The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-03-18


Destroy the weeds before they go to
seed
The boar needs good food and plenty
of exercise.
Kill the weeds today or there will
be more tomorrow.
Keep watchful eye on the colt.
You cannot afford to neglect it.
A little oil meal fed twice a week
with bran will prevent indigestion In
sheep.
A good way to feed shelled corn to
fattening pigs is to soak it In water IN
the troughs.
Gull out the old and Improbable
ewes and begin to put them in mar
ketable condition.
Separate the cockerels from the pull
let's, and give the former some extra
feeding; they can stand It
Plant sunflowers along the edges or
the poultry yards for shade In summer
and feed in fall and winter.
Some tell the sex Of the guinea fowl
by its wattles. Those of the male are
double the size of the female.
Salt is very essential with either
the grown sheep or lambs, and must
be kept before them constantly.
To keep the poultry house free from
lice is of just as much Importance as
to breed chickens for eggs or broilers.
BY planting three paintings Of sweet
corn this month, ten days apart, plenty
of corn will be provided for the table.
To make the pigs grow, skim-milk.
mill feed and clover or alfalfa pasture
are what Is needed. Feed very little
corn.
The largest yields are produced
when rotted sod or animal manure are
used in connection with a good fer
tilizer.
After the asparagus season 10 past
remove the weeds, stir the soil and
give the bed a coating of well-rotted
manure.
A swift gait in walking is acquired
best by the team when 1t Is being
broken. Early habits become perma-
nent inclinations.
Watch for red rust in the blackberry
and the blackcap patch. Dig out and
burn infested plants at once. or the
disease will spread.
It is good thing to give the hens
skim-milk to drink. when 1t can be
had. 1t acts as substitute for meat,
and helps egg production.
Every breeder of hogs should rec
ognize the large part which the drink
Ing water exercises in the spread of |
hog cholera and swine plague.
It is good plan to shake the tree
gently when you are packing the dirt |
around the roots. II air spaces are |
left the trees will not do well.
So long as there Is any pasturage
geese require no feeding. They will.
come home every night satisfied and
happy. literally full to their beaks.
One of the chief objects of cover
crop in an orchard is to assist in con-
trolling the moisture content of the
soil during late summer and early fall.
The agitation for laws protecting
sheep from dogs is getting broadly
scattered. From coast to coast the
one drawback to sheep raising is the
dog.
Arsenate OF lead is also death to the
beetles that injure asparagus and In
fact may be used to advantage for
nearly all crawling things in the
garden.
A successful swine breeder needs to
have a thorough knowledge of the
value of sanitation, also an intimate
of all the requirements of
his animals.
1t is necessary to slash away at
your trees every year. Prune just
enough to keep them In shape and
prevent useless sprouts from sapping !:
the trees strength.
II you are thinking of trying alfalfa,
tart with small field. say two or
hree acres. II Your experiment fails.
he loss will not be so great, but al
alta will grow In almost any climate :
( 1t is handled right
or course. you will spray your trees
It least once. and perhaps twice this
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