The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-24

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80 D.ot-xDlI .fntsT csi-yi.G i
y>osei5is sittou- ; silg.
T-sr IL. rtrs teSn 70 shOs rSss
elssero rberl from tie darn
TIE s-eo sa.ca n allowed 70 xo -
ss-e lnesEs vt Ot extra GDuole n-I;
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Feeding sr,@rirse1,s have proved
,ast silsss is gD>c Il tStt-n-Ix earr-s
u YfDDeris 'so
TIE To>r o. bog IKE ,hs roOr Of
tie bOg : rE4Bcs - roOf-
Clean ssc.r 'or tie rsns sfoUsd t<
u. rule Have u. Hatsr oisn 20 az
rsnxec fhzt rbs citizens csnno. foul T.
Cold tall rslns nsvef neiy.d pu,
milk in tEs Ecdsr o. the cos or sesn
On the DackE o; steers PTorics proper
shelter
Keep the ground stirred snc the
ssscs ogt oi your straw berry patch.
foU viii reap the rewards o: your Ia
Dor next seanon.
Even with the rock which has
range 1t .s well 70 proVide boz u
grits ara charcoal ~ TIA, they eau
ss,ily help themselves
Yeep the machinery On the farm up
" date. bu, cont go " the foolish e1-
ueine o' thinking that every nex ma
chine is better than the old aad tried
one
More cai'ymen are following the
practice oi keeping Individual records
Of their coxs and oi also keeping .
debit and credl, account q; their IN
tire Dus,nsss.
L,ok over your feids carefully, con-
slider the varying conditions Of your
yoii and then consider il there is not
some other layout of fields and crops
which would improve the farm and
give greater profit.
An old dsirynan declares that
farmers make mistake BY looking
too much at the creamery. the price
they are 70 receive for thei, milk. and
not enough at the farm end-what
their milk IL to cost them 20 pro
duce II.
That piece Of meadow which is get.
ting thin but which iE hardly ready
for the plow can be greatly improved
by liberal scattering Of seed follow.
ed by light narrowing. II this is done
just before rain 10 much the better
will the results be.
Ipco disease. which afiicts stock in
sDrne secti9ns of the west. has been
investigated by the bureau Of animal
industry and proved TO result from
eating certain poisonous plants. known
az purple loco-weed and rattIeweed.
which are common In dozen plains
states. The best remedy is to destroy
the weeds and remove the stock from
access To them. Ordinarily the stock
Will soon recover when 70 removed
and fed upon alfalfa and other nutri-
tious grASses.
The square or oblong silo are OBJ
jcctionable because 1t is difiicult to
build the walls strong enough to
stand the pressure caused by the
great weight Of the silage. and the
amount Of silage lost in the corners
will amount. In a few years, tO con.
siderable value. The best shape is
circular. A silo should be more than
twice ~ high az wide. DO not build
= silo too large In diameter. as the.
amount Of siIage spoiled from day to
day will more than pay the interest
on the cost Of an extra smaller one.
The main qualities Of silo are that
the walls be strong enough to with
stand the pressure and II shall be
air-tight., To get this the first step
is to build Il good. solid foundation.
commenced below the frost line.
Hogging down corn saves the labor
Of harvesting. The hogs become the
harvestcrs and turn the corn into pork
right on the field. At some OF the ex-
pertinent stations and on private
farms certain definite acreage OF
corn has been fenced on and num-
ber OF hogs turned In to eat the corn.
The hogs were weighed before they
were turned In and again weighed
when they had cleaned up the corn
Of definite area This gave the ex-
act gains the hogs made on the corn.
In most cases cash net gain has
to as much or more than
the market value Of the corn, which