The Julesburg grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1907-1972, 1910-07-21

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0hssp are s1esllest farm cleaners.
Ths beuiss On N apple 10 injurious.
Lics end MITES come with warn
weather.
Tie the grape vines to the trellis
wires before the vines begin to run.
No we'll bred farmer ever contents
himsslf with scrub stock or poor crops.
II % Q sd mistake for Q man 70
mako . good crop Of grass into poor
hay.
Pure fresh air, day and night, 10
one Of the prime essentials for keep
ING fowls In good health.
Most separators DO their best work
With the milk ct . temperature Of
IRON Is degrees to SS degrees Fshren-
hait.
Whsa the cream has been held at
ehuFning Temperature for . period Of
two o. three hours, It 10 ready to ~
churned.
A good way to keep manure for the
garden 70 to All . large boz. turning
II over with . fork about once .
week and keeping It moist
The government 10 sending out e.
perts to various parts Of the country
70 teach fruit growers the best meth
eAs a spraying their trsss.
When shrubs are first planted they
should b headed back one-half or
more. but after they become estab-
lished they should be allowed to
branch ut will.
One Of the prominent symptoms a
shoulder lameness In horses 10 . Diff
nculty Of lifting and extsoding the
limb. which 10 particularly Noticeable
when the patient 10 urged to trot.
The aea beetle 10 . small, metallic
blue insect which 10 destructive to the
fruit both ~ the lafva and the adult
M~r>vSn~ -Nth ap~nnatn - vAnA ~
paris green 10 generally effective.
Some Of the amber honeys are
made from the astef, soldenrod, bone
set. queen Of the meadow, heartsease.
Wild sunhower. Spanish needle. su-
mac. magnolia and marigold.
The earliest sown lettuce should be
Of some of the loose growing varieties.
For summer use plant cabbage lettuce,
or heading varieties. - the leaves
during the warm season viii be whittier
and moro crisp.
Soy beans shed their leaves before
the grain begins to ripen: therefore
when hay II desired the plants must
be cut when half or more Of the pods
are fully grown, but before the beans
begin to harden.
In cutting rape for soiling It IL best
to cut about four inches from the
ground. 1t Is advisable to arrange
the cutting SO that each days product
will be consumed within that time, as
the foliage soon willis and is then not
relished SO much.
The sitting hen must not be dis
turbed. II eggs are laid in the same
nest with those that are Matching It
10 often dificult to tell the fresh one
from the others. hence partly Matched
eggs are taken out instead of the
fresh ones.
It is a well known fact among
farmers and fruit growers that black.
berries improve the physical nature
Of the soil through their root action.
When they are removed from the ap.
pie orchard the soil ID left in ideal
condition for the outer feeding roots
Of the apple trees.
While It IL conceded that permanent
maintenance Of soil fertility without
live stock ID possible, It II not prac-
dcable as q statewide policy. because
1t 10 not the highest type Of aGricul-
ture and because few farmers can be
induced to comply with all the condj-
lions necessary to make Il elective. i.
Plant cannas enc 10 two feet apart,
depending altogether II they bs dwarf
or the tall-growing sort. They like
very rich soil and plenty Of wstsr
during the growing season. A mulch
Of straw manure Win help 10 con-
serve the water that h given them,