The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-26
FARM
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Are you still breeding scrubs?
The hoe killed the weeds but made
little mulch.
you are ready to plant do not wait
upon the mooa.
Boiled milk 10 good for chicks and
will help bowel trouble.
Colony houses are Of two kinds
! stationary and movable.
Where there is . will there 10 . way
to clean the farm Of weeds.
Where there ID . viii there 10
way to clean the farm Of weeds.
A good farm level costs little com.
pared with its worth and usefulness
There u something wrong oo the
dairy farm that does not have . few
hogs.
II there 10 one clean farm in the
neighborhood. they can all b clean.
or nearly 10.
Do not plant trees when the soil 10
vet and sticky. or It % liable to b
xaAkaA tno Armlv
FssAing the dairy COW u one ot the
Arst things that the successful dairy
naa must thoroughly undsrstand.
Cow-teetiAg associations. started
some years ago. have been . wonder
full help In wedding out improbable
cows.
Roots Of young trees should never
be allowed to become dry. Cover
with earth or wet sacks while waiting
to be planted.
Whitewash the trunks Of the fruit
and orchard trees with lime. This
will repel borers, bark beetles and
other insects for q time.
y Plant plenty Of hay crops. Work
stock and dairy cows must have
roughaSe II they are to do their part
in making the farm profitable.
Perhaps the most effective and sat-
isfactory method Of making . eve
own her lamb 10 to place her in .
hurdle whore she can eat and COM
fortably lie down.
Ten years ago the quality Of the
range horses on many Of the large
western ranches was 20 Indifferent
that carload lots sold - low ~ SO .
head. Now they will bring $3.50.
It will not cost the farmer moro
than ten cents an acre to select out
Of his wheat bin the plumpest and
heaviest kernels for SEED. He will
then improve his crop and yield.
Much Kindness and respect for ami
mails can b. taught children BY giving
them pets. A pst pony has often
taught children valuable lessons about
the horse and given them incentives
for outing in the fresh air.
We should select our hens from
some good flock that 10 we'll bred and
whers the hens have . uniform ap-
psafance and then buy . drst class
rooetsr from some breeder who has
. different strain Of the same breed.
% ~ to avoid inbreeding.
Of soed to SOW 10 never settled. Two
and one-haN bushels Of average oats.
sown broadcast, are not too many on
average land, average seasons: and
about one-haR bushel less when
drilled In. 70 looked upon ~ about
right BY most oatsgrowers.
Common wood ashes, with q few
poultry droppings, are cheap and
most approved fertiliser for the Craps
vines. Too rich . fertilizer, such q
stable manure alone. produces q
growth 10 rank that rot IL apt to be
WnA10 l00 u1vOE u lQe
fruit 10 impaired BY the nature and
rapidity of growth.
Thorough tarring Of corn will. to q
great extent, prevent pulling by crows
and blackbirds. but perhaps gophera
and ground squirrels would only laugh
at it. Moisten the seed with warm
water. then stir in coal tar at the
rate of teaspoonful to the peck, be.
ing sure to stir until every kernel ID
black Dry with ashes. land plaster
or slaked lime.
Don't imagine, unless you have an
extraordinary large bank account,
that you can 20 out and buy good
dairy cows any time you take a no.
ton. The only way to get an efficient