The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-06-20

Sour milk fed to the chickens will
be returned TO you in more eggs.
1. Arrange the stock buildings 70 ~
to minimize the work Of caring for
the animals.
It will pay you to have feed mill
II you are feeding from 20 to IS bush
els Of grain week.
Be on the lookout for new ideas.
Little danger that you will ever know
too much about farming.
AZ the American farmer il known
abroad-"American butter" IL the
name given in Syria to oleomargarine.
overfeed or underfeed. irregular
feeding or improper feed are mistakes
to be avoided II stock raising Is to
prove profitable.
BE careful and do not let the young
horses strain themselves under the
heavy spring work. An injury done
will be hard to overcome.
Use q spring wagon when hauling
fruit or vegetables. II you haven't
one get the springs for your farm
wagon to be used when needed.
Make up your mind now that next
winter you will take that short course
at tho agricultural college which you
had half mind to try this year. but
Just didn't.
Fodder which is scattered on the
ground and run over by the sheep II
practically waste. for they will not
touch 1t. although perhaps suffering
from hunger.
Not had idea as the horses como
into the hard work of the spring tn
clip them. A heavy coat Of wet hair
is not very comfortable in cold
spring breeze.
Never think of marketing thin
horse. Tho food 1t will take to put
him in good flesh will more than come
back to you in the better price you
will get for the animal.
Take q day on sometime and work
out . scheme whereby you can sell
some of your produce direct to the
consumer rather than paying most Of
the profit to the commission man.
In pan-raised cream you have the
pans to wash and where separator II
used you have the separator to wash.
Where II the difference? This for
those to answer who object to the sep
arator because Of the work Of wash
ing it.
Don't go Into the hog raising bust
ness Just because you think . mud
hole and = trough full Of slop II all
that IL needed to produce marketable
animals. Right kind of care and right
kind of feed are necessary to profit
able hog raising.
The two important elements in feed
are the proteids, or tissue forming ele-
ments. and carbohydrates. or fat
formers. In breeding and growing
stock thought should be had for the
foods rich In protein, ~ clovers. milk.
oats, vegetables and wheat middlings.
A good carriage horse will bring
from 5000 to $500 in almost any horse
market, while scrubs that cost almost
as much to raise will bring only half
that sum. While you are in the horse
raising business breed to . good sire
and get an animal that il worth
while.
The wise dairyman need not fear tn
berculosis provided he systematically
nights 1t. Test the herd at least once
year and remove those found to b
infected. Receive no new stock that
has not passed the test. This method
il absolutely safe. 1t can be con-
tracted only by contact with diseased
animals.
Put in the raw material and BRING
forth the finished product is what tho
farmer does when he fertilisss his
soil and cultivates It and grows his
crop. Such farmer is in profitable
manufacturing business. But he who
takes from the soil and puts nothing
in the place Of the crop removed 10
like the miner taking riches from the
ground and making no return.
Asparagus and rhubarb need lots Of
manure, and scarcely too much can BE-
applied to the soil. Whatever may
be said concerning the typhoid bacil.
lus in horse manure and Its dangers
to strawberries. certain 1t II that It
does not apply to rhubarb and aspara-
gus. for the latter plants are cooked
hefora afin3 m that any Rerma which