The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1909-09-24

| IL piopeTly leu.
The root of a hog like the root of q
tree helps 1t to grow. therefore give
the hog chance to root
Clean water for the hens should be
the rule. Have the water dish so ar
ranged that the chickens cannot foul 1t.
| Cold fall rains never helped put
milk in the udder of the COW or flesh
on the backs of steers. Provide proper
shelter
| Keep the ground stirred and the
weeds out of your strawberry patch.
You will reap the rewards of your la.
Dor next season.
Even with the flock which has
range 1t is well to provide box OF
grits and charcoal so that they can
easily help themselves.
Keep the machinery on the farm up
TO date, but don't go to the foolish ex.
IRENE of thinking that every new ma
chine is better than the old and tried
, one.
More dairymen are following the
practice of keeping individual records
OF their cows and OF also keeping a
debit and credit account OF their en-
tire business
Look over your fields carefully, con-
slider the varying conditions of your
soil and then consider II there is not
some other layout of fields and crops
which would improve the farm and
give greater profit
An old dairyman declares that
farmers make mistake by looking
too much at the creamery. the price
they are to receive for their milk, and
not enough at the farm end-what
their milk is to cost them to pro-
duce it.
That piece of meadow which is get
ting thin but which is hardly ready
for the pillow can be greatly improved
by liberal scattering of seed follow.
ed by light narrowing. II this Is done
Just before n rain SO much the better
will the results be.
Loco disease, which afIllcts stock In
nf an ha
investigated by the bureau of animal
industry and proved to result from
eating certain poisonous plants, known
as purple loco-weed and rattleweed.
which are common In dozen plains
states. The best remedy is TO destroy
the weeds and remove the stock from
access to them. Ordinarily the stock
will soon recover when so removed
and fed upon alfalfa and other nutri-
tious grasses.
The square or oblong silo are OBJ
jectionable because II is difficult to
build the walls strong enough to
stand the pressure caused by the
great weight OF the sllage. and the
amount OF silage lost In the corners
will amount. In a few years. TO con
siderable value. The best shape is
circular. A silo should be more than
twice as high as wide. DO not build
u silo too large In diameter. ms the
amount OF silnge spoiled from day to
day will more than pay the interest
on the cost OF an extra smaller one.
The main qualities OF n silo are that
the walls be strong enough to with.
stand the pressure and IL shall be
alright. To get this the first step
is to build n good. solid foundation.
commenced below the frost line.
HoggIng down corn saves the labor
of harvesting. The hogs become the
haryestcrs and turn the corn into pork
right on the field. AZ some OF the ex.
pertinent stations and on private
farms n certain definite acreage OF
corn has been fenced on and mum.
Der OF hogs turned In TO eat the corn.
The hogs were weighed before they
were turned In and again weighed
when they had cleaned up the corn
Of definite area, This gave the ex.
act gains the hogs made on the corn.
In most cases cash net gain has
amounted TO M much or more than
the market value OF the corn. which
makes II nm economical method of dis
posing OF corn. since harvesting and
marketing are saved. Another value
In. hogging down corn Mt maturity In
the fall In the enriohing OF the soil
with the droppinga OF the animals.
The value OF this fertilizer amounts
To much. either when the same land
In TO be planted TO corn the following
yonr. or In to be used for other crops.
The manure In well distributed through
necessity OF the animals feeding even.
iy over the entire area. and the break.
ing and tramping down OF the stalks
places them In position TO be quickly
acted upon by the fall and winter
rains and to be In nm advanced stage
Of decomposition nj blowing tim. the