The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-08-07

small uOCk.
1t is a poor plan to try and keep
| eggs too long in hot weather.
There is still room at the top for
the intelligent, progressive farmer.
Managed right the hog will do more
| animal.
The first two years of n cows life al
most inevitably determine her future
usefulness.
Even flow of mix can be secured
from most cows by proper manage
ment and feed.
Commercial apple growing IS pay
ing increasing dividends to those en-
gagged in the business.
! Plenty of shade for the hens these
days. And they must have a cool
house to roost in at night
Some farmers are so scientific as to
lose sight of the practical ends to be
obtained by their scientific notions.
The game Of checkers in the corner
store may sharpen your wits. but 1t
will not drive out the weeds from the
corn field.
| Poor plan to house the young chicks
and the old fowls together. The old
birds are more than apt to pick on
the little fellows.
If the cats are fed extra well during
the period when the young chicks are
running free you will find they will
not be 50 prone to an occasional
chicken dinner.
When you put the incubator away
were you careful to see that the water
tank was emptyo The ground makes
good place to set the late broody
hen. Protect from sun and rain.
The horse that is hard to catch in
the pasture can be coaXed to your side
If when you go to get him you take him
a little sugar. A few times trying and
he will learn to come trotting up to
you for the expected treat
It does seem sometimes that the fire.
quent housing Of the different ma
chimes used during the season is
waste Of time. but you will not think
so when you find that the well-cared-
for machine will outlast two of your
careless neighbor.
Don't let your brain go to sleep
while you are doing the farm work.
Keep eyes and ears open for new
sights and sounds that will place you
in closer touch with your crops and
stock and enable you to more intelli-
gently provide the conditions which
will mean success for you
You're surely not selfish enough to
plan to go to the state fair without the
good wife? The work can be arranged
in some way so that you can both get
away and have good time together.
Why not renew the old courting days
during the brief playspell and let her
see that the hard work of the farm
has not driven from mind and heart
the old love and sentiment.
Is the milking machine safe to use?
A New Jersey dairyman who used one
of the patent milking devices states
that under his own personal operation
the machines actually increased the
milk flow. but that when the duty was
laid on an overworked superintendent
some of the cows were injured 1t
would seem. therefore. that the opera
tion of milking machine calls for
carefulness and intelligence
The little girl who said that the
best way to keep milk from souring
was to leave it in the COW paid a de-
served compliment to the COW without
knowing 1t and unconsciously con-
demned her elders for uncleanly
methods. The milk stays sweet in the
bag because kept away from contain
mating germs. The cleaner the meth
DDS in the dairy while the milk is be.
ing drawn and while it is being
handled the longer will it keep sweet
and wholesome.
Corn is King" and rightfully
| should reign at the National Corn eX.
| position to be held at Omaha mex. De.
| cember. but that is no reason why
| alfalfa should not be accorded the dis.
| tinction of having a palace in fact
why should not this wonderful forage
| crop be crowned as queen and reign
alongside of King Corn. An alfalfa
| palace is to be one of the unique fea.
lures of the coming show. The palace
| is to be built of bales of alfalfa and
| lined with exhibits of alfalfa and other
grasses. Valuable premiums are to be
! offered for the hest tyDes Of the n