The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-03-12

Have you ever noticed that the poor
farmer is apt to blame his failure on
his wife!
Don't keep growing colts In the
stable. See that they have . chance
to get lots Of exercise.
Any broody hens yet! II you can
provide shelter for the little chicks,
set some hens as early As possible.
You will have extra early broilers In
this way.
In keeping eggs for Matching. date
them so that there can be NO ques-
tion as to their fertility. and then
keep them from getting chilled.
It has been we'll said that anybody
can keep stock, but 1t Is quite another
thing to manage so that stock will
keep you. Are you doing It!
It 10 claimed by some men Who
know how to handle sheep that they
clear 100 per cent. upon their invest
ment. Perhaps not every farmer could
do that. but certainly by better man
agement most farmers can Increase
their profits.
Do not let the geese or ducks for
fattening have access to the water.
Feed literally on . ration Of barley
meal. cornmeal. beef scraps and some
chopped vegetables Keep them in .
subdued light. and keep their quarters
clean. Let them 60 - hours without
feed before killing.
Sunshine IL better than medicine.
An abundance Of sunlight in the COW
stables 30 arranged that 1t may reach
every part OF the stable IL one OF the
best preventives Of disease. When
possible the COW stables should be
separate from the barn In order to -.
cure proper ventilation and the neces-
sary sunlight which 1t il impossible
to obtain In any other way.
A Pennsylvania dairyman who has
kept . record says 1t takes $50 quarts
Of milk to produce . calf that will
weigh 160 pounds ut four weeks. His
record Of feeding 80 calves showed
10000 quarts of milk, and for
which he received S4s1, or four cents
per quart and the calves did the milk
ing. He says the calves must be good
ones-not little, runty Jerseys.
Don't plant solid blocks of one Va
riety of fruit trees or bushes. Differ
ent kinds. planted together, help to
fertilixe each others blossoms. Al.
ternate the varieties by planting
double rows Of each kind, side by
side. Remember that some varieties
are self-sterile and cannot fruit well
when planted alone. We've said this
before. but it's vital point that can't
be repeated too often.
The time to breed hens for heavy
egg yields is in the early spring
Chicks Matched at that time are al
ways very fit to meet the succeeding
winter, while late-hatched ones are
mere hangers-on and time losers. How
many May pullets never lay an egg
till ten or more months old. and they
should all begin at five or six. Really
up-to-date results are now referred to
and not haphazard management. A
keen eye should be kept on the whole
lot and laggards quickly cleared OF.
Remember that growing chickens
and laying hens require large quaint.
ties of protein or muscle-forming ma.
terial to build up the tissues and the
eggs. Also large quantities Of ash con.
stituents are necessary from which ia
manufacture the rapidly-growing
bones of the young chick, to furnish
egg shells, and mineral matter used
for other purposes by the laying hen.
OF course, In addition to the ash and
protein. carbonaceous matters are 70.
quired to keep the fowls warm and
to supply energy.
vestigation by the Kansas experiment
station. At the beginning GIG varie.
ties were taken. The following har.
vest 264 varieties were so far behind
IS to be counted out Of the running
and year later all but 80 Of these
varieties were eliminated from the
race. These 80 varieties are now
in the ground and the one which
shows the best yield next harvest will
be decorated the king wheat Of Kan.
sas. At the kentucky station similar
work is going on.
The practice Of having silage for
summer feeding when the grass fails
is growing. Some are afraid Of silage
spelling in the summer, but IL the
silo Is handled rightly, there will be
NO more waste in summer than In win