The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-25
NlHA FARM
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For the farmers use the drafter is
the best animal to own.
Have the poultry house light and
airy and, above all, clean.
Spraying Is absolutely useless un-
less done OF the right time.
The best milk pail is the one with |
the fewest number of seams.
Hens compelled to sit upon the
ground are apt to develop rheumatism. |
Don't let the harness get stiff and |
hard. Money out of your pocket II
you do.
The orchard 10 no place for live
stock. save perhaps pigs and the
chickens.
Wellkept machinery will make the
work of the farm easier, both for the
farmer and his team.
Never mix fertilizer or manure with
lime. Work the lime into the surface
before applying the fertilizer.
The sore neck and shoulder upon
the horse Is more easily prevented
than cured. Keep close lookout
Fruit trees that. are worth place
ho 70 RI
Without care you will not get salts
factory results.
You feed and water your horse with
thoughtful care so as to keep him in
prime condition for hard work. Are
! you as careful Of your physical condi
ton, and that of the hired help?
Do little forestry work on the
farm this fall Plant patch of trees.
The nursery catalogue of the forest
service Of the agricultural department
nxV help you. Send for it to Wash
iI4 Ion, D. C.
7 Who would think to look at the
scrubby teams some farmers are con-
A tent to drive that there was one bit
of personal pride or ambition in them?
1t pays to have good team and it pays
to keep them right.
On fields where the clover crop was
! almost failure, the Ohio experiment
( station tried lining with good results.
1 The lime was burnt and then ground
and spread over the ground at the
rate of one ton per acre.
Young trees in new ground should
be the rule, for when you set out
among old trees or in ground from
which old trees have just been re-
moved, they are apt to find many enc
3 mics that will prove destructive.
The next international livestock ex-
4 position will be held at Chicago, No
/ vember % to December 10, the classifi-
cation of exhibits being practically the
same as last year. You owe it to
yourself and the boys to go. Make
i up your mind you will, and lay your
plans accordingly.
The man to be a successful breeder
of livestock must have true love and
interest in his work, and he must also
have thorough knowledge of the
pedigree of his animals. that is, he
sin Id be certain that there is real
basD for the qualities which he thinks
his stock possess.
Do you know that it is poor econo
my to save the cost of building at the
expense of heavy loss of feed stuffs?
Do you know that the hay stack win
tered out doors loses in value many
times what the interest would be on
the money invested in a building suit
able to house it? Figure it out for
yourself.
You study to provide just the right
conditions for growing the biggest
crops. Are you doing as much for
your boy? Remember he needs the
right kind Of soil to grow in and the
right kind of cultivation to develop
the best In him, and who but mother
and father should give the matter
most thought and attention?
Come now. be honest Do you know
just what your COWS are doing for you?
Ten chances to one that there are
some robber cows in your herd and
you don't know it, because you have
never kept any record Of their milk
yield. neither have you tested their
milk as to butter fat content. 1t Is
Just guess work with you. What
would you think of the merchant in
? town that was content to handle goods
. year in and year out without knowing
whether 1t was at profit or loss And
yet that is exactly what the dairy
e farmer is doing who does not know
i each individual COW and what she is