The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1910-07-29
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Coal ashes are of no value to your
garden.
Grow plenty Of hay, and some wheat
and oats.
Chicks in a large run will exercise
more and hence keep warmer and
healthier.
Do not feed the young chicks any
thing for at least thirty-six hours after
Matching.
Diversified farming and crop rota-
ton are the best antidotes for farm
mortgages.
Foul drinking water and filthy
drinking vessels are prolific source
Of trouble.
The boar should always have a
large lot to himself, and never be con.
nned In dark, damp quarters.
Rape Ii sometimes sown on corn
ground Just preceding the last cultiva-
ton. and with timely rains the rape
will furnish q great deal Of pasture
after the corn 10 harvested.
The farmer who has all the land he
can we'll tend to has no need of more
land. He would be much happier with
. reasonable amount of land. only
enough 80 that It can be well i'm
proved. fertilized and cultivated.
Some make practise In setting out
an apple orchard to plant peach trees
between the rows Of apple trees. al
lowing the shortlived peach tree to
die before the apple tree natures.
Plymouth Rocks. Wyandottes or
Rhode Island Reds will grow into hens
at maturity that will weigh from six
to eight pounds when fattened for
market. bringing more than a dollar
each.
Horses comprise nearly 46 per cent
Of the total live stock value of the
country. their figures being $2.276, $685.
600. as compared with s5.138. 4s6. 900
. for horses, milch cows. cattle. swine,
sheep and mules.
In the selecting and buying Of cat
tie select the most healthy looking
IL. a~A Aas rsrln %
ly with the tuberculin test a. to
whether or not they are FREQ from
tuberculosis.
II you have patch Of rye use It as
. soiling crop for cows. You can begin
to cut and feed II when II Is about n
foot high. Cut only enough at time
for two days feeding. and store 1t in
the shade. where II will keep green.
The frst thing Ii to have everything
connected with the milk and milking
a. clean a. II 10 possible to mako
them. The other essential IL to cool
tho milk as soon as possible after It
IL drawn from the cows and hold II
to a low temperature till II is to be
used.
Many farmers milk cows of ques.
tionable cleanliness In vessels known
to be impure and place the milk after
milking In q warm room. often near
the kitchen stove. Such milk Is not
only unwholesomo for food at any
time. but II will soon sour and be-
come unft for human food.
Give the hen a good busting with
insect powder two or three times dur.
ing incubation. and a good one ms she
y comes on with the chicks. Lice are
u great enemy Of young chicks. hence
care must DO taken with tho sitting
hen and her most to SEQ that no lice
breed during incubation.
Do not leave tho cows out In the lot.
a. warm weather comes on. bu, keep
them at nights In their accustomed
stalls with plenty OF soft. dry bedding
II 10 morn convenient TO milk COW
In her usual stall than In an open lot.
where she may wander about at will
or BIO disturbed by the other cows.
Tho pen OF breeding fowls should
be furnished with clean nests and tho
eggs gathered with clean hands. No
grease or oil OF any kind must touch
them. Eggs should bo gathered fire..
qucntly and stored In mild and not