The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-22

1t may take less time to chuck the
horse in the stall at night without a
little rub off, but he will not be as
fresh for you in the morning as he
would have been had you considered
his comfort more.
Don't let the itinerant veterinarian
treat your live stock. II 1t is neces-
sary for you to secure advice and
able doctor. The fee may be more,
but it will pay in the end.
John D. Rose, graduate OF Min
nesota Agricultural college, has been
selected by the Cuban government as
assistant government chemist at San
tiago de Las Vegas, IL miles from
Havana, where there Is an agricul-
tural experiment station.
II never realized how much dirt
owas getting into the milk pail until
l used cheese cloth cover for my
pail and saw the dirt collect upon the
cloth as I MIXED" said a dairyman
who had been induced to try the more
sanitary method of milking.
1t is the man with poor cows who
Is convinced that dairying does not
pay. Get him converted to the doc
trine of testing his COWS and he will
either soon get rid of his cows for
better ones or he will give up the
business. No use trying to make q
living out of scrub stock.
There Is undoubtedly a great future
for the export trade In fruit. Amer
lean production can scarcely be over
done, because after the home demand
is supplied the foreign markets will
take the surplus at good prices over
shipping cost. Put in fruit trees,
and after planting take care of them.
1t is generally conceded that the
closed barn is better for hay than
the open one, as in the former the
moisture will rise from the hay and
pass away from the top of the barn
as vapor, while where the barn ID
left open the cooler air from outside
strikes the rising steam, condenses
the moisture, and leaves it as water
on the hay.
Young alfalfa plants are tender Just
as the full grown and rooted plants
are strong and hardy. For this rea-
son well-established field may be
narrowed and disked, and sometimes
even plowed, without destroying or
even injuring the plants. In fact, sur
face cultivation when the plants are
nearly or quite dormant. as in the
spring, seems to actually improve the
stand and invigorate the growth.
It takes long time to get the
dual purpose" notion out Of tho
heads of some dairy farmers. One
man over 10 years of age confessed
the other day that it had taken him
30 years to get the notion out Of his
head, and he says the reason 1t took
so long to wake up to the desirabilit-
of the dairy type of animal was be-
cause he was fool enough to be gov.
erned by the notions of the farmers
about him who knew no more coz
corning the matter than he did.
Some Illinois farmers practice
cheap method of pork making which
may be successfully adopted by farm.
ers in other sections. Rye is sown
as nurse crop in the fall stocking of
timothy and clover. The rye is al
lowed to ripen we'll, by which time
there is quite growth of the grass.
The hogs are then turned in. The rye
and grass together furnish a perfect
and very economical ration. OF
course the pasturing must not be too
close or unduly continued else the
stand of grass will be injured. An
other advantage is that the fertility
of the field is enhanced without la
Dor.
There Is considerable difference OF
opinion between sheep men as to the
proper time to breed ewes, some hold
ing that at two years they are in best
condition to begin, while others con-
tend that three years is the proper
time. But it must be remembered
that considerable depends upon the
breed of animal. Some of the breeds
are more prolific than others, and the
ewes will produce, If bred late in life.
There is, however, one famous breed
that is noted for lack Of prolificacy
and the ewes of that breed sometimes
become barren If not bred young. or
at least the tendency to barrenness Is
increased. Therefore some of the
shepherds that have to do with this
breed take the first opportunity for
breeding the ewes.
The difference between soil
haa nackad and hard surface