The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1909-06-25

The well-matched work team should
not only be about equal in. weight.
but should be about the same size and
have similar dispositions.
Alfalfa makes good food and nest.
ing for field mice. This is no reason
why you should not raise alfalfa, but
is hint for you to be on guard
against the mice.
Sheep on the farm are profitable
investment. Not n farm so small but
that there is room for few. and
where few are handled the proper
large flock
Don't be so anxious to increase your
acreage as you are to increase the
yield its quota of profit. Some use
ready own. Intensive not extensive
farming is giving the bes: returns
nowadays.
Flies will bother cattle in spite of
anything you can do, but the pest can
be mitigated by spraying the cattle
each morning with the following mix
ture before they go to pasture: To
one gallon of kerosene oil add three
ounces OF creolin and five ounces of
oil of tar Stir these ingredients
thoroughly before using.
Experiments by the Iowa expert.
ment station on the feeding Of silage
to cattle show that the silage-fed
steers made a profit OF $40 per head
while the same grade of steers fed
on the same food except silage. lost
sl.47 per head. More silos should be
built for summer use and II is not yet
too late to plan for the crop.
The most fruitful source OF contain
ination in milk comes from the dust
in the air For this reason too great
care cannot be taken to have the barn
as clean as possible and at milking
time to hare as little disturbance of
the atmosphere as possible. Handling
of feed and hay should be deferred
until after the milk has been removed
from the barn to the milk house.
Three methods may be followed in
growing strawberries: In hills. in mar
row matted rows. or In wide matted
rowe. We prefer the second method.
Arrange the first strong runners by
hand. spacing them properly and Sc
curing each one In place with little
soil or small stone. Then. when
each row is full. cut OF all additional
runners that may grow. Keep the
ground hoed and cultivated until late.
fall. The finished row should not be
wider than 10 or is inches.
This Is the convincing way In
which an agricultural editor pleads
the cause of the calf: When you get
to the calf remember patience. He
doesn't understand your deal-wheth.
or you want to veal him, torpedo him
or nurture him. Have prayer
learned at the maternal knee-on
your lips as you proceed. Tickle his
Shiny. avaricious nose with the tips
OF your fingers. As you become more
deeply absorbed and things are dom.
don't. forget the prayer Hypnotical.
ly. your calm state Of mind Will lead
bossy to the light. and humping his
timber spine. he will 70 for his mess
like n Jap after Russian cruiser. ris.
Ing at intervals to blow the token OF
his happy dip on the rim OF your bib
oyeralls. but remember. he's calf
tho same ms you used TO be-"
In starting In the poultry business
remember that no one can succeed
with 300 birds who cannot make 100
profitable and one who cannot make
ten fowls pay good percentage OF
profit can rarely make 100 birds do Ms
well. II In the old story Of intensive
and extensive farming. The methods
applicable to the tcn.ncrc market gar.
den do not NJ the farm OF hundreds
OF acres; nor is the proportionnto profit
OF the latter M large though the al.
Innate income IN greater. The poul.
tryman who cannot with n few hens
and n cock secure about 30 per cent.
profit on tho Investment the FIRST year
and 200 per cent the second year can.
not expect TO make the average In.
come on large flock which IN com.