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Show GENERAL FARM NOTES. When the trout forms after a rain f tir the soil. Don't let the cows or young things lose In condition now. Bank up the old barns to shut out tho cold wind under the floors. Do not waste feed on a cow that Is not returning a profit on the food she eats. Hogs properly sheltered will thrlvs on much less feed tlinn those exposed to cold. Don't condemn nor If you are only giving her enough feed to keep life In ber body. The first test to be given a new workman on the farm Is to send him out with a team. Alfalfa hay and corn have been found to'be a nioKt satisfactory fattening fatten-ing feed for hogs. Alfalfa In a young orchard would b all right If grown only beyond tht reach of the tree roots. The whole secret of profit In poultry poul-try culture Is In following nature's way In the care of the stock. It Is the helqlit of folly to think that a hog can live for any length of time or even fatten without watr. If the food Is allowed to sour In the troughs. It will throw the hogs off feed. This will check growth, and Is a loss. Hogs that have died from the cholera chol-era should be Immediately burned of hurled deeply and covered with quicklime. quick-lime. Unless a hen has a grest value as a breeder or as a mother It Is well to let her go to the dressed poultry mar ket after her third year. The waterglass method of preserving preser-ving eggs Is considered by the majority majori-ty of poultrymen who have tried H th most satisfactory of any. With good corn ensilage and clovet or alfalfa hay, and home grown grains, with perhaps some wheat bran and oil-meal added, a fine profit can b made from a herd of good dairy cows The manure from a herd of cows, properly saved and applied, will each year enable the dairyman to rales larger amounts of forage and grain. Tbe better the cows, the fT alter tht profit. |
