The Julesburg grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1907-1972, 1909-04-02

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Time to clip the horses which have
heavy coats.
Bran should BE- mixed with other
feed to produce tie BEST ration for
hogs.
Good Management Of the dairy has
. money value. Don't let the pro0ts
leak away.
Mate the old gobbler With the young
stock and the young gobbler with the
old birds.
The shepherd Who lives with his
nock during lambing time 10 the maa
who has GOOD results and ands that
sheep raising pays.
To farm successfully requires just
as much experience Of . practical
kind a. does any other line Of bust
ness. probably more.
II the seed corn has not been kept
carefully during the winter do not be
surprised II 1t does not give you the
crop you had hoped for this year.
Don't worry about the kind Of
weather We are having or are going to
have. Try and plan your work 20 ~
to have It dovetail beautifully into the
weather conditions.
Nothing better than . piece Of hose
to dislodse the obstruction in . cows
throat. The hollow hose enables the
animal to breathe while its throat IL be.
ing rammed by the hose.
1t IL said that in spite Of the popu-
larity Of the auto In New York, saddle
horses are more numerous than ever.
and this b true OF the work horses all
over the country. Good market for
horses. Raise . few.
The farmer who carries . crouch
around with him because Of the
\ weather is the farmer who is always
behind hand with his work and tries to
md excuse for his lack Of thrift by
complaining about the ufavorable con.
ditions.
Prof. Mairs Of the Pennsylvania Ex.
pertinent station. after . series of ex-
periments il satisfied that green food
is very important in winter and can
be supplied by feeding mangels, tur-
nips. other roots or cabbage. Whole
or pulped mangels are relished best by
the birds. Cut clover or clover leaves
steamed till soft are also relished and
are valuable green food.
Not many four-year-olds can meas.
ure up to this record: From January
IL to January rs, 1909, q four-year.
old Holstein cow--Kiatta Mercedes
Wayne-produced 20.525 pounds of
butter fat from 1898 pounds of milk.
This is not considered q remarkable
record when compared with some high
producing cows nowadays. yet at that
rate Kiatta would make over 1000
pounds Of butter per year, which is
not bad showing for any young COW.
A herd Of ten like her would produce
5000 worth of products in one year,
which. too, would not be bad.
In discussing the use Of commercial
the Indiana experiment station says:
THE first thing to do in handling
: starter is to see that every vessel the
culture comes In contact with 10 thor
oushly steriliEed. Metal vessels are
preferable. Is they can be kept more
thoroughly steamed without breaking.
Second, the starter must be kept at
an even temperature. Third, we must
educate our tastes SO as to be capable
is Of a quality that will improve our
butter. A bad starter will do as much
harm as a good one will do good"
Prof. L. H. Bailey points out in Gen.
fury wherein the graduate of the agri-
cultural college is hampered by lack
Of opportunity for practical training
and experience. He says: The trouble
is that there are yet no adequate op-
portunities in this country for the
graduate in agriculture to learn the
business or to test himself, II he needs
such test, as there are for other stu.
dents. Farmers do not take students
on such a basis. Most farms do not
properly instruct the boys before send
ing them to college. Farm practice
should be learned At home, not at col.