The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-23
Good morning, NV. Farmer. Have
you dragged the road yet?

Sour milk is good for the little
chicks as well as the big ones.
Be careful in your dealings with tho
man whose horse Is afraid of him.
very common mistake in the hand
ling of breeding stations is overfeed-
ing.
Save all liquid manure by earth
thrown on the floor and bedding
placed over this.
When butter is off flavor the liberal
use of lime water in washing will
work wonders.
Weed the old strawberry bed but be
careful not to disturb the roots with
hoe or cultiyator until after fruiting.
The good farmer Is he whose farm
year and whose stock are always on
the up grade.
Don't leave too mary eyes on pieces
when cutting the seed potatoes. Too
many stalks mean too small potatoes
to be profitable.
Meager rations may economic on
the feed but they find their inevitable
reckoning day when H. comes to bal
ancing the accounts.
The low-headed tree has long since
demonstrated it's superiority over the
high-spreading tree. e is easier to
prune, to spray and to pick the fruit
Two points must be considered in
marketing lambs: The condition of
flesh and the condition Of the market
Good flesh and good market give good
profit.
AS soon as "red-rust' fungus ap-
pears in the black-cap or blackberry
rows dig it. using care in doing so
not to scatter the fungus on the
healthy plants.
Red top and alsike will make good
growth on that piece of ground which
is too wet for crops If the ground is
plowed in dry time and then thor
oughly narrowed.
The box stall in a stable proves an
almost indispensable feature many
times during year whea the special
occasion arises for caring for sick
horse, or other stock or for the calves
During the narrowing season make
a memorandum of the hogs which
prove the best mothers with the
largest and healthiest filters and then
keep them as long as they will breed
Crows and blackbirds will not touch
the corn If before sowing the seed is
stirred in a kettle with little gas-tal
and then little plaster 80 that each
grain is slightly coated. 1t will mol
injure the corn.
Feed the farm through the COW. The
farm in turn will give you back feed
for the COW. There's the farmers
endless chain system that keeps the
farm on the upgrade and puts money
in the bank for him.
A half-hour spent with the farm
tool in making sure that it is in per.
feet working condition before taking
to the field may save you half day s
work in repairing the damage which
often results from taking things for
granted.
when wool prices fell few years
ago, the keeping of sheep on thou.
sands of New England farms was
abandoned, but a change has taken
place and flocks are again finding
their way back to the farms much to
the Improvement of conditions. Sheep
growing is paying business most
anywhere.
A good enough cutter for seed po-
tatoes and one with which rapid work
can be done may be made from an
old case knife fastened in the end of
plank which is fastened to box
on which the operator sits. The bas-
ket is placed below the knife and the
potatoes drop into it as they are push
ed on the knife.
1t is a plain proposition that the
farmer who is compelled to sell his
grain crop at a particular time cannot
make the profit he would II he were
able to hold it for more favorable
market. This being true does not it
behoove him to study how he may con-
troll the situation and dispose Of his
crops at the most favorable time.
One reason why the profits Of the
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