The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-09-15
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Delayed meals increase the house
wife's burdens.
Penned hogs will not be as profit
able as those on pasture.
Don't monkey with the runts in the
poultry yard. 1t don't pay.
Ashes for the pigs help to make
good strong bony framework.
Cleanliness is one of the essentials
of successful chicken raising.
Market your own eggs and make
the profit the commission man would
get from you.
Beekeepers favor buckwheat as a
cover crop. as 1t not only provides
humus for the soil but good feeding
ground for the bees.
Be sure that the water used in rims
ing the butter is absolutely pure. II
at all uncertain as to the quality Of
your supply. boil the water you need
and cool before using.
How inconsistent to complain of
conditions in your district and never
pay any attention to public affairs
or use your influence or take time to
vote to have things better.
Some potato raisers make the great
mistake OF allowing the weeds to fill
their potato patch. This not only saps
the moisture, but the fertility which
should go into growing the tubers.
II the schools of your district are
not as good as they ought to be, in
terest yourself in the matter and try
to find out the reason why. 1t is
your business and your duty to do SO.
The ideal soil condition for wheat
Is when by cultivation 1t has been
pulverized and made compact The
seeds OF wheat are small and II re-
quires fine and compact soil to settle
about them for proper termination
and the establishment of a good root
rstem to carry the plants success
danger of making wheat ground soil
too fine OF too compact. especially in
q dry fall. Extra v-rk in this mat
ter pays we'll. Young wheat growers
are apt to slight the work Of prepar-
ing the wheat seeded. believing that
light working is enough. The older
and more experienced wheat grower
knows that the soil must be worked
well and that when 1t seems to be
worked down and in good condition
II should receive one or two more
borrowings or similar workings.
A combined ice house and milk
room make an ideal arrangement
The milk room section should be well
lighted and well ventilated and OF
convenient size. the size depending
upon the amount of milk and cream
to be handled. There should be room
for the separator. On one side of
the room there should be a cooling
tank. high enough to permit nearly
the full depth Of the can to be i'm
mersed in water and wide and long
enough to permit a number of cans
to stand beside one another sideways
as well as lengthwise In the tank.
This will prevent tipping and the
splitting Of milk and cream will be
obviated. All of the water pumped
for the stock should be made first to
run through the milk cooling tank.
The inlet Of the water pipe should be
at one end of the tank and the outlet
to the stock tank at the other. Milk
and cream should be put into this
water in the winter as well as in the
ysummer. This quickly cools the milk
and prevents 1t from freezing. The
can may be weighted down SO that
the surface of the milk in the can is
a few inches below the surface of the
water in the tank. By stirring the
cream occasionally with a cream stir
rer. quick cooling will be facilitated.
and the cream will be more uniform
in its consistency.
In reference to eliminating the rat
pest from the farm and preventing
the serious damage which they cause
yearly, government bulletin sug-
gests the following methods: 1. Pro
lection of our native hawks. owls, and
smaller predatory mammals-the nat
ural enemies Of rats 2. Greater clean
illness about stables, markets. gro
Gerry stores. warehouses, courts. al
legs, and vacant lots in cities and vii
lagos, and like care on farms and
suburban premises. This includes the
storage OF waste and garbage in tight
Iy covered vessels and the prompt dis
posal of 1t each day. 3. Care in the
construction OF buildings and drains
SO as not to provide entrance and re-
treats for rats. and the permanent
closing of all rat holes in old houses
and cellars. 4. The early thrashing
and marketing OF grains on farms. SO
that stacks and mows shall not fur
nish harborage and food for rats. 5.
Removal of outlying straw stacks and
piles of trash or lumber that harbor
rats in the fields. 6. Rat proofing of
warehouses, markets. cribs, stables
\and granaries for storage of provi-
sions. seed grain and feedstuffs. 4.
Keeping effective rat dogs. especially
in city warehouses. s. The systemat-
fc destruction of rats. whenever and
wherever possible. by (a) trapping,
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