NOUSIWBROQK
FARM
Try a patch of alfalfa.
Gentleness pays best with the colt
or horse.
There Is i gresv deal of humanity
In axle grease.
The pigs and light porkers should
go to market early.
The boar should be well fed but not
allowed to get too fat
A draft horse should have a large
chest and square shoulders.
Soils destitute of humus and nltro
gen are impotent to produce clover.
Hogs should have clean pastures
beds and water , and a variety oJ
food.
Old ewes and poor breeders should
be fattened now , and sent to the
butcher.
Always and with any variety of hens
variety In feed brings the best egg
results.
Pork production appeals strongly tea
a man of limited means who desires
quick returns.
The busy bacteria gets busy In the
milk almost at the moment It Is drawn
from the cow.
If too many rich table scraps are
fed to the hens In confinement look
out for soft-shelled eggs.
Sell to private customers and deliv
er on a certain day. Never fall to be
there at the appointed time.
Many a bunch of promising feeders
go to the country and return with In
dications of being half starved.
The fairs give a good opportunity
to compare breeds , and farmers should
use this opportunity Intelligently.
The point of keeping the cows clean
has been proven to be a saving in
feed as well as an Increase in milk.
It requires two-thirds of a full ra
tion to keep a cow in fair condition
before there is any milk production.
On every farm , where soil and cli
matic conditions are favorable , corn
should be grown for fodder purposes.
Locate vines of bitter-sweet and
fruiting grapes , that you wish to move
from the woods to that porch or arbor
next spring.
Work horses should be allowed to
run out in the pastures at nights in all
weather except during very severe cold
and storms.
The man who feels that he Is bigger
than his job is generally mistaken. If
he was he would quickly get a job that
would fit him.
Homogenized milk is milk treated in
such manner as to disrupt the fat glob
ules so that they will not rise in the
form of cream.
The vigorous hen and her rooster
will start off a chick that will stand
much more wear and tear than im
mature or weakly parents.
Alfalfa is a lime plant , and a dressIng -
Ing of 60 bushels of slacked oyster
shells or 50 bushels of slacked stone
lime to the acre should be given.
A simple way of finding out the val
ue of each cow is by keeping a daily
record of the quality of milk given
by each , and testing it at intervals.
Humus was intended by nature to
create and conserve the fertility of
the soil for the production of the ne
cessities to conserve the human race.
In feeding value silage Compares
favorably with other crops , although
this will vary with the kind of stock
and the grain rations with which it
Is used.
If the swine are in the fattening
stage they should have all they will
eat up clean , but growing 'animals
should have just enough to keep them
in a thrifty growing condition.
If your cow has obstructed teats , be
very cautious about inserting in :
tubes , probes , or quills. Nothing of
the kind should be inserted in a cow's
teat , excepting as a last resort ; and
then only with the most extreme care
and cleanliness.
. Soils that are heavily manured for
cabbage , lettuce , celery and other
crops will not need very much manure
the following year , when planted with
tomatoes , peppers and root crops , es
pecially if a fair amount of commercial
is used. 1
t
Teach the colt to draw loads by de
grees.
About ten weeks after shearing dip
the lambs.
A horse suffering from colic should
be kept quiet.
Keep sows over that have proved
to be good breeders.
Keep the ewes in the stable on dry
feed for a day or two.
The boar should be of good type and
character and of pure blood.
To maintain normal soil fertility the
supply of humus must be conserved.
Blood-meal Is better for ducks than
meat scraps , and it works into a mash
fine.
Persistency In milk flow is one of
the qualities which makes a profitable
dairy cow.
The country fairs are announced. Ee
sure not miss them/ especially the
home one.
Poultry cannot be successfully
raised without the application of brain
and muscles.
Be careful about feeding horses in
clined to heaves , too much hay , or
hay that is dusty.
A fowl that will not fatten when
heavily fed on corn is not in good
physical condition.
Extra feed increases the growth ol
a proper kind and makes larger ani
mals at maturity.
If when the hogs are growing fast
their hind legs become weak , feed a
little bone meal daily.
