The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-26

Do not plant corn too deepiy.
Few farmers harrow quite enough.
Harsh treatment never pays with .
Keep the plow sharp and have Il
cut all of the furrow.
The most important citizen Of Amer.
lea today is the farmer.
Provide sprinklers. sprayers s.A
stakes for your garden.
The big shoveled cuitivator 70 Q
thing Of the past. or should be.
Both the grass and the exercise
gained In getting 1t are helpful to the
hog.
A knowledge OF marketing products
to the best advantage 10 an important
factor in profits.
The best prize winners are usually
raised In incubators.
Remember the main object Of farm
ing this year ID to provide and main
tain comfortable home.
Every farroving pen should have
good fender to prevent the SOW from
lying on and smothering the pigs.
Ewes and lambs run well over
young grass land. but they must bs
kept moving. 90 that all 10 grase4
evenly.
Until about seventy years ago poul.
try keeping was almost wholly homo
industry. producing for home con
sumption.
II 10 not too late to prune the OF.
chard. II you could not do It sooner.
do 1t now. Gather up the dead
branches and burn them.
Keep the walks in your garden neat
and attractive. Fence corners with
weeds and poorly kept walks are sure
evidences Of . careless gardener.
In all regions whore snow lies long
ON the ground. winter poultry keeping
10 necessarily intensive. but that ID no
reason for continuing intensive meth
DDS through the summer.
The corn plant. - well ~ other
plants. must draw its nourishmsnt
from the soil. In order for the plant
to BE- well nourished the soil must
have . large amount Of plant food.
Build . place for martins to brood
on your farm. Their "chirps" are
cheerful and their services valuable.
They drive on birds Of prey and
greatly reduce insect depredations.
It IL always perplexing to know
what varieties Of strawberries to
plant. The old varieties which are
known in the community should be -.
tained until the newer sorts are test
ed on q small scale.
Eastern growers mostly grow fruit
a. q side issue and take what they
get both when they gather and when
they sell 1t, while the western grower
makes . business Of growing his fruit
and gets what he asks for It.
All needed improvement around the
place should be made before the see
son for cultivation arrives. Sheds
for manure. shelter for stock and
room for hay should now have attsn.
ton. Let the silo have consideration
while you are building.
Alfalfa has proven . great success
all over the country west Of the Mis-.
souri, river. II 10 extending In popu.
! larfty north into the Dakotas and
south into Texas. with every evidence
that II will become the adopted tame
| hay crop for those sections.
The young pigs must have dry nests
and the bedding should be changed
frequently and lime. or some other
disinfectant sprinkled in the nest
when It IL cleaned. Many young pigs
become infected with disease through
their navels coming in contact with
damp and foul nests.
Give the girls . chance to have .
garden Of their own. Light work in
the garden will greatly benefit health
and furnish helpful exercise in the
open air. Information about plants 10
essential to good education and should
not be neglected. Let the girls BE-
come interested in the garden.