The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-12-29
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Clean food and clean stables are
good preventive of disease.
Let the young calves have access to
good. clean hay at all times.
Take care OF the pigs or you will
have no hogs to take care OF.
A barn for sheep without a floor Is
\ preferable If 1t can be kept dry.
Coal oil applied to the roosts In
small quantities will kill parasites.
Cow stables should have no cellar
Under them nor storage place above.
The flesh of birds differs in quality.
according to the food on which they
feed.
Poultry droppings. treated with
land plaster, is one of the high grade
fertilizing agents.
The hog is prominently the most
corn and grain-condensing animal on
the American farm.
by careful attention to proper
methods OF combining feed the cost
can be greatly reduced.
One Of the shrewdest bankers In the
country rates his customers largely by
their ability to raise hogs.
The breeding ewes should be fed
and gotten into good condition in the
fall. after the lambs are weaned.
Eliminate the hogs part in the eco
nomy OF farm feeding operations and
you will remove the factor of profit in
many cases.
II milk weeds are of any use to the
dairyman it might be a good plan to
u save the rag weeds to make the trav.
Hing junk dealer happy.
The best feed for the dairy COW is
bran and shorts. Ground corn. oats,
cane seed and barley mixed or sepa-
rate will be good for change.
When any remedy is recommended
for a disease too many want to drop
all precautionary measures and rely
upon the remedy as their protection.
The hog will make from twelve to
fifteen pounds of pork. live weight
from a bushel Of corn: the sheep from
hive to eight. the steer from four to
five.
In the vineyards OF France. grow
ers not only use smudges to keep of
the frosts but 10 protect the vines
from the suns hot rays the morning
after the freeze.
Profit in the orchard depends upor
the perfection of the fruits raised ent
the quantity. And the trees canno
produce their full capacity unless the,
are well cared for.
The Oregon experiment station has
decided that the scab on the prunes
which is more or less troublesome tt
them is caused by the weather ant
not by fungus growth.
In homes where the children al
ways like to spend their spare time
elsewhere. the parents should take 6
NAy on to think and see II they car
n why. There is a reason"
No one will dispute the fact that ar
unhealthy COW is not. and cannot bs
i profitable until she is relieved of hci
trouble. The diseased COW should b'
nut under the care OF the veterinarian
1t is surprising now the value o
horses keeps up in face OF the fac
that there has been an enormous In.
crease in the number of automobiles
used in towns and cities. as well as ii
the country
By getting the shock corn In earl.
the field can be used for late fall pas
ture. The corn ground may be clear
but The grass along the fence rows !,
worth a considerable amount. Thu
more often the pasture can be changed
the better 1t is for both stock ant
pasture.
The cattle should be fattened a,
quickly as possible. 1t never pays II
prolong the feeding even though
man may think he will strike bette
market later. While heavy feeding Il
not SO good at the start. the amour
of grain should be increased from TIM
to time until the cattle are on full
feed. Plenty of roughness should al
ways be provided. and the herd should
have free access to pure water ant
good salt.
rynquestioned experiments SHOW
ttAt there is Is TO 20 per cent. NOR
in grain fed hog on good pas
hufJ than fed in a pen Or yard. TIT
mig iii do very well on clover pas
sure lone. but little grain will Civ
enou1A better pig to pay for the ad
i1itional cost several times. A goot
supply - milk with very little grail
IN Alfalfa pasture makes excellen
,ork - makes it at the lowest cost
toth s161&X and hopa will do better h,