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Show Sp00K Overfeed may bo bad, but under feed Is Btlll worse. Keep tho young animals growing. Llttlo chnnco of overfeeding, Stick to your Job. Tho fnrmer Is tho most Independent of any class of workmen. Hogs thrlvo best when allowed to graze. It is economy to provido suit ably fenced fields. A bit of woodland fenced In with tho paBturo provides tho ideal condition condi-tion for tho stock. In soctlons too far north for crimson crim-son clover, bnrloy and Canada peas make a good covor crop. Dorax nnd sugar dissolved in boll Ing wator and placed whero ants aro troublosomo will drivo them away. To keep wator in a common Jug cool out in tho field try placing It in a pall and covering with a coat or blankot. Tho sow with young hogs should novcr bo pastured with other largo hogs. It means troublo with prob ablo loss. It is bettor. to spread ltmo over tho flold to bo so treated a wook or two boforo putting In tho wheat or ryo. Tho drill can bo used In spreading Umo. Tobacco wasto and salt mixed In proportions of about ono part tobac co to flvo of salt should bo kept boforo tho Bhoep at all times so thoy can help themsolves. Whero this Is dono thero Is no troublo from stomach worms. Renew tho mundows on tho hill slopes In tho following manner nnd tho loss by washing will bo almost If not entirely stopped: Break tho mendow sod In nltornato strips with tho slopo of tho hill so that any erosion ero-sion from tho cultivated strips will bo caught by thoso left In mendow. These cultivated strips aro then sown to grnsa and tho othor nltornato strips broken nnd planted to a cultivated culti-vated crop. In this way all of tho eroded soil will bo caught and held on tho plowed mendow strips nnd none will be permanently lost. Dr. L. L. LowIb, of Oklahoma, points out that a great many farmers when they obtain a remedy for hog cholera dlspcuso with all precautionary measures meas-ures and rely upon tho euro for their protection. Dr. Lewis points out thnt this method Is folly and that strenuous strenu-ous precautionary measures should bo kopt up during any course of treatment treat-ment Ho says: "Hog cholera is an Infectious disease and mny bo carried in a number of ways from infected pons to hogs thnt aro hoalthy. Running Run-ning wator is a very active means of sprendlng tho disease. Pons containing contain-ing diseased hogs and located along streams mnko tho water dangerous for all othor hogs below them. Outbreaks Out-breaks of cholera can often bo fol lowed consldornblo distances along wator courses. Tho Infection may ul so bo carried by tlTo clothing, wngons, cratos, or, in fact, by almost all means of communication between farms." Tho handling of tho pigs Intended for breeders should be entirely differ out from thoso Intended for market. They should bo pushed for rapid growth, but must bo fod for a growth ot frame and bone; not fattoued on corn, but expanded by a feed rich In protein. At six, eight or ton months of age, thoy should show more length if body and more scalo thnn market hogs, and bo smooth nnd well covered, but not so fat as for market. This can bo very easily dono by feeding a mixed grain ration, with ton per cent, of tankago or ten per cent, of oil meal. Uso corn, barley and oats ground together, to-gether, mixed thickly with water, and fod at once whllo sweet. It is much better to mix three pounds of milk to one pound of grain. If ono has no milk tho next bost feed Is ten per cent, of tankage. If one has tho corn and doos not want to buy tho mill feeds, he enn uso 80 per cent, of corn and 20 per cent of tankage and have a woll-bul-inccd ration. The wise dairyman raises his own cows. Good cows as a rulo aro .raised, not bought Tho troughs must bo kept cloaa during tho hot days. Ono good cultivation during a dry spell is ns offectlvo as a shower. Try-it Try-it Liberal rations and commodious quarters make for splendid shocp-galns. shocp-galns. Filthy troughs aro sure to breed disease dis-ease among tho hogs. Keep things clean. Very llttlo moro troublo or oxpenso-to oxpenso-to ralso a blooded animal than it is to raise a scrub. Poultry confined to a run must have-green have-green food supplied them if thoy are going to thrlvo. Tho mouBo In tho grnnnry Is a visitor vis-itor which tho thrifty farmer will not suffer to remain. Tho nearer poultry can bo kept in tho natural stato tho hardier they will bo, and tho greater profit thoy will ro-, turn. Been swimming or Ashing this sum mer7 Take a half day off and go with-tho with-tho boys. It will bring dad and the-boys the-boys closer together. High prices encourago sheep raising, but don't Jump into tho business too brashly. Begin In a small way and work up. Buy a fow owes nnd a good ram. It Iq tho thriftless farmor who Is-certain Is-certain that farming docs not pay. Neither would any other business pay handled In tho samo way as ho doos tho farming. Tho dust bnth must bo provided for tho fowls. Thoy will co-operato with ! you in keeping them frco from llco. Thoy enjoy rolllug In tho dry dust and it drives away tho vermin. Plant roots find a feeding ground at a much lower lovel in drained than undrnined soils, as thoy find conditions condi-tions favorablo for such growth. Worms, ants and othor Insects burrow deeper. Theso worm holes and root channols permit a moro perfect aeration aera-tion and oxldntton, until tho whole body of tho boII down as dcop as It has boon drained becomes a fit homo and feeding ground for tho roots of . , , our plants. . Don't uso blinders, for theso relics ot barbarism thero is no possible ox-cu8o. ox-cu8o. Thoy nro entirely unnecessary and decidedly hurtful to tho best sorv-Ico sorv-Ico from tho wearers. Thoy detract from tho nntural beauty of tho horso and prevent tho full uso of tho eyesight eye-sight that Nature endowed him with. Instead of acting as a provontlvo from fright at tho sight of strange objects, thoy rondor him suspicious of many ordinary things coming within rnngo of hlB obstructed vlow, theroby making mak-ing him unnecessarily uorvous and ' over oxcltnblo If ho Is n creaturo of mottlo. Man has no right to doprlvo tho horso of one of his koenost senses through tho uso of tho punishing blinder. Whllo thero Is still n different of opinion no to tho best method of orchard or-chard management, yet It would stomas stom-as though tho culturnl method gavo-moro gavo-moro profitable returns than tho boi! mulch method. The Now York experiment experi-ment station after a flvo year experiment experi-ment hnd demonstrated that at least on clay loam, tillage Is more profltablo-thnn profltablo-thnn sod mulch. It remains to bo said that in certain conditions sod mulch Is tho only fenslblo method, nnd, therefore, whero It Is a caso of this system or no npplcs, then ot courso tho- Inovltablo must bo accepted. ac-cepted. In doing this, It doos not follow fol-low that tho grower .will not recelvo-proflt recelvo-proflt from his labours; but It does mean that whero tillage methods aro possible, they usually bring Inrger returns thnn nny system of Bod culture cul-ture which has beon tostod thus far. Tho wheat straw infosted with Hessian Hes-sian fly breaks over Just above tho Joint, which, while It varies considerably consider-ably In location, Is usually a relatively relative-ly short distance above the ground. If tho grower will carefully pull tho leaf away from tho stalk whero it Is broken over ho will find lying In a llttlo dent lengthwise In tho straw an oval, dark-brown seedlike body ono-fourth ono-fourth of an Inch or less long. This Is tho "flaxseed" stage of Hessian fly, and Is sometimes Improperly spoken of as the "eggs" of the fly. Sometimes, Some-times, through careless handling or other causes, tho "flaxseed" will bo gone over and only the little dent In tho straw left as evidence of its former for-mer presence. If tho grower does not find tho "flaxseed" In tho first examined ex-amined ho should continue to examino-broken examino-broken straws until ho does find it, or until ho Is convinced that the fly did I not do tho work. i |