Stop the churn as soon as the but
ter granulates if you want to work
out all the butter milk.
What has become of the old-fash
ioned farmer who used to keep a sav
age dog to catch his hogs ?
Culling the pullets may seem a
small matter to many , but it adds dollars
lars to the year's profits.
A bull tied in the stall will get lazy
and useless , besides making extra
work in his care and feed.
Use your skim milk. Five pounds
of skim milk have been found equal
to one pound of grain for pigs.
A drove of hogs of all colors and
sizes brings as much money as a drove
of the same breed , color and size.
To obtain a maximum -supply of
milk , small pastures , allowing frequent
changes of feed , should be provided.
If a small hatching house is once
used , no poultry keeper ever likes to
do without its convenience afterward.
As a rule , a large flow of milk is
associated with a low per cent , of fat ,
while a small flow shows a higher
test
Sheep are comfort lovers and the
man who neglects to provide them
with good , dry shelter makes a costly
error.
Grinding the grain makes it more
digestible , and the more digestible the
feed the more milk from a given
amount
It is not a common sight at any
of the stock yards to see a large drove
of hogs from one farm all showing
the same breed.
Oats , wheat bran , and a Htle corn or
linseed-meal is a grain ration that will
keep the lambs growing and in good ,
flesh by winter.
There should be no hidden , inaccessible - j
cessible places in milk vessels. The
seams should be soldered over
smoothly inside and out.
The egg-producing qualities of the
hen , like the butter-making qualities
of the cow , will determine the hen's
value at the end of the year.
Veal calves in hot weather will grow
better if kept during the day in a
dark , cool stable , but the stable must
be cleaned out and well ventilated.
Except in unusual cases of rush !
work , the teams should cease work in '
time to cool off before the dampness
and falling temperature of evening.
A mixture of barley , corn-meal ,
wheat bran and roots will put flesh on
horses fast. With this , of course , a
small quantity of hay should be given.
If care is taken to keep the sur
face of the silage level , two and one-
half Inches removed daily will be suf
ficient to keep the silage from decay
ing.
In filling the silo , extra tramping
should be done around the edges , and
when the silage is settling , it is well
for some one to go into the silo every
few days and tramp the silage near
the edges of the silo.
Prof. James E. Rice , In his Cornell
reading course for farmers , says :
"Corn is an excellent grain. It is ,
perhaps , the grain most relished by
fowls. Therein lies the danger. Fowls
eat it so greedily that , it being a fat
tening food , they are likely to become
overfat , if it is fed too freelv.
NEW TWO-WAY PLOW
One of Recent Additions to Im
proved Farm Machinery.
One of Many Advantages of Implement
Is That Land Is Practicaly as
Level After Plowing as
It Was Before.
By H. M. BAINER , Colorado Agricultur
al College.
The two-way plow is one of the most
recent additions to improved farm
machinery , and there is no question
but that it has come to stay. The
sidehill , or reversible plow , has been
In use some time. It has done very
good work in its place , but It is not
a plow for level land. From the time
the early side-hill plow was first In
troduced , until the present time , there
has been a growing demand for a
two-way plow that will turn level land
as well as side-hill land.
The side-hill type of plow has but
a single moldboard , which Is reversi
ble ; that is , when one side is up , tHe
furrow is turned to the right , and
when the other side is up , it is turned
to the left. With a plow of this kind
? he operator is able to begin plowing
at the lower side and across a slope
and turn all furrows down the slope
aiding in the turning of the land. The
type of moldboards necessarily used
on the side-hill plow Is not of the prop
er shape for turning level land.
The reversible disk plow has been
on the market for some time , and with
this one disk does the work in either
direction. In turning the team around
at the ends , the angle of the disk is
turned so as to make a right hand
plow cut of it , in going one way , and
a left hand plow out of it in going
the other way. This type of plow
makes it possible to begin plowing
on one side of the field , finishing all
the work as It goes , and keeping all
the plowed land In. one body. The
principle of this type of disk is all
right , but for many classes of work
the disk plow does not do such good
work as the moldboard plow. It
must be considered as the best plow
for hard , dry land , but for the average
humid and irrigated sections the
moldboard plow is the best.
