The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-12-04

The essential thing In keeping sweet
p0aatoes is dryness.
Cold nights and frosty grass never
put pound of flesh on any animal.
Well groom the horse and he will
work we'll for you; neglect him and
he will prove an Indifferent servant.
Go slow with the new variety OF
fruit tree. the new breed of stock, the
seed of the new variety of grain. Test
them out first.
Growing crops on the land in the
summer should be followed In the win
ter by the growing of crops of beef
and pork and mutton In the barns.
Oil meal is good for the horses. 1t
keeps them In good condition and
makes their coat soft and sleek. Give
q handful to each horse once day.
While sheep do not need as warm
housing as other stock, they must
be kept dry. both under foot and over
head. Keep the sheep stables well
cleaned.
An excellent plan in handling sheep
10 to provide well-protected yards into
which they may be turned on fine
days, and have shed for the stormy,
olustery weather.
Put the unthrifty-appearing ewes by
themselves and give little extra
feed. Perhaps they are suffering from
the greed of the bosses in the flock
and are not getting full ration.
Sweet potatoes are packed in ven
tilated barrels for shipment just as
are apples. They must be packed
snugly and the cover pressed on SO
as to make sure that there will be no
shifting in the barrel.
A cheap field shelter for sheep and
cattle can be made by erecting a
framework Of poles supported by posts
set in the ground, over and around
which q straw stack can be placed,
leaving the south side open.
It is not enough to know how much
each COW is producing but how much
the production has cost. To do this
you must not only weigh and test the
milk, but keep account of the feed
and estimate its cost to you.
There is more clean money in win
ter dairying than In summer dairying.
With = silo to provide succulent feed.
and cows freshening in the fall and
winter, the highest returns can be
counted ON from the herd. No flies to
bother In the winter time.
Don't let pals of milk stand In the
barn while all the cows are being
MIXED. Remove it at once and get
the separator at work upon 1t while
1t is warm. Cool the cream as soon
as possible. Never mix warm cream
with that which has been cooled.
Green scum which collects on stand
ing water and in stock tanks is caused
by thread like plant called spirogyra.
Cleaning tanks once a month will
keep them free from the trouble.
Some use a spray on the tanks made
up of six rer cent. solution Of copper
sulphate.
A farmer who has seen wash water
and dish water impregnated with soap
and dirt fed to hogs raises the ques-
tion Is to whether such diet Is health
full. Such water is the best kind of
fertilizer, but We doubt whether it
does the hogs any good. Stops which
contain food scraps and the liquid
leavings from the kitchen are of
course different and provide the hogs |
with food clements which are good
that Is II the slops are not allowed
to sour and spoil before feeding.
The president of Bowdoin college
declares that the county fair as at
present conducted has outlived its
usefulness and has degenerated into
an immoral exhibition at which crooks
and gamblers play the star parts. We
wonder what fair he attended this
year? There may be county fairs
which come within the scope of his
criticism. and il there are such it is
indeed high time that reform was
instituted. but the fairs we have come
in touch with have been of a decided
ly educational character, the exhibi-
tions Of fine stock. farm. garden and
orchard produce. and of farm machin.
cry being better than ever. Amuse-
ments Of a clean. wholesome sort have
eheir rightful place at every fair and
provide the farmers and their families
with the stimulating recreation that
they need. However, too much care
cannot be exercised by fair officials
in seeing that Objectionable features