The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-01-20

Begin the education of the colt at an
early age.
The half broken horse is a menace
to himself and those who would drive
him.
1t has often been said there is more
guess work in dairying than in any
other department of farm work.
Don't fondle and pet the young colt.
Treat him kindly but firmly, and have
him come to look for some little tit-bit
when you call him.
The farm without a good orchard is
lacking in one of the most important
conditions for the comfort of the fam
lily and the profit of the farmer.
A stubborn man is apt to make a
stubborn horse. No man ever ought to
try to break a colt who is not master
of himself. 1t requires patience to do
the trick, but 1t pays in the end.
Keep the stalls clean. Horses can.
not rest on corn cobs and other rub
bish any more than could you. Give
clean straw or sawdust and be sure
there are no hard Jumps underneath.
Why not get pair of scales, Bah
cock tester and score sheet and keep
track of what each cow is doing in
the way of milk yield? 1t is the only
way you will ever be able to weed
out the Improbable COWS.
Do not forget to give the chickens
green food during the winter. Any.
thing in the way of roots is good.
Try a turnip nailed to a board, or a
beet or carrot hung from the ceiling
and far enough from the floor to give
the hens little exercise in pecking
at the swinging vegetable.
Ground corn with the cob makes the
best feed for stock, for pure corn meal
is too heavy, but the ground cob gives
it the right bulk to overcome this.
Besides feeders have learned not to
grind as fine as they used to. Crack
ing the kernel from five to seven times
is the standard rule, which mushes the
cob fine enough to make it palatable.
The government had on exhibition
at the Omaha corn show still for
the making of denatured alcohol out
of corn waste and potatoes. 1t was
in charge of DR.. II. 7. Sawyer of the
bureau of chemistry and proved of
great interest to the farmers, who 1t
Is fair to assume will one of these
days be running their gas engines. au-
tomobiles and the kitchen ranges with
the stuff that used to be practically
thrown away.
The planters of orchards should bear
in mind that the reason for cultivating
corn, trees, or any other crop is not
merely to keep the weeds down, but
also to maintain the soil in a loose,
friable condition so air can circulate
freely and thus supply the oxygen
needed for the roots as well as by the
soil bacteria, to prevent unnecessary
evaporation from the soil and to
maintain 1t in a porous condition so 1t
can soak up every drop of rain that
falls on it.
A bushel of unslacked lime placed in
the cellar is recommended to absorb
excess of moisture in the cellar in
which fruits and vegetables are stored.
1t will absorb limited amount but
good cellar drain together with good
ventilation will take care of ground
water. 1t is a good thing to air the
cellar on mild days in winter, closing
the openings at night. The ventilators
may safely be left open for several
hours when the outside temperature is
several degrees below freezing.
The soy bean is coming into general
use where its value is known and ap-
preciated as a supplement to corn in
producing market hogs. In a previous
bulletin the results show that the
gains were much more rapid and
cheaper, and that the profits were also
greater where ration of corn and
soy bean meal was used in COMPARE
son with one of corn and tankage un-
der conditions prevailing at that time.
The reports from other stations which
have used them have been very favor
able.
Thinning fruit on trees is an excel
lent practice. 1t is well-known fact
that the fruit tree will set more fruit
than 1t is capable of supporting and
bringing to perfection. To aid nature
in its work. growers should take away
the extra fruit. The vitality of the tree
is used up by the number of seeds 1t
1t permitted to ripen, not by the size
of the fruit. 1t is readily seen that
by removing some of the fruit we con-
serve the fertility of the land, as well
as aid the tree to properly mature the
remaining fruit. A tree that has thus
been thinned will bring forth more
fruit per bushel than other trees. and
beside this, the fruit from thinned
trees is superior in color. size and
quality. Such thinning should not be
done, however, until the natural drop
of the fruit is over.