The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-01

| Best results in fattening hogs are
oetained where the basis OF the ratioa
y corn.
Ease the burdens OF the wife BY
Cleaning your boots thoroughly before
entering the house.
Part of the winter leisure ought to
- used for the repairing and painting
Of the farm machinery.
Remember. the best seed 10 none
too good. 1t is losing game to labor
over seed of low terminating power.
Begin a course of reading for the
Winter months which will better
equip you for the farm work next
season.
/ You need grit and 20 do the hens
The right kind OF grit in you viii
make it certain that the right kind OF
grit gets into the hens.
While sheep are growing wool and
making mutton for you they are clean.
Ing the fields of weeds and spreading
valuable manure over the land.
Study your flock 20 ~ to know
which are your best birds. Then use
the selected stock for breeding pur-
poses next spring and thus build up
your flock In quality.
Tie sheep that are left to oil up on
the irost-bitten. snow-covered pasture
will not thrive. you may be sure. Give
hay and grain ration II you want to
make your flock profit earners.
In feeding growing stock remember
that there is need Of a constantly in
creasing ration. They need food to
build the larger frame and they need
food to supply the daily bodily needs
When the ground Is we'll frozen
cover the strawberry beds with straw.
leaves or cornstalks. The object Of
covering after the ground is frozen
is to prevent alternate thawing and
freezing
The right treatment will remove
ring bone on young horses. II the ami
NAL walks on the toe use q gh-heeled
shoe, When Inflammation Is active
adopt soothing measures. and then se-
we're blistering or even firing may be
resorted to.
The form of the skull Of the hog de.
pends on nutrition. health and the EN-.
ployment Of the n.dscles Of the head
and neck in roofing. Where hogs are
well nourished, their skulls are round
er and firmer than in the case of hogs
poorly nourished. Roofing helps to de-
velop a longer skull and snout.
It is claimed by a French naturalist
that II the world should become bird
less, man could not inhabit it after
nine years time, in spite Of all the
sprays and poisons that could be man.
ufactured for the destruction OF in.
sects. The insects and slugs would
simply eat all the orchards and crops
in that time.
Dried refuse from tomato canneries
analyzed by the Ontario experiment
station shows content Of 2.54 per
cent. nitrogen, 1928 per cent. phos
phoric acid and 0.64 per cent. potash
Assuming rs per cent. Of moisture for
the material as it leaves the factory
the amounts would be: Nitrogen.
o.64 per cent. phosphoric acid O.s2 per
cent. and potash O.16 per cent, a com
position comparing favorably with that
of barnyard manure.
Ohio has stringent law in refer
ence to the sale OF milk products. 1t
prohibits the sale of milk under the
following conditions: l. From cows
fed on unhealthy feed. 2. From cows
fed on wet distillery or starch waste.
3. From diseased or sick cows. I.
From cows kept in a place that is
unclean or in an insanitary condi-
tion. s. From cows kept in a
cramped or unhealthy condition. 6.
When water or other foreign substance
has been added. Z. When it is un-
clean, impure, unhealthy or unwhole-
some.
Dairy farmers will watch with inter-
est the joint Investigations Of the Wis
| consin and Illinois experiment sta.
tons on tuberculosis cows. The work
of either station will serve as check
on that Of the other, inasmuch as the
experiments at Madison will be similar
to those 1t UrbaEa. The bacteriolo-
sists Of the two stations will be in
charge Of the work Inasmuch as Illi-
nois and Wisconsin are the two great
est dairy stations in the country. the
cooperation of these two stations will
be Of great significance In the new
movement to eradicate tuberculosis
| from tho horde NJ tho country