At the present time there are sev
eral companies manufacturing what is
known as the two-way plow , which is
of the moldboard type. It is of
double plow construction , carrying a
right hand and a left hand plow on
the same frame , only one of which can
be used at once. With this plow the
farmer begins on one side of the field ,
using one plow in going across it , and
the other plow In returning. One
horse walks in the furrow in going
one way and the other one walks in
the furrow coming back.
The advantages of the two-way plow
are as follows :
1. The land is practically as level
after plowing as It was before. There
are no dead furrows or back furrows
in the entire field. This is especially
important In connection with the
plowing of irrigated land , as it saves
a great deal of labor and expense ,
which is usually required in leveling
the ridges and filling the back fur
rows.
2. The operator begins plowing on
one side of the field and finishes as
he goes , thus keeping all plowed land
In one body. This makes harrowing
easier.
3. It is easier on the horses. One
horse does not have to follow the fur
rows all the time. There is no extra
traveling across the ends.
4. The horses do not turn on the
plowed ground.
5. There is no chance for poor
crops to be raised in and along dead
furrows.
6. The two-way plow can be used
as a complete one-way plow if desired.
Some of the two-way plows are suf
ficiently adjustable to be used for
plowing not only the level land , but
also hillsides.
Three of the two-way plows have
been successfully tried out on the
Colorado Agricultural college farm.
"DRY FARMING" IS MISNOMER
According to Prof. Campbell Method
Should Be Called "Scientific Farm-
Ing" Practice Is Old.
Dry. farming , that is farming in the
arid lands of the west where irriga
tion is not possible is heing boomed
very hard these days.
Large companies have bought up
immense tracts of this land at from
twenty-five cents to one dollar an
acre and strong efforts are being
made to induce the farmers from the
middle west to settle upon them.
When this movement was started a
few years ago it was known as the
Campbell system of dry farming. Mr.
Campbell having succeeded in inter
esting some of the western railroads
in carrying on extensive experiments.
Now it is known as scientific farm
ing , and Mr. Campbell at the Dry
Farming convention in Montana last
year admitted that "dry farming" is
a misnomer and it should be called
scientific farming.
The system consists simply in pre
serving a dust mulch to keep the
moisture which conies from the win
ter rains in the ground during the
months when no rain fall occurs. This
system is as old as farming itself and
has been practiced in India and other
dry countries of the far east for ages.
Now , many new tools have been de
vised to aid in the cultivation of these
dry soils in this country and the very
best practice known to agriculture
has been applied.
KEEP GOOD MULCH WORKING
One of the Great Principles of Dry
Farming Is to Prevent Loss of
Water by Evaporation.
A mulch is anything applied to the
surface of the soil , primarily for the
purpose of preventing evaporation and
occasionally to keep down weeds and
avoid winter-killing of plants , writes
J. Freer in the Northwest Farmstead.
There are two general kinds of
mulches.
Foreign material , such as straw ,
leaves , sawdust , manure , stubhle and
sand applied to the surface.
Those composed of natural soil
modified by tillage. One of this kind
is called "dust mulch" or "dust
blanket , " and is simply a layer of soil
which has been loosened up and dried
out. Mulches of foreign material play
a very small part in general farming ,
but are extensively used in horticul
ture In some localities.
The principle of the mulch is :
Loose , dry material covering , wet soil
retards the movement of water to
the surface and keeps the dry , cir
culating air from contact with the
moist soil , thereby greatly reducing
the loss of water. The finer the mulch
the looser it must be to give good re
sults. Ordinary soil mulches two to
three Inches deep are usually most
effective. When a mulch becomes wet
its effectiveness is gone until it dries
out.
Light rains and irrigations on a
mulched soil are worse than no appli
cation of water , because they only
wet and destroy the mulch and allow
the water from below to escape , with
out adding any to replace it. Addition
al expense is incurred by the cultiva
tion , which must be immediately
started to restore the mulch.
