The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-29

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4 naA Who y coataat With Q GoU
giving 5000 pounds a MILK y . 0as
Who DOES not u1AerstanA the 1sst
principles Of ths scooonics oe dairy
vork: anA. ustil ths dairymsa Of tAis
eoHatry wake ~ 70 the fact that 4 -
possible TO got cows giving. 5000. s.ooe.
10000 and 1900 pounds OF milk u .
year. they cannot hope to co0pets
with the dairynsa q Dsanark asA
othsr countries.
Dried milk powder has besa fed -
mich COWS With some SUCCESS at tie
Kansas experiment station. The milk
powder II byproduct in the maAufae-
ture OF milk sugar and contains . vssy
high per csnt Of protein. One hun
dred pounds Of skimmilk makes nine
to ten pounds Of the milk powder.
This preparation has also been used
with success - poultry feed.
4 considerable amount Of the nutSi-
nsnt In the corn fodder 10 lost each
year because II y allowed to become
too ripe before It IL harvested. Good
fodder. cut at the right stage. and
we'll cured makes one of the best
feeds for winter. but its value MAY b
easily greatly lessened by improper
management
A. most people are not familiar
with sheep breeding and feeding. their
6rst question when their interest has
been awakened ID. What is the BEST
breed! This cannot be answered Oh.
hand ~ It will depend upon the farm.
sTs likes and dislikes. his locality.
bis market and the available feed
supply.
Corn fodder and sorghum fodder
have about the same amount Of car
boAydrates. but tho corn fodder co.,
tains ~ Per cent protein while sorg-
hum fodder contains only Is per csnt-
Sorghum. however. 10 . very good
feed. 10 easily grown. resists drought
and 10 relished BY all farm animals.
The queen Il simply the mother
be-. The authority IL in the work.
ers. Their cooperation is perfect.
Their aim 10 the perpetuity Of the
rsce. To this end. II . queen be-
comes inefncient through age. they
drag their mother out and kill hse,
and raise . new queen.
There 10 more profit in one hen
that lays eggs In November and De-
cember than In one dozen that lay
their best in April and May and none
in the fall. Push your early pullets
for all that Is out. 80 ~ to get them
to laying this fall.
Granulation improves the appear
ance Of any quality Of honey and
never fails to give 1t = lighter shade.
It also has 4 tendency to drive from
1t any wild taste and make 1t . purer
sweet. In this condition 1t ID in the
best possible shape for keeping any
length Of time.
A great many people set peach trees
too deeply. The ground should be
plowed very deep. but the holes for
the trees should only be deep enough
to cover the roots we'll.
There 10 a growing tendency in "a
vor Of large hives for the production
Of both comb and extracted honey,
and there Is no sainsaying the fact
that these large hives do hinder the
swarming impulse.
Pear-blight very often affects apple
trees: and whenever 1t is discovered
every particle of the SAseased parts
should be cut out, or II very bad. the
entire tree should be burned.
Many farmers imagine that they
are saving money when they breed
to a seven or eight dollar horse. but
the truth is they are losing Ave or
six times that amount.
It is not wise to be all the time
doping stock with medicines the ma
ture Of which we do not any Of us un-
derstand very well. Nature 10 the
best doctor.
1t always pays to keep waxed ends
and other articles of repairs about
the barn, for "a stitch in time saves
nine" with a harness Just as well ~
in other places.
Sheepmen of the west figure that
the wool pays the entire cost Of han.
ding flock. or band. and gives good
interest on the Investment
Don't make It q rule that each horse
should be fed so many pounds Of gram
per day and so much hay. because It
won't work.
After the pigs are . few weeks old
1t Is well to have . pen In which they
can go; and provide them with mid.