The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-12-18


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Yes cannot s1ord to pst higA-priced
ese6 ioto sesuhs.
Keep posted o. the market prices sf
eeesale anA produce.
Ths Dass nseA sxsrciss. An sxle
yard Wiu not give Il to then.
- tAet your crops do Do< suffer
! frsa eeld. vet ''fset". by draining ~
lad.
TAs GOD farmer d not always tie
goo1 busissss naA. How u Il with
you?
The manure that u allowed 10 &C.
cumulats IN the pile will lose absut
30 Per esat. OF it, value.
Cool the milk - sooa after draw.
ing - ID possible. This applies to
winter - well ~ summer.
The eurried horse 10 healthier. and
utilisss more Of the feed given to him
than tie uncared-for animal.
The early hatched pullets ought to
b laying now. Fsed them up and
Get them INTO the earning class -
soon - possible.
Protect the young trees in the or
chard fron rats. mice and rabbits. A
shield Of tar paper will prove quite
effective II well put on.
Variety 10 the spice Of life." and
that 10 . good rule to apply to crops.
Rotation 10 the thing. Work out some
plan to begin ON next year.
Shut-in poultry should be provided
with plenty Of exercise. Feed the
grain in deep litter and make them
scratch for every bit they get. They
will enjoy 1t better.
The completion of the 500. 900 agri-
cultural building BY the Missouri
state college next September will
mark another advance step in . farm
education in that state.
OF course all the farm machinery
has been properly cleaned and housed
before this, and yet We cannot help
but fear that some neglectful farmer
has forgotten. This is by way Of re-
minder.
Now IL the time Of year to take &C.
count of things. and see where you
stand. Figure out what your crops
and your stock are worth, try and es-
innate the expenses of the year and
then strike = balance. Such figuring
will make Of you more careful farm
er, and will make you search out
many . leakage In farm methods.
! The easiest and cheapest way OF
supplying nitrogen to the soil is by
the growing of leguminous crops.
Without this element you cannot pro
duce good crops of any kind. Re-
member this ard lay out a system Of
crop rotation which includes the grow
ing of clover or other leguminous crop
upon the land once In every four or
ave years.
1t depends entirely upon the soil
and its condition as to what kind Of
fertilizer it needs. Some soils need
lining. Others do not. Some need to
be built up in humus. some need phos-
phate, others are sadly deficient In
nitrogen. By the application Of manure,
special fertilizers and the growing OF
leguminous crops there is no soil but
which can be built up to high state
of productivity.
It's the farmer that's got the money.
Here is what a western banker says:
81 don't know what We will do with
their accumulations when the corn
crop is gathered. A few years ago.
nearly all the money loaned by the
banks to farmers was to live on or
to carry over their mortgage interest.
At that time, hardly any money was
borrowed by business men. To-day
the business interests are the borrow
ers, and it is the farmers surplus
wealth which is loaned to them"
Here is the conversation which took
place between q certain farmer and
his friend over a COW which was val
ued very highly and illustrates what
false notions some men have as to the
real money value Of a good COW
What is that COW WORTH was asked
n they were looking the animal over.
Five hundred dollars" With look
Of astonishment in his face the other
replied: Il wouldn't give that for the
best COW on earth" Now last spring
We happened to know that he paid
$500 for . nice team Of horses. That.
->xl ~ r{Uhto Then We