The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06
A1A4&GfFza1SSSxppeok
M FARM
M Azzzs,,< UG1

Sow only cleaned seed.
Selected that name for the farm
yet?
The radish maggot can be eradicat
ed with tobacco dust.
Bury the shriyeled tree in moist
soil and it will soon become plump.
Keep the machinery oiled. Oil is
cheaper than repairs or new machin-
cry.
When the lambs are weaned turn
them on fresh pasture, If 1t is pos
sible thing.
The farm dairy can by proper man
agement be made the largest profit
Garner on the farm.
Put a curb on your appetite. Farm
ers are more subject sto digestive
troubles than any other class of peo-
pie.
Don't trust to oral agreements. Get
1t down in writing. 1t is the only
safe method for you and the other
fellow.
Outdoor exposure of farm machin-
cry is one large item of loss to many
farmers. 1t pays to take care Of
farm tools.
The farmer who is making fall
ure of his business Is generally the
last one to discover it. when he should
be the first.
Formalin is cheap and effective
remedy for grain smut and potato
scab and is working a revolution in
these branches of farming
Much of the heritage of the earth
that is inedible to man. is made edible
for him through the medium of the
animals which man uses for food.
Soil exhaustion is as great men
ace to this country as forest exhaus
ton. What are you doing TO prevent
either or both calamities from fall
ing?
To break colts of kicking or biting
begin before they have acquired the
habit. In other words treat then
right in the days of their youth ant
they will behave right.
When you sit down to your table
groaning under the good things which
your farm has produced remember
It's good thing to eat what the body
needs. but hurtful to cat Just because
1t tastes good.
Dust is bad for hogs The season Il
now approaching when the hog yards
are apt to be dusty. Provide greer
sward for them when possible. Change
their quarters occasionally SO that the
ground does not get all powdered up
Do not let the weeds. briars and
brush grow along the fences and wa
ter courses, II you have such on youi
| Iedl sfdl thCy c8tcHG
their borders and render much Of
your land unproductiye. Utilize all
your space and keep the fence corners
cleaned out.
Planting inferior seed is the rankest
kind of folly. Some farmers do II
under a mistaken idea of economy
some do it because they are too care
less to do anything right, and some
farmers do 1t because they are fool
ish enough to believe that they can
raise good crops from inferior seed
What good is horse II his legs ere
unsound? 1t pays to give attention to
this matter Look after the proper
shoeing of the horse. Rub his legs
thoroughly when cleaning him. Wash
the legs after a hard days work and
rub them dry. II you have any time to
spare, 1t will pay to bandage each leg
for short time after long drives. or
extra hard work.
A splendid fertilizer for young
peach trees is said to be three-quar.
| teTS Vi d pOuHu Vi nitrate vi BUR- Oue
pound OF Stag phosphate, and IL
pounds sulphate of potash. This
amount applied last May to young
trees by George T. Powell of New
York made the trees grow four times
as much as similar trees in adjoining
rows not fertilized.
Why keep a hundred average cows
when SO picked ones will return as
much profit as the hundred? E. F.
Winship, successful Minnesota dairy
man, by testing and keeping an exact
record of every COW in his herd, now
keeps only SO, one-half as many as
formerly, and makes more money,
takes less risk. has less invested, uses
less stable room and hires less labor
| A successful raiser Of blackberries
explains how he gets crop when
others fail in dry season. He begins
before the bushes are set out. having the
ground deeply plowed and then heavily
fortified. After the bushes are fully
grown and a dry season comes, he