the first few
days work easy for his team. ia the
man who VIII do the bisgest days
work later.
by ignorant overworking of the
horses the first week OF spring. their
efficiency for the season may be great.
ly impaired.
The difference In the handling OF
Two colts may make several hundreds
OF dollars difference when they are
offered for sale.
Charcoal is good for poultry. having
a heaithful influence over the whole
system. They will eat much OF Il
when placed in reach.
IL pays handsomely TO use both ma.
nure and fertilizer and have It prop
erly used and the ground in good
order for drilling or planting.
After taking OF one hatch I'm the I'm.
always clean and dlslnfect the :
machine and the interior equipment
before putting In the next lot of eggs. :
To get the most value from a sheen
pasture requires only little intelIi. c
gent attention as 10 the proper time c
% change the flock to the alternate I
pasture.
The variations In the composition
md value OF manufactured fertilizers :,
which contain the three essential con. h
are due 10 the variations I'm \,
he character and proportion OF the 3,
materials used ;,
Keep on the best terms with the
mother turkey hens by tossing them ii
title treats OF small grain, table b
craps, etc, and you will experience n
ess dificulty with the young turks IL
'hen you wish TO catch them for mar. %
ct next fall. a,
Little chicks, as soon as hstched and
ry, should haye litter In which to N,
crateh. so that their toes NAV be 7,
and strengthened. Fine %
harp sand or grit should be scattered "a
the litter for them 20 pick un. and .,