The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-23

Dig the borers out of the trees.
Be 4 progressive, if you know what
that means.
The ram should be pastured away
from the ewes
The good horse will sell himself.
Why raise any other?
Leaks in the barn and the hsuse
roofs should be fixed right away.
Before taking the colt from the am
be sure he has learned to eat grain.
II you have not already done SO,
do not delay to cut the asparagus tops
and burn.
The crop of children is just as i'm
portant looking after and cultivating
as the field crops
Think of the fruit season next year
~'Ai,A Si'C t'V DuStlSo anu tiSeS tllt az
tention they need.
Provide the dust bath for the hens
before the ground freezes and 1t is
impossible to get the dust
In deciding what fruits to grow on
the farm be governed by those va:ie-
ties which do well in your locality.
Pin money for the farmer and his
family would be more plentiful if the
chickens were managed more intelli-
gently.
Now is the time to go through The
orchards and vineyards and pich CO.
coons and egg clusters from the frees
and vines.
Good care of the work horses a!
ways pays. The seasons hard work
should be Offset by better care and
better feed.
| The old corn crib can be made rat
and mice proof by lining with wire
netting. The cost Of netting is more |
than offset by the saving in corn.
The manure from COW is worth |
about S. year il hauled out to the |
field at once; about So as handled on
the average farm. Do you see the |
point?
The suspicious noise in the hen
house may be a weasel at work. Find |
out, rout out and kill if you possibly |
can. If you don't, rest assure Mr.. |
Weasel will
Dirt hauled on the roads ms.ans
muddy roads next spring Do r,ad
tlling and dragging in the spring
Then in the fall supplement- the work
by good dragging again.
improvements continue to be mad,
In the milking machines, so that now
several seem to be doing satisfactory
work. Where 25 Or more COWS are
kept the machines prove profitable.
Clean up the orchards, burn all rub
b1sh and you will not only destroy
many insect pests, but will remove
lurking places for mice who would
10 INJURY to the trees during the win
ter time.
knowing how much the COWS src
giving in milk, and knowing how much
1t costs to produce it, are two differ
ent things. But the second is more
important than the first in carving
on profitable darying.
An all-around good fertilizer is
made up of 500 pounds of nitrate of
soda, 200 of good bone, 200 of acid
phosphate, 100 of muriate of potash.
apply at the rate of 200 to 300 pounds
per acre. This is Prof. Voorhees, for
mula.
Paralysis III pigs if not of long
standing may be helped and even
overcome by giving three drops of the
fuld extract of nux vomica in u
drops OF the Oil of gaulthera. and a s
tablespoonful of codliver oil twice a
dhv lol several weeks. {
Store onions in a loft, rather than
IN cellar, as in the latter place they
are apt to sprout. A few parsnips y
can be well kept in the cellar bv put r
ting in moist sand. Don't pull them /
all, though. for freezing sweetens
them. Potatoes should be stored in n
bins.
II You do not want to keep the cab r
bagc in the cellar try this method:
Select the driest place in the patch,
pull up the cabbages and stand close n
ly together, heads down. Cover with g
SCH from fVe to six inches, thinly at "
1,rst, so they will not heat, covering Il
only enough to prevent freezing as o