Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1912 — NOTES from MEADOWBROOK FARM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NOTES from MEADOWBROOK FARM

By Willam Pitt

Do not use any ill-formed eggs for hatching, nor any that are unnaturally >ong, or nearly round. ’ Keep your fowls on the same footing that you keep your cattle, and you will surely be rewarded. Most anyone can have a small flock and keep from eight to a dozen hens and feed on table scraps. Be sure the fenders are in position -n the farrowing pens to prevent the sows laying on the young pigs. Place the bee hives on string supports about eight inches from the ground to prevent dampness and cold. Gold/, raw winds make chapped teatg all the worse. Have a small jar of vaseline handy at milking time and use it

It costs a good deal of money to buy a satisfactory team. In most cases this can be avoided by the farmer raising his own. “It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight, but it is still harder for a lazy man to succeed in the daisy business.” ; 'i. i ■ •—. Every four years 1,000 pounds of rock phosphate is needed to keep up the phosphorous content of average corn belt soil. i An occasional colt or young horse to sell, even when one is not making a business of raising horses, is a help to any farmer. Get after the San Jose scale. What a melliferous name this little beast sails under! But cover him with Bordeaux all the same.

The time to plant grape cuttings is in early spring, as soon as the ground can be v orked. Slant the cuttings a little and leave only one bud above ground. If you are a beginner with sheep go slow until you hqve mastered the industry. As tn pdultrying or any other like business, experience is the safe, sure teacher. Neglected fruit trees are not only in eyesore, \but soon become so pest« 'nfested as to make them a menace to ruit growing in the whole neghborlocd. Better none at all than the aeglected kind. ' r , The New Jersey experiment station announces that Professor Halsted has succeeded in growing a seedless tomato. Not every fruit grown is seedless, plenty of them' containing from ten-to twenty seeds, but many o<h<~ - contain none at all and all a*- of < cellent flavor.