Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1912 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The early hatched pullets will soon be beginning to lay. ■ V. There is no advantage in having the colt make too rapid a growth. More horses are spoiled ay poor drivers than any other way. Horses like shredded fodder, but one must learn to feed It right. The „ well-sheltered paddock helps out the winter feed bin. It is bad policy to let the milk and cream get a kitchen flavor. Surplus young ducks will soon be In demand in the city markets. i • _ Let the hogs turn all the “windfall apples” into high-priced pork. Washing a separator is not a very difficult job if done soon after' separating. Grapes are apt to overbear and it is never safe to let them set all the fruit they will. Don’t put up with a “robber” cow any more than you would with a robber of any kind. There is no variety of fowls that can be so quickly gotten upon the market as young ducks. As the weather continues to get cooler nt this time of the year, fresh bones may be had at the butcher’s. Feed just enough—have the pig’s bed clean and comfortable so he will lie down and sleep, and put on fat. Guard the fowls against exposure to dampness and draughts and they will be kept free from colds and roup. One of the greatest secrets in the successful keeping of horses is the furnishing of plenty of pure air and light , Cows that are expected to return a profit must have liberal rations of, the kinds of foods adapted to their needs. ' An Important-item in feeding dairy cows is to have good, tight mangers where the feed will not be soiled or wasted. It is claimed that early sown fall wheat is benefited when pastured with sheep to keep down the rank growth. Pedigreed scrubs are the bane of the stock-breeding business, and need the attention of honest breeders of all classes of stock. If taken at a very early age chickens can be taught to come and go at certain times, fed in a certain way and do other things that will save time and annoyance.

The chicken does not refuse to lay eggs or get fat through perverseness of character. It is simply because the owner does not know how to bring about desired results. A well-filled crib of well-matured corn, which generally means a good yield per acre, is much more satisfactory and to be desired than many first prizes at the fair. The truth is the farmers of the middle west are raising better mutton than ever before and people are learning that it is about the best and cheapest meat they can buy. This cry is never heard by the birds by her or anybody else except at the times when they were actually wanted and the way they came running was a striking lesson in training. In counting the profits from your flock do not fail to count the value of the fat lambs killed during the twelve months for the family use and the high value of all the manure. . If the colts are to come out sound, lively and ready for work or market next spring they must have good feed, plenty of exercise in open air every fine day and warm quarters at night all winter. “ ( ' Cattle and other live stock will de rive much good early fall an.’ winter pasture on wheat and they will not damage the crop if the pasturing is done in dry weather or when the ground is- frozen. If you Would really know how an unblanketed horse feels after violent exefclse in cold weather take a brisk run of a inlle or so and then stand where the cold wind will strike you for half an hour. The vinter egg producers are now in the course of development on thousands of farms, and it behooves every one to see to it that they lack nothing at this period that would assist in their development Never buy a horse for family use where the women folk are to drive hiih without at least one week’s trial. If he is put through all his paces and sent up against steam engines and other scarey things he will develop his good or bad faith in that tßne. A pair of full grown Bull snakes will keep two or three acres of alfalfa free from the encroachments -of» the pocket gopher and the mole, and they are harmless with the exception X)f the fact that they may catch small chickens if they are given a chance.