The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-01-06

To avoid disease. 1t is better to
breed away from 1t.
Regularity OF feeding and work
makes long lived horses.
Salt should always be accessible. as
we'll as fresh. pure water.
There are 4.3S6.OO0 mules and 90.
$4,000 horses In the United States.
II kerosene Is rubbed into leather
hardened by water. II will soften II
we'll.
Be careful and not close a can con-
tanning warm milk which has not been
aerated.
Animals must be fed on food that
they relish. In order to produce the
best results.
The guinea fowl is a great forager
and destroys many insects that other
roWls Will not touch.
The Mediterranean or egg breeds
are Leghorns, Minorcas, Spanish. Blue
Andalusians and Anconas.
Don't house the sheep too closely.
Cold is not as bad as damp. foul air.
Give shelter instead OF warmth.
See that the garden tools are dry
and properly stored. A little paint and
oil will make the matter surer.
Remove from the dairy herd at once
any animal suspected of being in bad
health and do not use her milk.
Stock can be fed with profit only
when they make a steady gain. Any
falling of costs double to regain.
Dairy cows should be fed twenty-five
to forty pounds Of silage, supplemented
with five to ten pounds of hay. daily.
Scratches, greaseheal and other ami.
NAL diseases come directly from not
taking proper care Of the horses feet.
Blackberries should be given space
in the garden. for there are few. II any.
fruits that give quicker and better re-
turns.
Use a metallic strainer; II 10 prac-
tically impossible to keep cloth strain.
ers sweet and clean. and free from
bacteria.
Aim to bring the pullets into laying
condition at time which will be most
consistent with a continuous winter
production Of eggs.
1t costs no more to keep a flock Of
known good layers than 1t does to
keep a flock OF poor layers and the
first kind is profitable.
In selecting the brood sows, as In
other lines OF farm work. the man who
can think three or four years ahead
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Water scalding hot Is not good to
thaw out the grindstone with In cold
weather. Better take a little longer
and use water fairly hot, but not boil
Ing hot.
Root crops, such as parsnips, beets
and carrots, may be prevented from
shriveling In the winter II they are
covered slightly with dry sand in the
bin or box.
Plan to put away some good clover
or alfalfa hay to feed the hens. They
will more than pay you for your trou
BILE by the increased amount of eggs
that will be produced.
Every farm ought to have a little
work shop stocked with a few goot
tools and plenty OF bolts of various
round and strap iron and such things
Green forage crops OF some sor'
can be grown on most any farm, ant
they yield large amount of fine feed
Oats and field peas, rye, rape, corr
and vetch are some that can be sowr
with results.
A pigs tail is said to indicate un
erringly the condition of the animal
II 1t hangs loose 1t shows that the PHI
is not well and that its food should b,
changed; II It is coiled tightly. tn
pig is healthy and happy.
The successful poultryman mus
plan each year TO raise a few NOR
chickens than he has hens. In thi
manner he will be enabled to cul
freely. Keep only the best and carr
over at least half as many pullet
as hens.
II any OF the fowls have rough
mealy scales on their shanks. wash tn
shanks with kerosene, then apply vase
line and apply the vaseline continu