The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-07-23


Musk melons picked green will -
lacking in favor.
Select large sheep for breediag
ewes, for size tells in the offspring.
Sklm milk and clover pasturage
vfll make profitable lDrk out of your
pigs.
Corn should be cut out of the ra-
tlphs for the chickens during the hot
weather.
Turn the horse that Is not given
regular work loose In the paddock for
part oil each day.
II you nave never tried a field OF
alfalfa, get the ground in shape and
plaN to make the start next year.
Make the trees of the orchard send
their roots deep into the soil by hav
ing the soil well-drained, and by deep
blowing
Select land which is well drained
for the orchard. for it is drier in wet
spells and moister in dry spells than
other lands.
Nitrogen promotes growth and for
this reason should be used with eau
tion in the orchard where fruit rather
than wood is desired
How are the roads in your section?
Set u good example and put them in
good condition alongside your place.
1t will encourage others to like SER
vice.
Don't try to make the weather, Just
keep busy trying to fit your work into
the weather an all wise providence
provides and all will come out right in
the end
In the warm weather 1t is a good
plan to churn every day. This avoids
the necessity of mixing the different
days cream and insures better fla
vored butter.
Look out for the farmer whose
chickens scatter and run every time
he passes through the barnyard. He's
ill-tempered and is a pretty good man
to leave alone.
During the hot days of the summer
be particular about the barn and
barnyard Keep both scrupulously
clean. Make the breeding places for
flies as scarce as possible.
Sod-bound orchards cannot be ex-
pected to be productive. Break up
the ground and give a covering of ma
lure. You will be surprised at the new
vigor which your trees will display
another season.
Sod 7is sometimes allowable In ap-
pie and standard pear orchards, but
never In other fruit plantations: but
even then 1t should be pastured close
ly with sheep or hogs. II the stock
is fed at the same time, the land will
fare better.
Clean quarters for the chickens pay.
Never allow droppings to accumulate:
change the bedding on the floor and
in tho nootu ~ftop. U, a op,ouu tho hirdo
carefully. not soaring them by quick
Look at things from their
standpoint; 1t pays to sympathize
even with hen if you want to make
her pay.
Join the boosters club and give
your neighbor good boost every
chance you get. You will be sur
prised how many boosts you will get
in return for the favors you bestow
upon others. That Is poor motive
for extending the helping hand. but
nevertheless such service always
brings its rewards.
Late cultivation in the orchard is
apt to be Injurious for the reason that
it induces late growth. At all events
it can be of small utility when the
tree begins to mature and rains b.
come frequent. This season of res
pite gives the grower the opportunity
Of raising a green manure. and of add
ing fertility to his land at trifling ex-
pense and with no harm to his trees.
Fall plowing may be advisable for
farm crops, but 1t should generally
be discouraged in orchards. The land
in orchards should be left compact in
the fall, and 1t is advisable to cover
t with some close herbage.
The San Jose scale is distinguish
lble from other scale by the small size
If the scales. which measure COM
monty about one-sixteenth of an inch
n diameter. though rarely specimens
ire found nearly an eighth of an inch
,cross. The scales are circular and
somewhat elevated in the middle,
which bears a small black or yellow
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