The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-30

unpTepdTeu.
Sow some rye. 1t makes fine chick
| en- pasture all winter.
Weather-beaten. unpainted buildings
are no credit to the farm.
Sell off the surplus chickens. and
thus save on feed and trouble.
Improve your soil by putting humus
into it by every possible means.
The unthrifty chick offers the favor
able soil in which to grow the roup
germ.
The farmer who is eager to get
other folks thinks is apt to be a
thinker himself.
An office for the farmer! Why not?
Good place to keep his books, ac-
counts, seed catalogues, etc.
Virgin soil should have certain
amount of cultivation with crops be-
fore being set out to fruit trees.
The best feed for making muscle is
oats, the best for fat building is corn,
the best for milk production is silage.
The only louse the poultryman can
afford to have around is the dead
louise. See that that is the only kind
you keep.
Make friends with the new ideas.
Don't let them run away with you
but harness them and make them
work for you.
| Did you attend the fair? If not, have
you a reason that will justify you with
your conscience and square you with
your neighbors?
| Always sort fruit intended for mar
ket Firstclass fruit mixed in with
that of inferior quality always sells
for less than 1t would had it been kept
by itself
Get in line with few trap nests
and test out the hest of the pullets.
Then use their eggs for Matching next
spring and thus begin the improve
ment of your flock.
Put new planks in the approaches to
the barn before the horse gets his
foot through the cracks made by the
decayng of the edges of the board and
causes himself serious injury.
Plow the ground this fall that is in
tested with wirewori.a: ~'cutworms,
etc, and then let the chickens at 'em.
An occasional narrowing will keep
the worms where the chickens can
get them.
No two horses require the same
amount of feed to keep them in good
condition. any more than do two per-
sons. Intelligent feeding must be
) based upon knowledge of the indivdu.
al traits of the animals fed
Have you tried getting a stand of
alfalfa? Prof Ten Eyck declares his
belief that alfalfa is going TO do more
for the western farmer during the
next SO years than any other crop
which he may be able to grow.
Make the acquaintance OF the Bah.
cock tester. 1t may cause you to
lose faith in some of your cows. but
the sooner a false faith is broken
| II 70 no. hn hnt
not pay its way is no friend to you.
Get rid of her
Tests made by the Indiana expert
ment station with 50 varieties of win
ter wheat showed that the best yields
in bushels per acre were obtained
from the following varieties in the
order named: Rudy. Red Wave,
Early Harvest. Tennessee Fultz, Poole.
The farmer who does not read a
| good farm paper and take the bullc-
tins of his state experiment station
cannot hope to raise the standard OF
his farming any more than the man
who takes hold of his own boot straps
can hope to raise himself from the
floor.
You have heard of the muslin cur.
tain front for poultry houses. Why
not try such covering over at least
one of the windows of your poultry
house this winter? Verdict of those
who have tried them is that the hens
are healthier and lay better where
| houses are so equipped.
Never let the cream become over
heated or overripe if you wish to pack
the butter made from it. Remember
that the best butter can only be made
from cream that is in the best of con
dition. and that the keeping quality
of butter depends upon the condition
of the cream from which it was made |