The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-04-07
Only well-drained land should be
used for melon raising. -.-N

Only well-drained land should be
used for melon raising.
Where nitrogen is lacking in the
soil, grow crop Of COW peas and turn
under.
A coat of paint on the fences about
the house will improve the looks of
things.
Put plum trees in the chicken yard.
They provide good shade for the
chickens and the trees do well there.
To get extra early sweet. corn start
the seed in berry boxes in the hot bed
and transplant as soon as weather
will permit.
Save the best rotted manure for
the garden patch. Give the ground
special care and 1t will not disappoint
you with its yield.
Did you ever notice that it's the
farmer with the best breed of animals
to sell who finds the readiest market
and gets the best price?
Ground rock phosphate sprinkled
over the manure pile as the manure &C.
cumulates increases the efficiency of
the fertilizer when applied to the land
Don't plant cheap seed Just because
it is cheap. If you want to buy such
seed be sure 1t is worth worth plant
ing by testing its terminating pow
ers.
For the dairy COW where silage is
fed wheat bran, ground oats and
ground corn make good ration. also
wheat bran and ground barley. or
ground oats and bran are good.
Carelessnes in handling milk In the
barn will give the cream odors and
flavors which will injure the butter
made from 1t, no matter how care
fully the cream is kept afterwards.
Be sure and look over the harness
and the machinery before putting the
hard strain of the spring work upon
them. A timely repair will save seri-
Gus breakage later, and perhaps Just
at critical time, too.
In laying out the garden do 1t SO
that you will have long rows. Plant
far enough apart SO that you can use
the horse cultivator. Quick work then
running back and forth over the rows,
and, my, how the garden will grow.
Time spent on getting the ground in
good condition to receive the seed Is
time saved when it comes to harvest
ing the crop. for poorly prepared
ground will not grow a crop as well
or as quickly as It will when the work
is done right.
Corn is growing in popularity and
Importance by leaps and bounds. The
100-bushel per acre mark has already
been reached and some are dreaming
Of 200-bushel per acre yield. That
their dreams will be realized is almost
assured before they awake from their
dreaming.
Common animals with the best OF
care sometimes will do astonishing
things. For this reason If you have
not the best of stock make up your
mind that you will get the most out of
them by the very best of care and
feed. In this way you will win where
otherwise you might fail.
Remember the spring work Is the
hardest OF the year and the horses are
in poorest condition for it after the
winter of idleness. For this reason
begin slowly with the animals. watch
their shoulders to see that the collars
do not chafe and above all keep them
well fed and rest them often.
The agricultural college OF the Uni.
versity Of Wisconsin has by its post
norton tuberculosis demonstrations
in various parts of the state stirred
up stockmen to the Importance Of i'm.
mediate action against tuberculosis.
Before demonstrations were made less
than 1000 station tuberculin tests were
being made annually. When the DEM
onstration campaign was begun in
1906 the number of tests was in
creased to 5000 in 1907, and last year
to nearly 10000.
Lambs should be locked within the
first week or ten days. Take a two
inch chisel. and If 1t is sharp rub the
edge on a stone until it is too dull to
cut wood readily. Then use heavy
mallet and do the cutting on a smooth
block of wood. Have some slaked
lime handy and thrust the chisel In
this each time before using 1t. This
dull edge will crush the blood vessels
before it. cuts them. consequently
there will be less blood lost and the
wounds will heal quickly without