The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-23
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butter now that the cows are on pas
ture.
Alfalfa makes good food and nest.
ing for field mice. This is no reason
why you should not raise alfalfa. but
is a hint for you to be on guard
against the mice.
Sheep on the farm are a profitable
investment. Not a farm so small but
that there is room for few, and
where a few are handled the proper
ton of profit is larger than with the
large flock.
Don't be SO anxious to increase your
acreage as you are to increase the
yield its quota of profit. Some use
ready own. Intensive not extensive
farming is giving the best returns
nowadays.
. Flies will bother cattle in spite Of
anything you can do. but the pest can
be mitigated by spraying the cattle
each morning with the following mix
ture before they go to pasture: To
one gallon of kerosene oil add three
ounces of creolin and five ounces of
oil of tar. Stir these ingredients
thoroughly before using.
Three methods may be followed in
growing Strawberries: In hills, in mar
row matted rows, or in wide matted
rows. We prefer the second method.
Arrange the first strong runners by
hand, spacing them properly and Sc
curing each one in place with little
soil or a small stone. Then, when
each row is full. cut off all additional
runners that may grow. Keep the
ground hoed and cultivated until late
fall. The finished row should not be
wider than Is or IS inches.
This is the convincing way in
which an agricultural editor pleads
the cause of the calf: when you get
to the calf remember patience. He
doesn't understand your deal-wheth-
er you want to veal him, torpedo him
or nurture him. Have a prayer
learned at the maternal knee-on
your lips as you proceed. Tickle his
Shiny, avaricious nose with the tips
of your fingers. AS you become more
deeply absorbed and things are dom.
don't forget the prayer. Hypnotical-
ly, your calm state of mind will lead
bossy to the light. and humping his
timber spine, he will go for his mess
like Jap after a Russian cruiser, ris-
ing at intervals to blow the token of
his happy dip on the rim of your bib
overalls. But remember. he's calf
the same as you used to be-"
In starting in the poultry business
remember that no one can succeed
with 500 birds who cannot make 100
profitable and one who cannot make
ten fowls pay good percentage of
profit can rarely make 100 birds do as
well. 1t is the old story of intensive
and extensive farming. The methods
Applicable to the ten-acre market gar.
den do not fit the farm of hundreds
of acres; nor is the proportionate profit
lof the latter as large though the ul-
innate income is greater. The poul-
ltryman who cannot with a few hens
and a cock secure about so per cent.
profit on the Investment the first year
and 200 per cent the second year can
not expect to make the average in
come on a large flock which is COM
puted to be about $1.00 a year profit
ION each bird. There are many poul
try plants throughout the country that
average that, good years and bad but
there are also many expensive plants
that are run on so small margin of
profit that one year of losses puts
them out of business. Practically all
the big poultry plants in the country
started in a small way. Several
things are necessary to insure sue
cess. The first is the proper location
as to soil and climate, market and
shipping facilities. The right kind of
birds must be kept and in this also
location must decide.
! The practice of taking the calf away
from its mother after the second of
third day is growing in favor. being
deemed better for the calf and afford
ing larger profit from the COW. The
rule followed on the Hoard dairy farm
in Wisconsin in feeding the calf after
weaving is to continue to feed 1t the
MIX from ltS InOtHeT anu lToh luTee
to four pounds at time, depending
upon the size and condition of the
calf 1t is far better to underfeed
at this early period than overfeed.
Some feed the young calf three times
day but we feed but twice. The
milk allowance is increased as the
calf grows and is able to take more.
At the end of three or four weeks if
the calf has made good growth, some
skim milk may be added to the allow
ance. The whole milk may be gradu-
ally decreased and the skim milk
increased until the calf is receiving
all skim milk at the end of the fourth
or fifth week. When the calf reaches
three months old it should receive
eight pounds of skim milk night and
morning and some ground feed. At a
very early age the calf will begin
to eat some, if hay is put before it at
the very beginning. A little rack should
be put up in one corner of the calf's
pen and filled with good clover or
alfalfa hay. Whole oats and bran