The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18

Farm rl7ch!aery makes poor orna-
ments along the roadside.
1t is very important TO separate the
cockere's from the pullets now.
Let III. garden area be only as large
as you can enrich thoroughly and
work well
1t is the deeply enriched soil which
is the best drought resistant And it
is the well-drained soil which can be
enriched 10 the greatest depth.
There is an advantage in putting
angora goats in the same pasture with
sheep. as they are said TO protect the
sheep from dogs and eat brush mostly.
Raising crops is only half of the
farm problem. There must be profit
able utilization of the crops, either as
food for livestock or as grain for the
market.
The demand of nut products seems
to be constantly on the increase, and
the imports are growing larger each
year. In this there is strong hint to
the farmer
Have you a COW testing association
in your sectiono Such an organization
will help you to find out what your
cows are doing for you at small eX-
pense comparatively.
See that the farm machinery is
treated right when in use and again
do not neglect it when it is lying idle.
See that it is properly housed. Clean
and oil 1t before putting it up.
Don't let the garden go to weeds
after the first crops are taken off.
Keep it covered with something worth
growing in the late summer if moth
ing more than pea vines. which will
have to be plowed under later. They
will prove an excellent fertilizer.
Give the calves you are raising on
skim milk a little grain feed regular
ly and watch them grow. A few hand
fuls Of oats do not cost much and the
calves pay for it well 1t keeps the
bowels in condition and puts on sound
meat and bone
Select the seed corn in the fall
rather than in the spring. as not only
can better corn be selected then and
with reference to the stalk on which
it was grown. but also it will be pos
sible TO give it better care and SO pre-
serve its terminating qualities.
A good temporary roostng coop for
the chickens can be made six feet
long and three feet wide with
double pitched roof extending well
over the sides and ends. The sides
may be Slated. Burlap may be
stretched around them to keep out
storms in bad weather and if rats are
troublesome the Stats may be covered
with fine mesh wire netting.
Too much cropping and too little
manure is the curse of many farm.
1t is a short-sighted method which
finally leaves the farmer stranded
upon an impoverished soil that he can
not make living upon and which he
cannot sell. The only salvation for
such a farmer is to start keeping live
stock and keeping as many as the land
will support. The regular application
of manure and a crop rotation will re-
deem in time the most rundown farm.
The farm is factory where goods
are produced for the market. Business
principles which govern the factory
in the city must control in the factory
In the country. There must be knowl-
edge of what the market wants and
when it wants it; selling produce
where there is the most demand and
the least supply: the art of decreas-
ing the cost of production; of finding
out just what the cost of production
is and the study of market conditions
W uVilut "udL We Call ana cannot
protitably raise
Here is the way one farmer in.
creased the productivity of his orchard
from Il to over 200 bushels. He re
duced the tops of the trees one-fonrth,
then in the fall he plowed between
the trees. After manuring well he
planted corn, beans and pumpkins,
and harvested a nice crop of each
The next spring he repeated the same
form of cultivation. and that year in
addition to the good crops of corn
beans and pumpkins harvested 20
bushels of good apples. The next
spring he manured for the third time
and planted potatoes which did not do
we'll. bu. he harvested $50 bushels OF
fine apples from the orchard.
AT the last meeting of the New Eng