The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-08-14

Cleanliness is essential In hog rails.
Ing as it is in the dairy.
and wherever possible.
when the sows are sucking their
young they should be fed some grain
raising mules ought to be profitable
"hen young team will sell from 5000
to 5000.
Feed all the corn ana oats tn the
lambs you would force to marketable
condition.
The successful farmer must be lack
or all trades and complete master of
the art of farming.
be not weary in fighting the lice, for
10 due season they will get your fowls
II you do not get them.
The good reputation is not gained
py pretense. but by being and doing
what you desire to appear to be.
RANT the ringworm spots on the cat
tlc with tncture of iodine, or smear
with sulphur and lard, or other good
oil.
The horse that has worked hard all
day has earned good feed, good
currying and a good bed. See that he
gets them.
Is 1t right? is the only correct basis
of settling every question Will 1t
pay? should only be asked after the
first is answered sQuarely.
If you let the cows shorten ND on
their milk yield during the hot months
because OF short feed, they will not
regain their maximum yield until after
they come fresh again.
Let your mistakes become stepping
stones to better things. Experience
is a dear teacher, sometimes, but
lesson thoroughly learned under his
discipline often proves a lifelong
blessing.
One Of the quickest ways of improv-
ing the soil Of farm is to put 1t down
to clover, field by field and pasturing
the hogs on it.. Cow peas may also
be sown and when full growth is at
tanned the hogs may be turned in.
Questions you cannot ask yourself
too often: Do things look tidy about
the premises? Is there a place for
everything and is everything in its
place? Do I realize the value of the
manure and am getting it out Of the
land as fast as possible?
Here is a hint for the housewife:
Mildew In white clothes may be re-
moved by soaking for short time in
a pail of water to which has been add
ed heaping tablespoonful of chloride
of lime and then hanging out in the
sun to bleach. Repeat the process II
the mildew does not all disappear.
Good alfalfa seed should be yellow.
with faint tinge of green; the seeds
are mostly pointed at one end, al
though many are kidney-bean shaped
and a few are nearly round The latter
are difficult to tell from seeds Of sweet
clover or trefoil. But clover seeds are
much larger than alfalfa seeds, al
though of the same shape.
Ticks leave sheep after they are
sheared and go to the lambs on ac-
count of the better protection offered
them by the long lambs wool. 1t is
good plan to dip the lambs, using a
good commercial or tobacco dip. To
make sure they are free from ticks
they should be dipped twice, as new
lot is apt to come on. The second dip
ping should be given about two weeks
after the first.
The trap nest has revealed some In
teresting and suggestive conditions.
One man reports 215 eggs from IA
birds for last January. AS they were
all trap-nested, he knew the eggs Of
each. One hen laid 1856 eggs in her
first laying year; As of them were laid
during the Matching season and all in
cubated; only five were infertile. One
pullet, whose egg record was about
the same, did not lay single fertile
egg the whole season. She was put
with different males in an effort to
get some fertile eggs from her. but
the effort was not successful. The
question arises. do we breed out fer
tility by breeding for large egg yields,
and shall we be obliged to begin with
the old average layer, after a series
OF years, and breed up to the large
egg yield again?
An agricultural banking system Is
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