The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-08-20

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Name ths farm.
TIDY up the place a.A then keep II
tidy.
Improve ths rainy days. KssD IL
boys Interested BY letting them ovn
something of their own.
Less acres better farmed would put
~ . farmer o. The profit side Of
the ledger.
The waste la.A o. your farm IL
worse thas . dsad loss to you. Get
It to work.
Wool should be stored in closely
tied packs 70 that 1t will not become
dusty o. soiled. The wool buyer pays
more for clean than for dirty wool.
Keep The poultry runs and houses
clean. - vefmine breeds specially
fast during the hot weather. Plan to
whitswash the poultry buildings.
How 70 the wood lot! Have you
availed yourself Of the excellent In
formatioa which the government for.
estry department 10 ready to furnish
you and which II followed will make
your timber lots more valuable?
Just oas more cultivation On the
corn than you think 10 necessary and
then another one for good measure.
The corn will feel better BY several
bushels more Per acre.
1t 10 . good practice to feed the
calves in stanchions. It 10 easy to
break them to that method Of tying.
Have the feed ready for them in the
troughs and they will soon learn to put
their heads through and will get into
the right places. Be patient with
them.
II the animals are dehorned in warm
weather, 1t is we'll to apply some pine
talkith . view to keeping hies from
the Wound. Some operators do this
in nearly all cases, thinking that 1t
facilitates healing The dehornins op-
Grafton should always. when possible.
be performed in cool weather. and up
on animals which have at least At
tanned the age of two years.
The average American market pre-
fers Q brown egg, while New York
city u ready to pay . premium for
white-Shelled eggs. The brown-egg
buyers in particular claim that the
eggs are Of q richer flavor. All this il
Imaginary. when We come to under
stand that it ID food and not color
that havors the egg. ID 1t reasonable
Ito suppose the brown egg Of the Brah.
lima fed on onions could be as sweet
as the white egg Of the Leghorn fed
ION clover?
Why not . national pure feed law
Ito protect live stock. In some states
such laws have been enacted and are
3enforced, while in others they have
been enacted but are not enforced,
and still others have no laws regulat'
fng the sale Of feed. In some states
all sorts Of stuff is sold for feed. and
the farmer has no means of knowing
what he gets for his money. When
be buys wheat bran. he often geta
ground cornstalks, straw and oat
bulls; middlings or shorts are largely
bran ground fne, and some Of the pre-
parUn stock feeds have very little
eediME value. What Is needed 10 q
national pure feed law which will be
Enforced the same ~ the pure food
aw.
Could the aggregate annual damage
PAUSED by rats to our farmers be
Known the latter would be appalled, at
he figures. Do all you can to lessen
heir number. Here are nine ways in
Which you can accomplish this: 1. Pro.
ection Of our native hawks. owls and
mailer predatory mammals-the ma
ural enemies of rats. 2. Greater
leanliness about stables, markets. gro
cry stores, warehouses. courts, alleys
nd vacant lots in cities and villages,
nd like care on farms and suburban
remises. This includes the storage
Easte and garbage in tightly covered
essels and the prompt disposal OF 1t
ach day. 3. Care In the construction
buildings and drains so As not to
rovide entrance and retreats for rats,
nd the permanent closing Of all rat
oles in old houses and cellars. 4. The
hrly threshing and marketing OF
rains on farms. 30 that stacks and
lows shall not furnish harborage and
pod for rats. s. Removal Of outlying
raw stacks and piles Of trash or lum'
PR that harbor rats in the fields. 6.
at-roofing Of warehouses, maj kets'
lbs, stables and granaries for storage