The Lamar register., 1909-12-22
NIH FARM
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Keep chick free from mites.


Keep chick free from mites.
Be sure that the hens are provided
with a dust bath.
A lazy hen will soon be sick hen.
Make her stir around.
Warm milk is better for fowls than
that which is very cold.
The Groom Of the thresher is part Of
the worlds popular music.
Get as much painting as possible
done before winter sets in.
Voc heavy feeding is apt to cause
breaking down among the poultry.
Truck teams used I the large cities
are mated as carefully as coach teams.
There is good In all breeds: but 1t is
better.
When pigs are growing grazing is
important. and is conducive to health
and profit.
Time in live stock breeding is one
Of the most costly factors that enters
into the business.
New corn is not safe Feed for fowls
Of any kind. Let It get fairly seasoned
before you begin on It.
Style and finish count In the market
value of draft horses as well as In
coach or driving horses.
There II no short cut to success in
poultry raising any more than there Is
to success In anything else.
The improvement that is now being
made In the cattle herds OF the couA-
try has never before been equaled.
The water used In the barn and for
cleansing the milk utensils must be
absolutely free from contamination.
A decrease OF from 10 to so per cent.
In milk yield follows exposure at this
season. or any other. for that matter.
The dairy industry Is one Of the
large industries. aud In valuation
when dairy cattle arc included. ranks
first.
Potatoes are good for swine. but
they are best when cooked and mixed
with some meal into a mash and fed
warm.
II there is anything about the farm
worth all its costs. II is a windmill
and pump pumping water Just where
1t is needed.
De careful OF the brood mare as
foaling time draws near. Light farm
work will not hurt her II you use
good judgment
Sheep despise a low, muddy place
They will not thrive there. but will
soon have sore feet and will be all
wrong every way.
No person having any communicable
disease. or one caring for persons who
have. shall be allowed to handle the
milk or milk utensils.
The use of any preservative or col
oring matter in Gutter or milk is an
adulteration and Its use Is suficieni
cause for the exclusion OF the produc,
from the market.
II you wish to kill an evergreen
tree. girdling will do II. II you wisf
to avoid the labor Of girdling there
is an easier method: let the poultry
roost In the branches.
There is no better time than before
you'll need it to Slild a feed floor fol
that bunch Of shoats. 1t .certainl,
will not pay to shovel corn into {
muddy feed yard. this winter.
More hogs are being raised in Colo
RADIO than for some time and 1t is pre-
dicted that It will not be long before
the state will supply a large portion
Of is own consumption OF pork.
Olus over leu, uuuef leu VI hebicStcs
breeding stock can never profit the
owner. The eggs are few and veal
or infertile. If the egg don't hatch. 1
isn't the fault of the egg but of th'
duck that laid 1t. or perhaps the maj
that failed to care for the duck tina
laid 1t.
There is more feed In the shock oil
some farms than there will be stool
to eat It. while in other instance
stock may go hungry before sprini
Any farm produces more feed of tn
rough nature than the usual amour
of stock kept can consume. at leas
in the corn belt. but some Just refus
to put 1t in shock. We bought corr
binder this year just to keep US from
getting tired of corn cutting befor
enough was up.
Owing to the extreme dry weathe
which has prevailed Throughout man.
sections of the country this season