The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-10-08
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The ron.laycr makes good cater
for the table.
Gunpowdcr and lard is good for
scratches on the horse.
Horses with tender shoulders should
have sweat pads used upon them.
With the tightening of the work
tighten up on the feed ration for the
horse.
A handful or oil meal daily in the
horses ration will help put a gloss
upon his coat.
The wife will prove your best coun-
seIlor. Listen to her and many a legal
complication will be spared.
Milk is good for the hens as well
as the pigs. See if you cannot spare
item some. 1t helps to make eggs.
How are the drains about the
house, Time to think about getting
them in good shape for the winter
months.
Hold the wheat in the bin rather
than sell at too low a price. 1t is al
most certain to run into money before
the year is over.
Food left in the trough by the hogs
is the best kind of evidence that you
are feeding too generously. Feed only
what will be eaten up clean.
Without some system OF accounts /
how could the merchant do business |
safely. And yet such business ac-
counting is as important for the farm |
er as for the merchant
BE sure the bit is not so narrow as
70 irritate and pain the mouth of the
horse. Such condition leads to un-
easiness which often may result in
the horse taking the bit in his teeth
and boiling in sheer desperation
To produce good eggs and get them
on the market in the best possible
condition one must provide good
housing. food and water regularly, !
and above all keep the nests clean. |
Eggs should be gathered daily, and |
when the temperature is high they
should be gathered twice a day. Re.
jeCt all doubtful eggs and keep the |
eggs in as cool a place as possible. |
The simplest form of sio is the |
staye silo. 1t should be made from
two-inch narrow plank, properly bev- |
eled and held together by strong
iron bands. The slaves. after bevel- ,
ing so that when fitted together they
will form circle of the desired size,
are placed on end on solid founda- I
ton and properly fitted These are
strengthened and held in place by
strong iron hoops. which are so made
that they may be tightened or loos-
ened at will. Doors should be built
at intervals from the top to the bot. /
tom so that the silage may easily be
got out 1t is not necessary to put
roof on this silo, but it is much to
be preferred. This style of the s,,o /
should be kept well painted. both in.
side and out. If properly built and
taken care of staye silo is durable, |
rigid and air-tight.
GaNes in young chickens is caused,
according to Prof. II. A. Surface,
state zoologist of Indiana. by eating
of earthworms. There are parasites
In the carth-woTms which find their
way into the windpipe of the chicken
and lodge there, where they take the
form of little red worms. The best
preventive is to keep the chickens
from the surface of the ground, or
use salt or strong water On the soil,
so as to kill the earth-worms. or
strew strong lime or something of
the kind on the ground, so that the
chicks will not get hold of the worms
TO eat them. After the chicks have
been attacked with gapes. however
you can dislOdEc the worms bv max
ing very small loop of twisted
horse hair. draw out the tongue of
the chick Slightly, insert the l.,rse
hair loop in the Wiudripe opening
which will be seen between the forks
at the base of the tongue. and. twist
Ing the hair around, withdraw it. The
worms are likely to be found within
the loop. or some OF them will have
been thus removed, and the operation
can be repeated, Another remedy is
to dip the tip of a soft feather into
kerosene and insert it in the wind
pipe opening to dslodse and kill the
worms. Such treatment, although Sc
vere is better than letting the worms
remain undisturbed. to severely an,
noy the fowls and even kill them
Mixing turpentine or other sub
stances in the food of the young
poultry has not proven satisfactory
as \ remedy for gapes.