The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-19

make Detter ana cheaper pork.
A manure pile around the barn door
increases the fly pest many fold.
Feed the ewes and the sires so that
they will be in vigorous condition 70,
breeding.
II you sin against your stock, be
sure your sin will find you out in re
duced profits.
By their deeds we shall know men,
and by the weeds on his farm il 4
farmer known likewise.
Feed all your clover hay to the
stock as 1t IL worth nearly as much
for fertilizer as for feed.
Extremes are always hurtful In
agriculture. Too much water is Just
about as bad as too little water.
The demand is ever on the increase
for fruits of all kinds, and for this
reason the fruit growing interests are
bound to grow.
The better the ground preparation
the faster will the plant growth be
and this holds good of the newly-plant
ed shade or fruit trees.
The early maturing character OF
winter barley 1t is said works the ad.
vantage that the crop may be harvest.
ed before the wheat harvest begins.
What man planting an orchard does
not first take thought as to the mar.
ket for the fruit he would grow and
the help which he will need in har.
vesting the crop?
To kill quack grass rim the spring.
tooth harrow through the infested field
during dry time. For late fall treat.
ment pillow SO that the roots will be
exposed to the freezing of winter.
Large seeds have been shown by ea.
periments to terminate more quickly
than small Dnes OF the same variety
and to make better plants. Remember
this In saving your seeds for next
years planting.
Time was when any old place wa.
good enough as shelter for the live
stock. but the farmer has come tc
realize that for the stock to do well
1t must be housed in light, dry and
differentiated buildings.
The three essentials to plant growth
are air. heat and available plant food
1t is up to the farmer to see how per
fectly he can obtain and control these
conditions. and the farmer who doe,
1t the most successfully is the mos
successful farmer.
The state fair is one OF tie educa
tional factors in the development o.
progressive agriculture which canno
be overlooked. And the management
Of such fairs must ever keep before
them the high ideals and purpose.
which the fair is designed to serve.
If you have not screened the stable
do it now. Hang some bagging ovel
the doorway SO that the stoca in en-
tering will brush their backs upon it
This will go a long ways toward!
keeping the troublesome flies and mos
quitoes out and will give greater com
fort to your stock.
Cross breeding of domestic animals
Is very Objectionable, except in tn,
hands OF the expert. In the opinion
of w. D. Hoard 1t is impossible t,
improve on the best types of thor
oughbred animals existing at present
except by careful selection and mat
ing of the best individuals. Crossing
as it is generally practiced, result
only in producing inferior animals
For some unaccountable reason tn
habit of crossing has taken posses
sion Of a good many farmers. Som
of them, l believe. have the crossing
fever 30 bad that they would eros
with saw-buck If they could.
The International Livestock expos
ton has created class to be know
as Short Fed Specials" with prize
as follows: Carload of Is head, on
year and under two, first prize, 500
second prize, $50; third prize, $2s
Carload Of Is head, two years an
under three. first prize, 500; secon
prize. $50; third prize, 325. Champion
carload Of these class. cup. The OF
ject Of this special class is for tn
purpose of determining the best an
most economical method of feedin
cattle. Full information concernin