Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-11-23
I as ese, and Kept IL a dry, eooi. frost.

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In the flower garden beds Of hardy
bulbs, such as tulips, crocuses, eto.
may be set at once. The soil should
be deeply spaded, and 1t is all the bet
tor II q little sandy and made rich
with rotten manure. Tulips should be
set three to four inches deep. When
the ground is about to freeze up throw
q cover of strawy manure or other lit
ter over the beds and let it remain TN
spring. Besides the bulbs enumerated
snowdrops. narcissus and jonquils are
to be similarly treated and planted Mt
q depth according to their size. After
frost has touched the dahlia and Gamma
tops they and all other tender bulbs
should pc taken up on a dry day aud
labeled and stored away for planting.
Tho Age Of Bees.
This depends almost entirely upon
circumstances. 1t may be Impossible
to decide how long a working tee
would live II kept from wearing itself
out by constant labor In the field. 1t
may live one year or more, but the nv
crage life during summer is not over
three months, and during grent honey
fiow 1t may not be over SIX weeks.
Experiments may be made by fntroduc-
irg italian queens to colonies OF black
bees, at various seasons Of the year,
and noting the time when all the
blacks disappear. Bees hntched in nu-
tumn will live through the winter un.
til spring Drones live a shorter time
than workers. Kept in qucenless
hive they may live three or four
months. Being useless except for mat
ing purposes, the workers soon get
nd Of them. 1t is supposed that when
their usefulness is at an end they are
driven out to perish, but 1t may be
that they live out their allotted time
and in the throcs of death the workers
take them out to die. The queen lives
to good old age, some as long as four
Live Stock Journal.
:1'' The rront From Geese. !:
A goose lives a great many years
and produces young until aged. When
once a large flock of geese is obtained
tho young may be sold of entirely,
except to replace any loss ofsold ones.
Geese bring about one dollar per pair
in the large markets, but they also
give profit on feathers. 1t is not
encouraging to keep geese unless they
can have some place to procure their
food, such as a clover field or pasture.
They will cost nothing II conditions
are favorable to them, but II they are
to be fed they become expensive.
.s Itenas of Interest.
A straw shed may be made us warm
as bonk barn.
Baby tread powers are now made
for running baby separators.
1t is very seldom that horse gets
cast If tied short.
A warm barn and good bed save
grain in winter.
1t is time those porkers you moan
to turn OF in the fall'' were getting
in good shape.
II turnips are fed, do the milking
before feeding, unless your customers
are fond Of turnipy flavor.
You can make pound Of pork cheap.
ar now than in ordinary December
weather. Are you crowding the shoats?
Happy is the man with fresh cows.
Butter is high and steadily advanc-
ing.
"All out of doors" is too roomy u
place for milking. The successful dairy
men milk under shelter.
Keep q book account with your cows,
Know what they are doing and what
income you hive from each. 1t Is
business.
1t is to be hoped no one is leaving
stock out Of doors in the cold rain
storms. To do so advertises want of
common sense.
One Of the points for stock growers
TO keep in mind in improving their
breeds Is that the quality can be i'm
proved without increasing the cost for
food.
II sheep or pigs are allowed the run
of the orchard they will destroy many
insects by eating fallen apples and will
DO better for the succulent food thuD
obtained.
The Jackson Park dairy test a.
proved that there is a general purpose
COW and that she will make butter.
The special dairy COW makes more Of
II, however.
Get the cream into small bulk to
save butter in churhing. Thick cream
cream, and gain in quality Is obtained
as well as an increase In quantity.
A close barn is rot the best for sheep.
s3lV6 tncIu U butltSF lTOEi 6toEui, 1Tee
from drafts, and, except for ewes that
have to mother winter lambs you hava
enough for all except the most severe
weather.
Good butter can be made when all
the butter fat is taken out Of the milk.
Good butter can be made from the first
half or three-fourths of the cream
which rises, but not from the last to
rise If churned by itself. 1t will be
slushy, inferior stun.
49,. simple Means. -
A good workman likes good tos1s.
but in an e1igency he can get along
with very simple and homely contriv-
ances. The at Louis Globe-Democrat