The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-08-12
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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 a pen.
1t is mot 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.
II you put the feet of your road
horse in a pail of water every day,
you will find they will keep sound
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 1t 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
shut in his stall. Provide good clean
yard into which he can be turned
after he has been fed and thoroughly
cleaned.
Bloody milk In cows can be RENE
Ddied by giving a pound OF Chamber
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.
Farmers make mistake when they
sell unquestioningly at the market
quotations, for they often sell below
the cost OF production. The world
must be fed, and II farmers as class
f,I att nd
toward the commission man, the ele-
vator. the creamery. or whatever
source they look to for cash, the
world would soon come to their doors
and say: What will you take?"
It is safer and better for the average
farmer to start improving his stock
with pure-b-ed sires and grading up
than to invest much money in fancy
breeding animals. The improved
breeds of live stock have all been
brought to their high state of perfec-
ton by selection. liberal feeding and
good care. and unless the farmer is
prepared to continue this treatment he
had better keep along with the COM
mon herds and focks that have be-
come more or less accustomed to hard
ships and neglect.
While opthalmia, Or eye disease in
young colts may not be permanently
cured, the trouble can lie materially
lessened by the following treatment:
Keep the colt in dark stable and
three times a day battle the eyes for
ten to 20 minutes at a time with cold
water and apply the following: Acetate
of lead, 10 grains; tincture of opium,
10 drops; water. IL onces. Apply
this to the eyes after bathing them as
above directed. In addition to this
treatment of the eyes it is good plan
to give one drachm of iodide of potas-
SUM twice a day for four days, giving
this in bran mash.
The rainy day is the farmers great
est blessing II he uses it 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 a
Few extra guards for the mower and
binder Go over the sickles and take
cut all imperfect sections, replacing
them with new. and put the sickles in
frst-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 it to account by
hauling it out and either placing it
in washy places on the farm to pre-
vent washing. or scatter IT on the land
and pillow 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. 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 he scattered over the land,
wheryAt will decay on the soil and the
richnt4s be taken up and appropri-