The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1909-11-05
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W. FARM
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the coming winter.
Cows that are allowed to go dry too
long never attain their best.
No other animal is more particular
about its food than the goat.
Do not depend upon the frost-bitten
pastures. but begin with good ration
in the stable.
Goats require more salt than sheep,
owing to the more astringent charac-
ter Of their food.
y Every COW must go into winter
quarters in the pink of condition or
there will be serious loss.
As the cold nights come, do not
leave the cows out to sleep on the
damp ground where they may be
chilled.
Nearly all vermifuges are more or
less poisonous in one way or another,
and gasoline, properly used, is not par
ticularly dangerous.
Telephones are becoming as com.
mon in the country as mail boxes, and
save both husband and wife many
days journey to town.
For the long, round worms, which
fnhabit the small intestines of the
horse, nothing proves more efficient
than spirits of turpentine.
For family of young children
there is no place like the country. 1t
is their natural domain. Everything
contributes to wholesome growth.
An easy way to fight lice is to drive
down posts in the yard; wind an old
bran sack soaked In crude kerosene
about 1t and let the hogs do the rest.
Better men and women are certain
to result from a rural childhood-and
this Is surely big source of salts
faction to the wise mother on a farm.
The usual dose OF gasoline for stom.
ach worms is: Lambs. one-fourth
ounce; sheep. one-half ounce; calves,
one-half ounce: yearling steers, one
ounce.
Good country roads enable the
women folk to drive without risk or
discomfort-to pay visits In the
Northumberland to take an outing
when they like.
Pigs are not well protected by ma.
ture. and to thrive they must have
warm winter quarters free from
drafts. They must have n good range
for exercise. but they must have warm
quarters In which to sleep.
Cattle and sheep will often bloat
when turned onto clover pasture In
the fall II is caused by their eating
too much of the green plant. The
bloat may be reduced by giving the
animals subject to II some dry feed.
Regular sailing also helps.
A member OF the country life CON.
mission says the worst agricultural
conditions of this country are in the
south. because the farmers have
robbed the soil of Its humus by grow.
Ing cotton and tobacco exclusively for
more than hundred years.
The frustrating instinct OF the An.
CORA goat is being successfully demon.
strated on Lassen national forest In
California. where they are cutting
trails for fire guards through the
brushy areas on the slopes OF the
mountains.
Good lnnd-and there are millions
Of acres OF II stiii available In this
country at n moderate iigure-ls the
best form OF insurance not only for
the family In event OF your death but
for yourself during life. while you can
enjoy II to the full, No better legacy
can be left TO your children.
IL " estimated that conditions on
the farms OF Missouri have improved
80 per cent during the last ten years.
The old'fashioncd farmer. who used
to spend half his time shooting SOUR.
rels In the woods. has taken to study.
linz the agricultural newspapers ana
college bulletins. and his wife and
children have learned that farm life
ran be made pleasant an well M prof. !
table,
The rnpidity with which tuberculo.
sis spreads In n herd OF cattle upon
the Introduction OF n tuborculoun ani. |
NAL VARIES greatly. but that the spread |
may be very rapid was demonstrated |
at the experiment station OF the bu. |
reau Of animal industry by exposing
seven healthy 10 three tubercuioun
cattle In large. well.vcntiiated nta.