The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-01-17

LIUS MIN run WIN tne rest, Dut IL Is
the only way Of knowing just what
you are about in raising hogs, and is
the best in the long run.
II you cannot afford manure
spreader, why not join with three or
four Of your neghbors and buy one?
The spreader will do the work for all
of you and the cost to each one will
be merely nominal.
The late colt can be permitted to
suck its dam all winter without harm.
Many well-meaning farmers injure
their mares by trying to dry them OF
when they are giving full flow Of
milk. 1t is contrary to nature.
The clipped horse should be al
ways carefully blanketed when left
standing. There Is no particular
objection to depriving the horse Of
his natural coat II another is pro-
vided for him.
NO horse was ever born balky, but
may be made SO by the driver" is
what a horseman says who has made
business Of dealing in vicious ami
mails and then by patient effort re-
forming them.
The horse that starts off with a
Jerk and breaks into a fast gait at
once is not the safest animal to
| drive. Better train to start with a
walk. Many serious accident Is
caused by the quick starting Of a
horse.
Diarrhea in horses, brought on by
overfeeding or exposure to inclelnent
weather, Is common trouble and
should be checked at once. Parched
flour, rice meal cruel and boiled milk
are all excellent correctives for this
af1ment.
Have all the roosts in the poultry
house as nearly on a level as pos
sible and so prevent crowding of the
fowls on the upper perches. Instinc-
lively the hens will seek the highest
| perches and hence suffer from over
crowding where the perches are not
all on the same level.
The secret Of success in dairying 10
| to know what COW ought to do, and
then make her do it. is the way
Hoard's Dairyman puts it. And we
might add that the COW that won't do
| it ought to make room for the COW
that will. Time is wasted on trying to
increase the yield of some cows.
On orchard soils only moderately
rich 1t is necessary to keep up the sup
ply of fertility What the crop Of fruit
takes off should go back each year
in the form either Of barnyard manure
or Of chemical fertilizers, SO that the
roots Of the trees need not seek In
vain for the material out of which to
make new products.
Never allow fax which is to be used
for seed to become wet, for the damp
ness causes disease spores to germin-
ate and the mold fiaments grow into
the seed coats, and seed treatment
will fail to destroy this internal
fungus. The young plants from such
seeds must eventually sicken and die,
and will introduce the disease into the
soil wherever they fall.
The best means for protecting the
orchard trees from mice is to keep the
orchard free from weeds, particularly
at seeding time. A moving machine
will not do this. 1t takes cultivation
and hoe. II space 21a or feet
about the tree is kept absolutely clean
Of weeds little If any damage will be
season.
In planting an orchard the soil fer.
tility should determine to some en.
tent the distance between the trees,
the rule being that the stronger the
land the greater the distance between
trees as the trees will attain greater
growth than they would in poorer soil
Twentyeight by thirty-two or 28x34 is
about right. Where desired a filler OF
some early variety can be planted IN
between the trees the wider way.
The business of farming includes
three distinct departments: Produc.
tion, selling and purchasing. Farmers
must study their markets to deter
mine what to grow; they must grow
a first-class article and prepare II for
market in the best possible shape;
they must sell the product for the
highest possible price; and they must
buy their supplies for the lowest pos.
sibls figure. II they are to make .
success of the business of farming.
Secretary Wilson speaks this word
of caution to farmers on the subject
OF making denatured alcohol on the
farm: MY advice to farmers Is. first,
TO try and learn the technical pro-