Show COUNTI practical farm and home ideas it if the brood sow Is about to far row and you usually lose a few pigs because the mother lays on them fasten a 2 by 6 inch board eight inches above the ground to the side of the pen if it the old pig lies down the little ones can crowd away from her beneath this railing and thus save pigs if the hogs have lice apply used car oil repeat the treatment sev eral times 5 to 7 days apart rub bing the oil with a soft cloth over the pig it if you don t want to apply the oil yourself set a post in the cen ter of the pen attach a can on the top of the post with a tiny hole in the bottom of it fill the can with used oil and so arrange it as to let the oil drip slowly from the can the pigs will soon rub the oil onto themselves against the post most farmers usually have some creosote around the place they need penetrating oil occasionally to use for rusty bolts or to take squeak out ot of hinges or springs it the creosote Is of the thin type it makes a fine penetrating oil it if it ot of the thick type it can be thinned with ke keros rosine lne occasionally it becomes necessary at this time of year tor for someone to clean the chamnes chim nes of soot A very good cleaner can be made by rolling 2 by 3 feet of fine net wire around the end of a broom handle and sta peling it well this sort ot of a soft wire worked up and down the chim ney or flue Is very effective for re moving any hard incrustations something to think about A good farmer never gates thru work w ork he merely gets over some ot of the rush periods and uses what ex tra time he has to plan and carry out i long time constructive farm pro gram the farm is both a home and a business and both should be con in farm planning the business man or the day la borer must work every day it be he pos sibly can it if the businessman did n t work his business would tall tail it the laboring man did not work every w working day hia his family would go hungry abood farmer should make his farm furnish him work every working day no farmer can expect to work only part of the year and loat loaf the rest ot of the time and make a living tor for his family there are many odd jobs that can be done during the winter time fences can be fixed manure hauled onto the farm ma chinery checked and repaired A list of the weak parts needed or missing could be made and many other things done to save labor and expense later on A good milk cow in production should be fed 2 to 3 ibs lbs ot of hay to each ibs lbs of live weight ot of the cow in areas that do not have hay as we do farmers usually teed feed I 1 ib of good hay to 3 ibs lbs of silage if the dairy herd is exceptionally high in production pio they feed an addict additional 0 nal I 1 ib ill of grain to each 3 or 4 ibs lbs of milk produced two pounds of all ell age tor for each iba lbs of live weight ot of the cow supplemented by I 1 ib of grain to each 3 or 4 ibs lbs ot of milk it the cow Is a high producer Is a bet ter er balance think over the cost of pro producing ducin g hay silage and grain on your own tarm farm and the cost of butter tat fat and see it if you don t sell a better profit aft off the farm in the form of butter cat fat than hay and grain it a cow Is worth keeping she should produce 8 pounds of milk per year or around ibs lbs of but ter tat fat such a cow should take care of her calf and furnish enough ex tri skim milk to take care tot one pig |