The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-01-14
Shear the sheep early.

Shear the sheep early.
Gapes come from filthy grounds.
Everyone speaks Of . scarcity OF
hogs.
A cheap feed Is called for. but who
can find 1t these days?
Increase the profits by decreasing
the number Of old hens.
All weeds allowed to go to seed
viii cause more trouble next year.
Yellow pork meat may be caused by
feeding too literally of shorts and
bran.
Cultivation 10 Just ~ essential In
raising large crops Of fruit a. 1t h In
corn raising.
Mice In the granary often cause \
big loss in feed. but. ordinarily. they
can easily be exterminated.
II the sow's milk supply is small
the pigs will become stunted and this
must be strictly guarded against.
Those farms from which the worst
stencil 10 constantly emanating have
the most frequent use for . veterina-
rian.
Parsnips improve with freezing and
should be left in the ground. A pick
will lift out what you want during the
winter.
During the breeding season use two
cocks. keeping one penned up three
days while the other Is running with
the hens.
Unless q man is especially adapted
by nature to handle horses. he should
raise only the draft breeds and sell
them unhandled.
Cement walks around the house
make it easier for the wife to keep II
clean. There is NO mud dragged all
over the place from ground walks.
The question Of how much grain
may be fed with profit must be gov
erned largely by the condition of the
cows, the price of milk and its prod
ucts and the cost Of the grain foods
that are to be fed.
A shed rooted over, with sides in
closed with wire fencing to keep out
night providers is big step in ad-
vance of tree tops as roosting place
for turkeys and is a great deal better
than a closed poultry house.
II egg yield is what we are after,
Gull out all birds over year old i;
early pullets will lay better than the
yearling hens, but the hens do good
work In the fall. will set earlier in the
spring and make better mothers.
Cement floors, cement troughs, ce.
ment barns. etc, help the farmer to
take better care Of his live stock
and that with less work. This makes
farm life more attractive and helps to
keep the boys and the hired man on
the farm.
1t is the proper attention paid to
seemingly unimportant details that
spells success for the beekeeper, and
the failure to attend to these things
at the proper time accounts for the
poor success of SO many in a vocation
that is full of great possibilities.
About Is to 20 inches room at the
racks should be allowed each sheep
additional racks being constructed to
accommodate the growing flock.
Plenty Of room at the grain troughs
should also be provided. About ten
square feet of floor space is neces-
sary for each mature sheep.
Two or three new milking machines
are now in evidence and as usual we
are told that the problem is at last
solved. These reports come around
quite often and have for Is years.
There is some truth in them, too, but
the makers ask for guaranteed men to
use them before they will guarantee
their machines.
To have clean dairy utensils, 1t is
absolutely necessary that the construc.
tion of the utensil be such that 1t Is
possible to keep it clean. Milk pals
and cans must have seams and joints
that are not left with crevices that
can readily fill up with waste product
that form ready place for the
growth and development of bacteria
Most farmers agree that stock
should have access to salt, and yet
every now and then we come across
some one who maintains that salt is q
poison or at least powerful irritant,