The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
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The best dairy cows are not for
sale, Remember that when buying.
In buying "A gas engine select one OF
larger capacity than you need. 1t is
economy
Do not buy clover or alfalfa seed
until il has been tested for vitality
and purity.
Peas fed to sheep give the best re-
suits when split or crushed and fed
with other foods.
Think of the corn these hot days
What is oppressive to you is life and
growth for the corn.
There is money in livestock raising
bmt it takes the man who under
stands his business to get it out.
Experiments have proved that silage
is not only good for the dairy COW but
for the stock that is being fattened for
beef
To stop horse from gnawing. wash
the manger and rope with coal tar
This must be put on hot with an old
brush or broom
1t is folly TO invest in expensive
seed unless you are going to give the
care which will bring results and give
you a return for your investment.
We have never tried it. but a man
easily gotten rid Of by shooting off
balf stick OF dynamite in the hole
The agricultural department has
Just issued pamphlet on deer farm
ing which suggests the possibilities of
new and growing feature of stock
raising.
The wood lot handled right can be
made source of income and profit
The government will be glad to give
you needed advice as to methods of
treatment
Many a scrub animal is dignified by
The term grade. The progeny Of grade
animals belong to the scrub class
The sire of the animal entitled to the
ter,n grade must be of pedigree stock.
Warts in horses can be treated sue
cessiully. it is said. by rubbing the
warts until they bleed, and then rub
bling them with saleratus. Repeat the
operation few times and the warts
viii he gone
The moultins hens should not be
expected to lay and because the egg
yield is cut down do not feel that food
should be iessened. Remember that
the growing OF feathers is a greater
TAX upon the fowl than egg production.
Bring your hens through the molting
season strong and well and you will
not want for eggs later.
tural college reports that Pedros Es-
te!la, a three-year-old pure bred Jer-
sey COW. has Just completed a years
official record of L ,063 pounds Of milk
and 6O5.9 pounds of butter-fat This
is S7.9 pounds of fat above the next
best Jersey record for COW of this
age. This hreeyear-old cow has pro-
duced more than five average Missouri
cows the past year. This record
shows the remarkable development of
the modern dairy COW.
The horse owner occasionally has
horse that develops colds. distemper
and lung trouble. and will be inter-
eSted in the prescription of an old
horseman who says he has used 1t for
over 40 years upon his horses and
that his father. IA horse doctor of the
old-fashioned school. used it many
years before his time. He says that
the remedy is perfectly safe and there
is no danger from giving little over
the regular dose. The prescription is
as follows: Oil pine tar. one pint:
nl oraganum. one ounce: powdered
blood root. one ounce: powdered
eleCampane root, one ounce. Dose, one
tablespoonful from three to five times
day, placed well back of the tongue
farmer who believes in the garden
adjunct to the farm put out this chal-
iengc: If anyone wants to know the
value of a quarter of an acre of ground
let him put up against the products of
that much garden the price he pays
for vegetables from the last OF June
10 the last OF September. In our gar
den we raise enough for two large fam
lies. AS a return for our labor We
have sweet corn. potatoes. sweet pota-
toes. tomatoes. cabbage. radishes, kohl
-abi, beans. peas. o6ions. cucumbers,
canta ioupes. lettuce. rhubarb, beets
and several kinds OF berries. AS fast
as one thing Is gone others come on to
take its place. Late planting Of Gu
cumbers, cabbage. potatoes and tur-
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