A quantity of water retained by cul
tivation is of far greater value even
where water is plentiful than the
same amount applied to the soil.
One of the great principles of dry
farming is to keep a good mulch on
the soil all the time to prevent loss
of water by evaporation.
GROWING WHEAT AFTER CORN
Plan Not as Good as Summer Fallow *
ing , According to Reports From
Experiment Stations.
There are those who contend that
Just as good wheat can be grown
after corn as on a summer fallow.
This season's experimental crops at
the Nebraska station and fields
throughout Colorado , Nebraska and
Kansas do not bear out this theory.
There is a good deal to be said
against the dry fallow , and it often
seems wasteful to do so much work
as It necessitates for one year's crop
and pay the interest on two bodies of
land Instead of one. Very often the
extra work Is more expensive in ap
pearance than in reality , as the sum
mer fallow extends the period of
work for horses or steam over a long
period and thus lessens actual cost.
All experiments show that about fifty
per cent , of moisture can be conserved
on good soils , which means 21 inches
of moisture with a 14-inch rainfall.
Probably the longer farming Is carried
on , a due regard being had to the
preservation of humus , the greater the
conservation possible , as the subsoil
Is opened by the roots and cultivation.
An early maturing crop of peas
would be far more consistent with
what is known of dry farming exi
gencies than a crop like corn , whose
deep roots search the lowest crevices
of the subsoil for the last drop of
moisture until late in the season , and
whose only advantage is the thorough
cultivation that such a crop under
good farming methods insures. In the
state of Washington sometimes 30
successive crops of wheat have been
grown and then fallowing resorted to
successfull when the humus had be
come too depleted for a crop to be
grown more than every other year.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Take no chances with an old boar ;
always keep behind him.
Study the methods of successful
sheepmen and imitate them.
Taiusworths are good rustlers , very
prolific , and the meat Is of the high
est quality
The real value of a sheep cannot be
determined , particularly as a breeder ,
until It is one year of age. '
Bran is coarse and fibrous , and
therefore not the best feed for the
digestive organs of the pigs.
Pigs that are apt to have "differ
ences o opinion" should be separ
ated. Fighting takes off flesh.
Do not let the pregnant ewes push
and crowd each other In the door
ways. A loss of lambs Is sure to re
sult.
If a ewe keeps her lamb In fine fat
condition up to the time of weaning ,
be sure she is a good mother , and
keep her.
As long as the breeding of a sow
is profitable she should be bred. It
is not advisable to sell off a good
brood animal.
Pigs should not be too fat for the
first six months. Development of
bone and muscle should be the first
consideration
Diseases get a fast hold of many a
flock of sheep through foul drinking
water. Never give stagnant water if
you can help It.
A shed that Is warm and poorly
ventilated will often cause the sheep's
wool to loosen , besides Injuring the
animal's vitality.
Medium-sized hogs are now most
in fa\or. It is best to feed hogs for
only eight or ten months. After they
are a year old the feeding is not
profitable.
WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF HIM
Remark by No Means Complimentary
Made by Constituent of Repre
sentative Underwood.
Representative "Underwood , chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee In congress , represents what is
known as a "manufacturing district , "
because It contains all the factories
and smelters in and about Birming
ham , Ala. But he also has among his
constituents a lot of farmers of which
fact he is now painfully aware.
He drove out to a settlement In
Bibb county one afternoon to persuade
the farmers they ought to vote for
him. As he stepped up to the porch
of a little store an old man rushed up
to him with the request :
"Please sign this paper. It's a peti
tion to Congressman Underwood to
have a young lady postmistress here. "
"I'd be glad to sign it , " said Under
wood politely ; "but as I am not a resi
dent of this community , my name
wouldn't help you. "
"Oh , yes , It would , " the old farmer
assured him. "We're getting every
body to sign it , strangers and all.
Go ahead and put your name down !
That fool congressman will never
know the difference ! " The Sunday
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( Signed ) Miss Etta Narber , R. F. D. 2 ,
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