The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-12-25

oools- All your machinery Aoase4!
Cowpeas make good feed for hogs
and other stock and do the land good.
TOO.
Money in peaches If the right trees
are planted and planted in the right
place.
Provide lots of litter for the hens.
Keep them busy and they will be
more apt to lay.
Founders in horses can be cured, 1t
10 said, by administering . large table
spoonful Of powdered alum. Try It,
H. the rich prairie soil apple trees
are apt to grow too much to tree. 1t
the expense of its fruiting qualities.
Every year in which the garden 10
fer'ilized and the ground worked 1t be.
comes richer and more capable of
growing crops.
To free cattle from lice, sprinkle
with wood ashes. rub with sulphur
ointment or whale-oil, or with petro.
leum emulsion.
Some farmers who have tried II
think that the best way to get land
In condition for alfalfa is to grow q
crop or two Of cowpeas.
Now is the time to make up your
mind what kind and how many trees
you will set out in the spring. OF
course you are going to set out some.
If the wound left by the removal
OF the large limb is not covered with
paint or wax it will decay in 4 few
years and cause bad place in the
tree.
Not SO much danger Of overlooking
the poultry At this season of the year
~ there was during the summer.
Feed liberally II you want to get the
eggs.
Heavy draft teams are not for fast
road travel. See that your hired help
does not run them on returning home
from town after the delivery of the
load.
Too much earth In sacked potatoes
ts Judged az adulteration by Kansas
officials. We've heard of sand in
sugar but sand with potatoes is = new
adulteration.
Be sure of the clover seed you buy.
Some farmers in Ohio have suffered
the past season through sowing Eng
lish clover seed which was sold them
for red clover.
The cheap cotton gloves are q boon
for the farm work, folks. Buy them
by the dozen pairs. They're cheaper.
and In this way you always have =
supply on hand.
Tile the land and drain OF the sur
plus water which. IL allowed to re.
main, will sour the land, and when
evaporated leave the land hard and
unfit to grow a crop.
Every thing pertaining to the dairy
business will find place at the dairy
show at Chicago in December. Some
Of the finest stock ever before shown
will be on exhibition.
Doctoring stock Is seldom satisfac-
tory or profitable Better see that by
proper care and feed they are kept
healthy. An ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure
Live steam is the best thing with
which to scald milk utensils. but
where such is not to be had scalding
water will do. but be sure that it is
hot to the scalding point.
that cream should not be kept over
four days before churning either sum-
mer or winter. Cream a week old
makes butter a week old.
The farmer who is content to work
his horses with ill-fitting collars, Is the
farmer who is always doctoring sore
and finding that his horses
can only pull half a load
In your feeding arrangements have
it SO that each animal has an equal
chance at the feed Prevent crowding
by feeding the sheep in racks with
partitions for each animal.
AS soon as any animal shows signs
Of sickness separate from the rest and
put on short rations and watch close.
a day or two on short
rations will straighten them up.
A dog with only bark and big
appetite has no proper place on any
farm. but a good dog trained to be Of
l.