The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-03-02

have anything about that can breed
disease.
Read the nursery and seed cata-
logues and get in your order for trees
and plants now.
The breeder of to-day who succeeds
must be a breeder, a feeder and an
all-around stock man.
Feed the brood SOW protein feeds as
much as possible, and avoid feeds rich
in fat-forming elements.
One cock to ten hens is sufficient.
and these should be separated until the
breeding season begins.
Never allow two or more cocks to
remain in the same Enclosure with the
hens during the winter.
Provide a plank or cement feeding
floor for the hogs. Keep it clean; it's
the hogs table. you know.
Try shaving some young sweet corn.
or even field corn. for the young chicks
and see how they will go for it
Keep ground charcoal before the
poultry at all times. 1t is good for
indigestion and corrects sour crop.
Don't feed good food to poor lay
ers and then grumble because there
is no profit in the poultry business.
II 1t is possible to make a good cow
from poor calf the extra cost will be
more than the calf was worth at the
beginning.
The loss OF condition at weaving
time may be greatly reduced II the
pigs have been accustomed to supple
mentary foods.
Most of the milk used in Siam is
imported in condensed form. few Of
the natives keeping cows or goats or
| using their milk.
Look the spray pump over. Get all
the parts in working order during the
winter SO as to be ready for active
work early In the spring.
II you want lambs for fattening
early a thoroughbred sire of one Of
the coarse wool breeds used on Merino
ewes will produce excellent ones.
| Pumpkins will keep fine in a corner
OF the cellar near the furnace. II there
is no furnace in the cellar better
Il l. .lz
the fire.
| Plant fruit trees on the uncultivated
spots along the fence lines and in the
fields. The investment is good-adds
both to beauty of farm and to the
value of 1t.
II is the poorest sort of economy to
milk a COW up to within a short time
that she is due to calve. Give her
60 days rest and she will more than
make up for lost time.
The fight against mites and insect
pests must be kept up till the last one
has been driven out. Your birds can
not do well SO long as they are afiiict-
ed with these enemies.
II you keep guineas. turkeys and
chickens. build separate houses and
yards for them. II you confine all
three varieties in one yard during the
winter 1t will prove disastrous.
Bees won't thrive in a cellar where
there are mice or any disturbing in
fluence. 1t is well to partition bees
of to themselves where 1t is quiet.
plenty of ventilation and little light
| The common method of cleansing
wool produces great quantities of foul
liquors, containing valuable sub
stances that can be recovered profit
ably. Among these are wool grease
and crude petroleum.
II the bees are in old-fashioned
hives, a good plan is to have pro
tecting shed over the hives with the
front side open, and pack lot OF
hay around and on top. leaving an
opening in front for the bees to fly
out on warm days for cleansing
fight.
The United States Department OF
Agriculture recommends the establish
ment of movable schools of agricul
ture by the state experiment stations
wherever Is farmers can be secured
as students and the school may be
conducted for year or longer. The
kind of instruction should depend on
the needs of the section.