The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-03-13
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Do your best and be lucky.
A good farmer is one who under
stands his trade and works at it.
Put the brood sows by themselves
when they begin to get pretty large.
Next seasons work will go OFF |
smoother if you think out the tasks
ahead
Keep the barn clean the COW clean,
feed clean food and then see that che
milker is clean.
Dairying is the one branch in which
no man should engage who has not 4
real liking for cows.
The COWS are entitled to as good
care as that given the horse, and are
just as appreciative of such treat
ment.
AS far as is possible seeds and nur-
sery stock should be produced in the
localities where they are to be planted
and grown
which will do best under the condi
tions your place affords. and which
will find the readiest market.
Clean milk means more than the
handling of the milk after it comes
from the barn All the care in the
world cannot atone for carelessness
by the milker
The successful poutryman is the
man who knows his flock SO well as
to be constantly wedding out the cnlls
and droncs, and marketing them to
pay their overdue board bill.
Pure water on the farm. Have you
got it? 1t may look clear and good
but are you sure the well is SO locat-
ed that it is not being contaminated
by surface water or some other
agency
The soiled and dirty clothing worn
about the farm during the day should
not be worn when the milking Is
done. Have an extra suit of overalls
which are used only for milking. and
which are washed often.
Different crops require different
degrees of moisture. Tho potato needs
a great deal of water in its growth;
oats, it is said. come next, then wheat,
then corn. then sugar beets and old
alfalfa. red clover, timothy and Eng
lish rye grass follow in the order
named
G%::ing even with the automobile
lists Seems TO me a man of your
standing in the community ought to
drive a. better-lOoking horse" criti-
cally remarked the Cleveland Plain
Dealers funny man to the old farm
er. Il won't trade him for the fast
est roadster in the hull country" said
lust what to do when he meets an
auttymobile. He cavorts arounr an
topples over an breaks up a dollars
wuth O. buggy shaft an mebby 50
cents wuth of harness. an III bet I've
collected much as 'leven hundred dol.
lars from the auttymobile owners. The
old hoss is all right
The National Corn Growers assCcia.
tion will work during the coming sea
son for the encouraging of the i'm
provement of corn by breeding, dis
seminating information regarding the
best methods of soil culture and farm
management for corn, encouraging the
holding of a national corn exposition
annually by stimulating interest in
corn culture in undeveloped territory,
unifying methods and standards of
corn Judging so far as possible. secur-
ing the adoption of uniform classiiica
tion for corn exhibits and rules gov.
erning exhibits, encouraging the de
ve!opment and uses of corn products |
and opening up home and foreign mar
kets through education regarding the !
use of Indian corn and corn products |
as food for man and beast.
Experimental farms of one acre each
in every section of four of the western |
agricultural states is the plan which .
has been proposed by Congressman
Scott of Kansas. chairman of the
house committee on agriculture. His
involves the establishment
Of 100 experimental farms of one acre
each in every county in four western
agricultural states to give the farmers
a practical demonstration of the best
methods of growing different kinds of
crops. 1t is proposed that the lands
for this purpose be furnished by the
farmers themselves and that they do
the work of cultivation under the di-
rection of the experts of the depart
i Il.