The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-04
MI FARM
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Think right II you would walk
right.
Charcoal is good for the hens, es-
pecially In hot weather.
Lime wash all the stables. 1t will
make them sweet and clean.
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The cleaner the poultry house the
less trouble there will be with pests
and diseases.
There are always two sides to the
farm help questionable helps side as
well as that Of the farmer
Screened stables and generous use
Of the spray will help you through the
summer without much loss in the milk
fo~.
Don't get in the habit of dosing your
animals. Provide good care and good
feed and there will be little need to
dope them.
Provide good screens for the house
II you have not already done so. The
day of the old cloth mosquito netting
should be past for most farmers.
Pigs in the orchard will pick up all
the windfalls and perform double
service. They will destroy the in.
furious insect life and they will also
grow fat on the fruit.
The floor to the hay NOV should be
tight so that the dust and seeds
from the hay cannot sift through
cracks down upon the backs and into
the eyes Of the horses and other stock.
Let it be a rule Of the farm that
nothing shall go to waste. Provide
way by which everything is used to
the best advantage, and there will be
no trouble about keeping the bank ac-
punt growing.
dust or gum on the trunks near the
ground is pretty good evidence that
borers are at work. If you want to
save your trees get right after them.
Dig them out and then plug the hole
with soap or wax.
With the telephone and the mail de.
nd o,,t1 yho%
does the farmer need to smooth life's
pathway? In the country with her
wealth Of good things, with all the
comforts Of the city. that is what life
on the farm is fast becoming.
A cream thermometer costs but lit
tie but its convenience in accurately
telling you the temperature Of the
cream is almost inestimable, for the
quality Of the butter made and the
ease with which 1t is churned largely
depend upon having the cream at
the right temperature when begin
ming operations.
To mark your name upon metal,
melt tallow or beeswax upon the tool
to be marked, write your name in the
tallow or wax, being sure to scratch
clear through to the metal surface
Then pour into the letters thus made
a few drops Of nitric acid. Leave for
few minutes. Then wipe off acid
and beeswax or tallow and you will
find your tool has your name that
~on't come of.
From all reports an agricultural set
tlement experiment seems to be work
ing out successfully in Austria-Hun
gary. In order to turn the tide of en-
igration the Hungarian minister Of
agriculture secured an appropriation
for the purchase OF several thousand
acres OF good land. This was par
celed out into rural districts, with
land prices and taxes reduced to a
minimum. Model farms and villages
are now in operation and apparently
succeeding in the purpose for which
they were intended.
Wireworms are difficult to get rid
Of Prof. Singerland's experiments
at Cornell have shown that salt is ef-
fective If used in sufficient quantities,
but he found that 1t would be neces-
sary to use some six to eight tons Of
salt per acre to destroy the wire
worms, while even dressing Of 1000
pounds per acre interfered with the
termination OF wheat, and neither
drove the wire worms deeper into the
soil nor caused them to migrate to any
appreciable distance. He did find,
however, that considerable numbers
Of the adult beetles were attracted
and destroyed by fresh punches of
clover dipped in strong paris green
water. Fall plowing, however, is ef
fective in destroying many of the click
beetles, the parents of the wire
worms. which hibernate in their pupal
cells. On the whole. a short rotation
Of crops is the only method of control
hat can he unoalifiedlv recommopded