The Julesburg grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1907-1972, 1910-06-09
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be . paying cro0.
All eardea seed should be thor.
o0ghly tested before planting.
where alfalfa can BE TED to hogs
Ssss cora y required for atting.
Hoardias noaey 10 not wise scoa-
o0y. but jvdict0us spending b.
II you have . good stand Of plants.
mulch them II early winter With
straw.
What one creamery patron thinks 10
clean and wholesome. another could
not countenance.
A windmill may b. used to pump
water. ~ It 10 undoubtedly the most
economical source OF power.
Old horses with bad teeth should be
fed on ground oats and bran. Aedi-
cines are of little use in such cases.
The growing OF asparagus. celery
and satisfy is as easily accomplished
n that Of the more common vegeta.
bles.
A ,oung horse should not be al
lowed to waste his energy during the
early part of journey. Young horses
soon become tired.
8ulphate Of iron 10 one OF the least
expensive worm destroyers for shesp
you can give. or give your lambs pow.
dered kamala or areca nut.
One must have 4 large pasture
where alfalfa is used and then NOW
at intervals. where the pigs do not
eat It Oh. and make it into hay
1t never pays to patronize either
seedsmen or nurserymen who cell at
very low prices. Low prices are near.
ly always evidence of poor stock.
Animals have memory, they semem
Der where they get food and drink
where they were comfortable, where
they were injured and where fright.
ened.
The rows for the short. early varie-
ties OF sweet corn need not be more
than 80 to 80 inches apart. Eight to
ten inches between plants In the row
10 ample space.
Any section where potatoes are
largely grown ought to have a CO.
operative organization among the
growers. not only for marketing their
crop. but in the purchase Of seed.
The natural conditions most favor.
able to the formation of humus are
an excess of moisture with q lack Of
aeration. and an abundant growth Of
vegetation with . moderate tempsra-
ture.
Cold frames should be used more
extensively BY Oil classes Of garden.
ers. They are the means Of forward
ing crops At slight expense and get
ting on the market early when prices
are the bsst.
A dry summer, II the farmer pre-
pares for 1t, usually means bigger
epny, ~ ANN than ~>$ nua h,,x - no
doesn't prepare for it-and the aver
age farmer 10 not likely tot may
mean = very short crop.
Hard-boilod eggs make the best
food for the first day for the newly
chicken. Then give them the
prepared chick feed that can be pur-
chased at any feed store. This may
seem q little expensive to some, but 1t
pays.
The farmer OF the future 10 going
to be an educated man: hence all this
bowling and crying about the poor
quality Of butter made from hand sep
arator cream is not going to change
his views SO long as there 10 really
nothing against 1t.
Silage as feed IL most suitable for
cattle and sheep on account Of their
great capacity for handling large guam.
titles of coarse, bulky feed, but 1t may
be fed to advantage in limited guam
titles to horses and swine ~ . varia.
zion in their feed and thus increase
health and appetite.
Cottonseed meal as q fertiliser 10
never used alone, but always mixed
with other substances. It 10 rich in
nitrogen, but contains less than three
per cent. Of phosphoric acid and less
than one per cent. Of potash, conse-
quently would not be q balanced fer.
tilizer used alone. Cottonseed meal 10
really a fertilizer ingredient.
Whenever you have any spare hours
haul some good sharp sand up to your
buildings, and the next time you are