The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-18
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Give your neighbor a lift when you
find . good chance. and you will find
he will be glad to help you out some
time.
The farmer who is always finding
fault with the weather has most
uncomfortable time OF it. and it doesn't
help him in the least In overcoming
the conditions.
Provide shade for the chickens. And
be sure that they have fresh water at
all times. Do not let their drinking
dish be SO placed as to catch the hot
sun all day, and do not let 1t become
foul
Better lighted farm houses. music
and inviting reading matter on the
sitting room table have done much
to solve the problem of keeping the
boys on the farm. Make home attrac.
tive. and don't crowd the work too
hard.
1t is safe to say that in every
dairy where record is not kept and the
farmer does not know what the indi-
viduai COW is doing that there are
cows which are robbing their own
ers right along 1t will pay the farm
er to know what each animal is do
ing for him. Why milk and feed an
Improbable COW?
A one-quarter-inch rope is large
enough in throwing a COW II 1t is used
properly The animal to be thrown is
confined by the head, one end of the
rope tied to the horns or about the
A0ck. half-hitch taken about the ami
mails body just back Of the fore legs.
and another just in front of the hind
legs. Then by simply pulling on the
rope and Tightening the half bitches.
the animal will go down. Try 1t once
and see how easy the COW falls.
Manure on the udder and hind
quarters of the cows is not only un-
slightly but unsanitary both for the
cows and for those who use the milk
produced from such animals. There
are several devices for preventing a
COW from lying down In her own filth.
The most common is the gutter be-
hind the animal for receiving the
droppings. Another plan is to place
q two-by-four plank across the stall at
the rear about even with the cows
hind feet. When she lies down she
will always lie in front of this board
where the droppings fall. The floor
should slope from front to back.
The practice OF dipping animals to
rid them Of vermin is coming to be
more general on the farm. Sheep
dipped as often and as thoroughly as
they should be, are very little troubled
by scab. mango and like diseases The
external parasites are much more
easily combatted than are the internal
ones. In general, keeping the sheep
under the most sanitary conditions,
and in the best state of health possi-
BILE, and applying externally and in
ternally, medicines detrimental to the
growth of parasites, will even in this
day and age when parasites are nu.
merous, result in keeping a flock free
enough from them SO that good profits
can be made. The man who is will
ing to exert himself a little along
these lines need not fear to enter upon
the sheep business nor continue in it.
Indeed In spite of its drawbacks,
there is no other business that can
be conducted upon similar capital
that will return as large profits If only
1t is properly handled. If willing to
wage your share Of the conflict, let
not the fear OF invading hosts of para.
sites deter you from sheep growing.
The method of New Zealand dairy.
man. Mr. John Saxon, expert in rails.
ing calves, will prove of interest to
American dairymen. He says: When
calves are put on half new and half
factory milk they should then have
small allowance of boiled linseed
When boiled for half an hour the seed
should be strained away before mix
ing the liquor with the milk, as the
seeds tend to irritate young calf
tntestines. Boiled linseed was much
used In England so years ago, and the
calves reared ON whey and boiled lin
seed grew into first-class cattle. Blu,
they must be carefully attended tc
when young. and be sure they have 8
paddock Of clean grass to run in
This I consider one of the chief things
in rearing calves. My reason for ad
vocating careful attendance is this: II
see any tendency to bad scour
scald one teaspoonful of dried BLOOD
for each calf and mix the same with
de milk. Usually . marked difference
II seen after the drst dose. and the,
seldom require more than the secont
dose. But should the Scour come OF
asaip, I repeat the dose. l am a be
lever In dried blood. and always keel
4 On hand