The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-08-21

1t pays to raise good fruit
Lime should be freely used in and
about the hen house.
If you would be hero in your wife's
eyes. keep the wood box full.
Sun and lice will demand heavy
toll Of the careless poultryman.
Give the pigs the chance and they
will turn more waste on the farm into
profit than any other animal.
The toes of sheep have to be
trimmed in order to keep the hoofs
from curling and then breaking off
unevenly.
II they have not sufficient shade and
plenty of good fresh water, the hens
will suffer from the heat and turn you
down on the egg yield.
In picking a team mate for the
colt select the one with the fastest
walking gait. Almost impossible to
break him of slow walk if once ac-
quired.
If you dc not use an incubator but
depend upon hens for Matching your
eggs remember and save over the
hens that have proved themselves
good mothers this year.
The farmer should be good citizen
enough to be interested in the poll
tics of his township and county. Have
then do your best to bring them to
pass.
| Get a Babcock tester and ascertain
the quality of your cream. The gov
ernment will send you pamphlet ex-
planning all about the machine II you
will write to the department Of agri-
culture at Washington
On the farm is not out Of the ma
ton. The farmer must be citizen as
we'll as farmer, If the nation is to be
safe. Keep in touch with the trend
Of events, local, state and national,
and always let your influence be felt
on the side of the rights
There should be closer association
between the dairymen in the ship
ping Of their supplies 20 the city. But
to succeed such an organization must
be as jealous for the interest Of the
consumers OF these products as for the
interests Of the people that produce
the milk.
A sign of beginning sunstroke is in
dicated in the horse by tagging steps
and unsteady gait Don't delay. Get
him in the shade, unhitch at once and
apply cold water to the head and neck,
and rub with coarse cloths. Sponge
the mouth out with cold water, also.
Quinine injected, 40 or more grains
to the dose, will also help.
Malignant hog cholera is distin-
guished from the milder types by the
muscular cramps. great prostration,
partial loss of motor power and ex
citability, serious lowering of temper
ature, slow-fiowing blood, violent bow
el pains and fluid deiections like rice
water. For treatment DR.. Low recon-
mends the following mixture to be
given every Is minutes: Ether, three
Trans; sulphuric acid. Is drops; oil
Of anise, 5 drops. In the early stages
add opium to check diarrhea. To
soothe the intestines, feed tea made
Of linseed or slippery elm.
Delicious corn drops-see that wife
makes you some. Use half dozen
ears Of young. juicy corn, score the
grains with sharp knife, after hav-
ing trimmed off the least bit of the
surface of each grain, then scrape all
the corn from the cob with the back
of knife. Add salt and one egg. the
white and yolk, beaten separately.
Drop in spoonfuls on either hot bake
iron or frying pan: but In either case
use no more fat than Is just necessary
to grease it. Have the pan or iron hot
and bake like griddle cakes. turning
when golden brown underneath.
The tobacco cure for parasites in
lambs has been demonstrated by ex-
periments to be the most effective
treatment In fact it has been demon
strated that tobacco is a good pre-
tentative for worms in the first place
and is hostile to their development
after they are started. The physical
construction of the lamb is so complex
that it is not an easy matter to apply
l remedy for all his troubles so il is
generally easier to prevent than to
cure. The old advice of changing pas
+ure often is the safest plan to follow.
This is the time OF the year when the
worms begin to do considerable harm
and when you see the lamb begin to
run down and lose his frisky habits
you may be pretty sure the worm has
got him. A remedy applied ii time