The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-12

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If the nusing pigs are troubled with
looseness of the bowls put the SOW on
a dry feed of oats for day or two.
A little rosin coated on the pounding
face of the hammer will stop its tend.
ency to slip off the nail when struck.
April matches do better than those
which are brought off later. The
get good start before the hot
weather.
II the hangers are deep there is
danger that old feed will lodge at the
bottom and cause filthy condition.
Keep them cleaned out.
Look over the fences this spring.
The young stock will quickly learn to
be breechy If the weak places in the
fences invite their escape.
The calves will early learn to nibble
at bran or other feed If it is placed
conveniently before them. Alfalfa or
clover hay is fine for them, too.
When doing the heavy spring plow-
ing lift the collars of the horses &C.
casionally and let the hot shoulders
cool off. Battle at night in cool water.
Two seasons of profit for the sheep:
At Landing time and at shearing time.
And for the two crops a year the
sheep are comparatively little trouble.
Sore shoulders on the horses in the
spring are a bad thing Nine cases
out of ten 1t is due to carelessness.
Watch the collars. A horse with
sore shoulder will not pull.
Make long, straight rows in the gar
den. Plant the rows far enough apart
SO that the horse cultivator can be
used. Such methods will make the
garden an easy proposition.
Wood ashes supplies potash to hogs.
but large raiser of hogs in western
state says his method of supplying
the needful element is to take fourth
of a box of I've, and mixed with bar
rel of soaked corn, Stops or shorts
when feeding. He says that wormy,
coughing, stunted hogs will soon make
a marvellous change for the better.
Turn your wood ashes Into fruit by
sprinkling them in the orchard. Do
the farm work on a schedule and give
the women folks chance to have the
meals at stated hours. Everything
will run more smoothly in and out of
the house II you do. and you will also
be surprised how much more work you
get done in the allotted time than you
did before on the old putter, endless
chain plan.
| Forcing cows for a big record and
| feeding cows to the limit for the best
results are two different things. In
reference to the former professor has
well said: I'VE are driving the Amer
lean show COW at terrible rate OF
speed. At some of our great contests
we have experts in charge, who with
watch and thermometer in one hand,
and an open bag of grain in the other,
crowd their animals with rich foods,
and then determine the approach of
the danger line by the thermometer
and their movements"
Dandelion salad is favorite early
| spring dish with some. One who
makes it every year and knows the
wrinkle says that 1t should be made
of dandelion heads before the leaves
have begun to turn green or appear
above the surface of the soil. The
small compact head of the plant will
be found almost hidden by the young
grass in little hollow. 1t looks like
little pin-cushion. in which little
creamy, fieshy folds lie tightly packed
together, showing delicate coloring of
pale pink, light green, yellow, and
sometimes lavender. Wash well, and
serve with oil and vinegar or lemon
juice.
Our heart re-echoes the sentiment
expressed by the Albion IN. " Re
publican in the following paragraph:
| The hope and aim of the city man is
| to be able to retire to the country to
| end his days where the birds sirSs and
the wild flowers grow in state of ma
ture: Just why the farmer ever moves
| into town is away beyond any line of
reasoning that we have ever heard.
| Though his residence in the town or
city be ever so pleasant it has no rec
ompense equal to the free. independ-
ent, healthy life of the rural dweller.
The farmer lives near to natures
heart; the bounties of mother earth
are his dependence and his trust. and
though storm and trial come. her
stores are cheerfully laid at his feet
as she responds to the cunning of his
wooing. Don't leave the farm unless
the help question actually drives you
| to 1t.
Look after the pear tree closely II
1t does not appear thrifty. If its leaves
are covered with small black dots. the
cause is not always blight. Sometimes
| the trouble is caused by small para
site which is known as the pearleaf
blister-mite, says w. E. Britton. The
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