The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-08-14
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Even the seed enjoy downy, soft
bed.
The cockerels should be separated
from the pullets at this time.
Filthy hen houses are sure to prove
disastrous during the hot weather
Fasting a fowl "a hours before kill
Ing improves the flavor immensely.
Try it.
Droppings from tuberculosis cows
will give the disease to the hogs that
eat them.
Hogs and pigs that are pastured
give far better returns than those that
are shut in pen.
1t is not always the hog that is
heaviest on the squeal that pulls down
the scales the hardest
Pine tar generously applied to the
noses Of the sheep at shearing time
will prevent grub in the head
Always an important question for
the farmer to considerable improve
ment and maintenance of soil fertility.
If you put the feet of your road
horse in a pail of water every day,
xy{11 A~l mil
and healthy.
A few fresh leaves put in the crown
of the hat when working in the hot
sun will keep the head cool. Drink
little and you will feel better.
Fly time always cuts down the
profits Of the dairy. During the most
trying time it will pay to pasture at
night. You of course have already
screened your barn.
1t is nothing short Of cruelty these
hot nights to keep the work horse
81 in his stall. Provide good clean
yard into which he can be turned
cleaned.
Too cold water is not good for the
horse that has just finished long,
hard drive. And at such time remem-
ber that he should have only few
swallows of water at time until he
is thoroughly rested and cooled.
Bloody milk in COWS can be rene
died by giving pound Of Glauber
Stats and after the physic has thor
oughly worked giving an ounce OF
nitro daily for three days. Bathing
the udder in cold water after each
milking will also help.
Why don't more men 60 to goose
farming? Thousands Of acres OF land
in many Of the states which are not
now profitable might be made so By
raising geese, for they can be kept
at lower cost with less trouble than
any other domestic fowl. There Is al
ways good market for geese.
Farmers make a mistake when they
sell unquestionlngly at the market
quotations, for they often sell below
the cost of production. The world
must be fed, and If farmers as class
would adopt an independent attitude
toward the commission man, the ele-
vator, the creamery, or whatever
sNrce they look to for cash, the
~ ID would soon come to their doors
and say: What will you take?'
The rainy day is the farmers great
est blessing II he uses 1t wisely. 1t is
the time for overhauling the harvest
ing machinery and get everything in
shape for the harvest. See that all
bolts and taps are in place. Provide
few extra guards for the mower and
binder. Go over the sickles and take
out all imperfect sections. replacing
them with new, and put the sickles in
tirst.class cutting condition. They will
need to be this year. Put the oil cans
in the buggy SO that they can be filled
the next time you go to town and be
ready for use. In short, get everything
in first-class shape, for when the har-
vest comes time is worth money.
The old straw pile is unsightly and
of no profit. Turn 1t to account by
hauling 1t out and either placing it
in washy places on the farm to pre-
vent washing, or scatter it on the land
and plow it under for the making Of
humus. Wet and partially rotted
straw makes good manure either
plowed under or worked into the sur
face soil. A straw pile which Is al
lowed to rot down where 1t stands
will simply decay and float away in
the air. To be of value to the farm 1t
must be scattered over the land
where 1t will decay on the soil and the
richness be taken up and appropri
ated by growing plants. The highest
value is derived from the straw by
turning 1t under and allowing 1t to de-