The Julesburg grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1907-1972, 1909-04-30
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for the horse
Dogs and sheep raising DO no, gen.
orally harmonic very well.
Rap il good for farrening lambs.
The seed can De broadcast or drilled
IN
Tsen'y-four hours after Matching il
plenty early enough 10 begin 70 feed
the little chicks
When working in the soft ground
with the horses this spring Try work
ing them without shoes
After the Sleeps wool oyercoat is
removed be sure that they are not
exposed TO sharp, chill winds.
Keep the young stock growing right
from the Start set back Is always
hard to overcome, and proves eIpen-
Siye.
Dwarf fruit trees are large bearers
generally in proportion to their size
Fruit is easy 10 gather and the trees
do not take up much room.
Sugar peas. which are edible pods
and all. are nice thing to put in the
early garden. Cooked with pork they
make most appetizing dish
Remember that the newborn colt
must have milk during the FIRST half
hour after II is bonn and must be fed
artifciaIly II II is not able to suck the
dam.
Crushed oats, wheat bran and oil
meal makes good mixture for the
young colts TO MUNICH on. and they will
learn the trick early if given the
chance.
Have limit set to the period Of the
days work. No farmer can expect to
keep good farm help II the labor in
the fields runs from sun to sun, and
. dozen COWS to milk after dark
Farmers invite attacks OF cholera in
their swine herds by the filthy way
In which they keep the hogs II has
long since been conceded that II pays
to keep the hogs in wholesome sur
animals on the farm
drag which will do good work
hrming and leveling the soil can be
made BY boring holes Is inches from
each end OF five or six round poles
six feet in length, then stringing them
on chains by passing the chains
through the holes and letting them
come together in front where the team
is hitched. This drag will crush clods
as 1t passes over them. firm the soil
and leave it level and smooth.
The suggestion has often been made
that the bull is improved where he
is worked. With nothing but idleness
1t Is no wonder that they SO often be-
come vicious. They have nothing to
do but to study devltry. For some in
expllcable reason, they are considered
too good for any sort Of labor In this
age OF rapidly-doing things, we do not
expect to see an increase of the use
OF oxen on the farm. But we have the
bulls, and II working them will make
them more harmless, why not put
them under the Yoke
A man needs ordinary horse sense"
and willingness to learn from the
horse II he is going to make a good
hand at handling the animals. A man
10 be successful must be with horses
and be close observer of their
moods. manners and makeup. A colt
should be trained from the first mo.
ment that he is helped to his fee, II
taught to yield early to mans re-.
straint and guidance he will never
need breaking To follow his mas
ter's wishes will be second nature
Never speed colt too young. and
when he is given speed permit II for
short spurts only and as he can
bear it.
Ropy milk Is caused by a 1erment
and is due to bacteria. but It Is no,
considered an unhealthy condition, for
cheeses are nearly all made from milk
which has undergone this fermcrta.
ton. The peasants of Norway con.
slider ropy milk desirable beverage
Most people. however, object seriously
to milk with any tendency to form
threads. This trouble frequently az
fects the milk OF dairy day after day
and is removed only by the most dras.
tic measures. Outbreaks Of this nature
frequently occur in the cold months
because the bacteria OF this grour
thrive better at low temperatures than
the lactic-acid bacteria which hold
them in check under normal condi
tons. In one case 1t was found tina,
these bacteria were abundant in the
dust OF the stable. The trouble was