The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-08-07
NJ FARM
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Keep CHEEKY and half OF your
troubles will disappear.
The runty pig is poor stock to raise
and should never. be bred from.
Have you ever been able to discover
the economy of the half-starved calf?
The kind Of crops man grows is
a pretty good index to the mans
character.
A mash of two quarts Of middlings
will put the pigs in condition for mar
ket next fall.
The perfectly quiet" bull like the
unloaded revolver is always the one
that does the damage
In picking your breeder for next
years stock remember that the rooster
Is more than half the flock.
Open up a burlap bag at the seam
and throw over the COW when milking.
1t will prove big protection from the
flies and will help keep her quiet.
Alcohol, tobacco, iced-drinks. stimu.
iating food and strong tea and coffee
Increase the effects OF the hot
weather
The shiftless farmer is half glad OF
the break in the machine that takes
him to town where he can loaf and
gossip for half day.
The farmer who loves the soft side
of his bed in the morning more than
he does a soft bed for his crops. Is the
farmer who never discovers that farm
ing pays.
Clean out the horse stalls every day.
Shake out the bedding, removing the
stained litter and putting the rest on
a rack to dry and air. Then sweep
out the stall SO it will get dry.
She Was Hard Milker.-Summer
Boarder-"How much milk does that
COW you are milking give?" Perspir-
ing and Overworked Milker-"She
don't give none. What yer get yer got
to work hard fer
Better to try, and in the trying make
mistakes than not to try at all The
farmer that is not ready to expert
ment with new methods and new
crops even though his first attempts
are partial failure, is the farmer who
never improves.
Wire fences increase the danger to
stock from lightning, but this danger
can be almost entirely overcome by
cunning a wire which Is in contact
with all the wires of the fence into the
ground. Such wires should be placed
at about every tenth to fifteenth post
Pigs In the clover is no joke. neith-
er Is 1t puzzle. The puzzle is that
any farmer should try to raise pigs
without giving them pasturage. and the
Joke. II joke there be, is on the fellow
whose hogs are not ready for market
when they should be. 1t pays to keep
the pigs growing. and good pasturage
with grain feed IS the thing that will
do the turn
The figures of the experts that
$1,000 worth OF wheat sold off the
farm disposes of $24O worth Of the
farms fertility: $1,000 worth of beef
sold of the farm takes $S5 worth of
fertility; in pork. $50; in horses, s35:
In milk, $110. while $1,000 worth of
butter sold off the farm robs it of only
SIPS worth of fertility. No comment
is necessary. Those figures preach
their own sermon.
Dairy farmers will watch with much
interest the model dairy farm estab-
lished BY tie Kansas Experiment sta
ton, where series Of yearly expert
ments will be carried on to ascertain
how many COWS can profitably be kept
on AZ acres. The dairy herd has been
reduced somewhat and Prof Kendall
wishes to build up the herd largely
with Guernsey and Ayrshire breeds, as
lie QeeluS luelll naTuN ana adapted to
Kansas conditions. and also excellent
dairy breeds. The entire AZ acres has
been in blue grass and ISL acres have
been plowed and these plots will be
used as follows: Plot l. &c acres for
corn slage; plot .. 3.5 acres for corn
for soiling feeding as CUT: plot 3,
three acres for cowpeas for hay: plot
I. five acres for later corn silage
From 1l.6 acres he expects to have
enough silage to fill two S0-ton silos
AS he cuts the corn from plot he will
sew part to cowpeas sowing all of this
plot to alfalfa In early September. A
part of plot l or will also be sowed
To alfalfa and next year five acres will
be taken from the "a acres of pasture
and put in corn for silage. The idea
Is to limit the pasture area and add tc
the acreage for soiling, ensilage and
aifalfa.