The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-02-18
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ing quarters these days.
A sheep In the pasture field is good
scavenger OF weeds and briars.
TIE man: the COW: the feed: are
three essentials TO successful dairying.
Too much exposure and too much
confinement are alike injurious to the
colts.
To keep OF lee sprinkle the nests
Of sitting turkeys each week with
snu6.
Some sloppy food IL responsible for
. great deal oe mortality among
small chicks.
Except during the breeding season.
keep males away from the flock. hens
lay better II left alone.
The amount OF feed required to pro-
duce . pound Of gain increases ~ the
chicks approach maturity.
The farmer who has not time to
fuss with 4 young colt would better
go into aome other business
The tobacco acreage in the United
States for 1903 was 1.lsO.00O -
against S75. 900 acres In 1908.
The little red chicken mite and
erstwhile the louise thrive these days.
Whitewash and kerosene for them!
Raising young squads to supply the
city markets II always profitable II
they are given careful management
Every owner of a dairy must figure
on receiving more in the milk pail
than he puts into the feed trough.
An experiment by an Ohio company
of curing tobacco by heat from nat.
ural gas stoves has proved successful.
Provide shelter for pigs running
on winter pasture. It need not be ex.
pensive, but one that is we'll ventilat.
ed.
To make fall pigs do we'll they must
be provided with warm sleeping quar-
ters at night and filled with sunshine
during the day.
1t Is an advantage to raise turkeys,
not only for swelling your bank &C.
count. but also for the many injurious
insects they destroy.
When the old turkey hens are set
take the same method with them as
with the hen mother and brood. and
take care to provide large coop.
Do not pick out the poorest soil you
have for the orchard. The best is
none too good. A slope to the south
makes a good location for most fruits.
See that the poultry houses are
properly ventilated at night. To com.
pei fowls to roost in q close, filthy
place is q good way to have unhealthy
stock.
In the last fiscal year experts Of the
department Of agriculture inspected
before slaughtering 53,544.255 animals
at 876 establishments in 240 cities and
towns.
Never wait until milk becomes CO.
agulated before skimming and when
adding fresh skimming to the cream
already collected stir we'll. SO all may
ripen evenly
In purchasing new male birds, se.
cure those that have something back Of
them in the line Of good ancestora
The males are worth considering, for
they are half the flock
Feed fall pigs during winter a mod.
crate ration of corn and supplement
with bran. shorts and such other nitro
genous feeds as you have on hand
to give variety to the ration.
The use of automobiles for deliver.
ing milk from the farm to the ship
ping station saves much valuable time
and has been the means of widening
the territory where milk can be profit
ably raised.
II you have hens with little chicks
do not put the coops near the ones
where there are little turkeys, as a
hen with chicks will kill little turkeys.
A hen with turkeys will likewise kill
the chickens
Experiments made by the depart
ment Of agriculture at Washington
have demonstrated that crown gall is
caused by bacterial parasite and
that it will affect a large number Of
plants where infected.
Flockmasters all over the country
will complain in February and March
about their ewes disowning lambs