The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-07-02

AaK mixed with tobacco waste vim
encourage the sheep partakins of II.
The tobacco 10 good to give relief
from stomach worms.
The better breed Of COW the more
dimcult 1t il to raise the calf. but see
what you have for your extra trouble
after she Is raised.
A calf every year is . heavy strain
on . COW. Two calves every three
years makes of her . better mixer
and brings stronger calves.
Regularity in feeding and only in
such quantity as will be eaten up
clean have important influence upon
the development of young pigs.
1t is quality of flavor in butter that
counts. and you must begin to put It
in from the time the milking IL begun
until the cream IL ready for churning.
Preparing to attend Pome one q
the agricultural fairs to b. held near
you this year? Better do 20. Plan
to 60 and take the wife. She will en-
Joy the few days of
II your fields produce about nifty
bushels of corn to the acre you can
figure on its making ten tons OF silags
when put in and about eight tons
when 1t is taken out.
The campaign against the lice II
the hen house should have been begun
two months ago. but 1t is not too late
to do 1t now, for the longer you let
1t go the worse the lice pest will bs.
come.
Dairying is good for sections where
the soil is naturally poor or where It
has been run down by careless culti-
walton. 1t helps build up the soil. But
don't make the mistake Of keeping
poor COWS to build up the soil. for 1t
will prove losing business.
It is a great mistake to sell whole
milk of the farm, for where the skim
milk Is not kept to feed to the stock
one of the richest elements for ma
nure making is lost. Keep the milk
home by means Of q separator. Sell
the cream, feed the skim milk to the
calves, hogs and hens.
Can fruit be grown cheaper than Il
can be bought? is the query we are
often tempted to put to ourselves.
This depends. of course. largely ON
the man, but certain it is that where
little fruit is raised there little 10
used and on farms where there IL
plenty of fruit the season through
there you will find a family better
contented and better nourished.
Stomach worms are spread in .
flock by the eggs and worms from
the droppings being eaten with the
foliage by the sheep. Lambs should
never be pastured on fields on which
sheep were kept the previous season.
II new sheep are introduced into the
flock it would be we'll to guard against
the spread of the trouble by pastur-
ing the new sheep apart from the
rest of the flock until you are certain
they are not afflicted with stomach
worms.
The appetite Of pig is not an. in
variably safe guide as to the amount
of feed that may be consumed to the
best advantage. Under i've or six
months Of age he will eat too much Of
concentrated food, and above that
age he will eat too little. These
tests show that pigs may be induced
to eat IA per cent more feed for the
six months, than pigs otherwise fed.
During the second month Of pigs
life 1t should have a thin slop SO that
1t will get enough water and not an
excess of nutrients. 1t was found that
maximum gains are produced at
minimum cost by starting the pig ON
approximately six pounds of digestible
crude protein per day per 100 pounds
live weight, increasing the quantity
to Z during the first seven weeks, de-
creasing to 6 the following four
weeks. and then feeding .65 pounds
during the last seven weeks Of the
growing period. During the first four
weeks o: the fattening stage this is
reduced to approximately .33 pound
which is fed to the close.
Where prairie dogs are a pest any
method of exterminating them Is moro
then welcome. The most effective
method seems to be by way Of poi
sons, and Prof. 8. A. johnson, of the
Colorado Experiment station. recon-
mends the following:
Strychnia sulphate, one ounce; potas-
sium cyanide. three-quarter ounce:
syrup, one pint; wheat, one bushel
oil of anise. one tablespoonful. Dis
solve the strychnia sulphate in pint
Of boiling water. Dissolve the potas.
SUM cyanide in a little hot water in q
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