The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-12-25

The neglected calf becomes the
stunted COW.
Feed costs money. Don't let the
animals waste 1t by careless methods
Of feeding. ......
Study your iock from now ON with
view Of sorting over for mating In the
early spring.
The satisfied farmer ID the farmer
who finds satisfaction and stimulus
in doing everything we'll.
II you want to improve your farm
land put 1t down to clover. field by
neld. and pasture hogs on 1t.
Hens do not relish scratching in
damp, heavy litter. See that plenty
Of straw or leaves that are perfectly
1ry Is supplied.
Keep the henhouses clean. Great
piles Of frozen manure underneath the
perches is not very good testimonial
for the owner and not much encour-
agement for the hens to do their best.
Leaks in old shingle roofs can be
more surely fixed by the use of strips
Of tin than by using shingles. as the
latter are apt to raise the edges Of
those about 1t and make the leak
worse.
Cows that are to calve in winter or
early spring should have about six
quarts of some vegetable every day
for two weeks before calving. II this
course is pursued there will be NO
milk fever nor any other Of the many
troubles incident to calving time.
Don't let your farmers meetings
drift into mutual admiration society
in which nothing better Is talked
about than neighborhood gossip. which
pats those present on the back and
criticises the absent neighbors. Make
such meetings profitable by taking up
real farm problems and discussing
them. ....yt %.
Have you taken an inventory of the
farm yet? No business house of any
size in the world but that takes an
accounting Of its stock At the end of
the year preparatory to the new years
business. Does not the farmer need
to know what he has on hand and
what amount of business he has done
during the year before he is in shape
to intelligently begin another years
work? go. .i .-H
It's not Drawn alone which makes
for successful farming. Brains are
needed on the farm as never before.
The man who is going to reap the re-
wards which the farm can be made
to yield must be equipped for the task.
He must not only have a pretty CON-
prehensive knowledge Of the principles
governing agriculture. but he must pos
sess practical business qualities which
will enable him to market his crops
after he has raised them.
Fowls suffering from contagious
disease should be killed and buried
Lighter ailments, such as colds for in
stance, should be promptly treated,
and we know of nothing better than
quinine pill Zone grain) each night for
about week; four drops Of tincture
of aconite in half-pint of drinking
water is good remedy for a cold that
shows itself by. sneezing. When
fowl is droopy, shows loss Of appetite.
and the comb and waffle do not have
that bright look they have in health.
q family liver pill will very often
work wonders.
The foot and mouth disease, or
aphthous fever. which has been caus-
ing so much concern in the east, but
which has been held in check by the
vigorous and prompt quarantine meas
ures Of the government, is a highly
contagious fever, characterized by
eruptions Of blisters in the mouth,
around the crown Of the feet and be-
tween the toes. 1t is spread by con
tact with the diseased animals, or
with manure. hay or anything else
they have touched. or the buildings or
cars that have harbored them. Though
ordinarily considered disease of cat
tie. 1t affects hogs. sheep, goats.
horses. dogs, cats. and. sometimes, hu-
mans. The disease is seldom fatal
to humans, and is conlined chiefly to
children who have used unboiled milk
from infected cattle. In animals the
disease makes its appearance in from
three to six days after exposure to in
lection. The first symptom is chill,
followed by high fever In a day or
two small blisters about the size of a
pea appear in the mouth. The NOR
tality is usually one to three per cent,
sometimes reaching five per cent. 1t
Is more fatal in calves that have tsen |
fed cn infected milk Foul foot or
ground itch is quite common with cat
tie that stand In Nth, but this is read