The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-02-23

is as essential as raising them right.
Let the geese alone They don't
like excitement. Keep the dogs from
them.
It is said to be the best to start rails
ing poultry in the fall rather than in
spring.
During all seasons remember the
fowls demand plenty. of clean. fresh
drinking water.
Damp cold weather is a severe hard
ship to fowls. Above all things keep
their quarters dry.
Board floors in the chicken house
are better than wet ground. but dry
ground is best of all
Proper and frequent disinfection OF
the poultry premises Is a great rae
tor in poultry success.
Learn to make a profit from three
or four hens before you try to get
rich from 3,OUO or 4,UVV.
In ordinary farm practice 1t is very
well to allow the calf to remain with
the mother two or three days.
The first requisite in the hog busi-
ness is "A good hoghouse well venti-
lated set with ends north and south.
Don't feed diseased meat to fowls.
Try feeding green cut bone and see
how soon the egg output is increased.
Hens are naturally worm and insect
hunters. When they cannot get this
food they should have green cut bone.
Bordeaux mixture may cause the
apples to rust. as 1t produces extraor-
binary development Of the cells in the
skins.
This Is a cement age and those who
have cheap sand and gravel at hand
would do well to make greater use OF
concrete.
10 WuCtuCI thC Acoto ~ @oeA
trees are growing close to the sur
face. carefully scrape away the dirt
around the base.
The corn crop of the country for
1909, though not the largest on rec
ord, was the most valuable. being
worth s1.72O. 100000.
These cold days make one think OF
wind breaks. Why not plan now to
set out a grove next spring that VIII
serve as a wind break.
The flavor of parsnips is improved
by freezing. During a thaw In winter
dig them and keep a few for future
use in a box OF dirt in the cellar.
Crown gall is a warty outgrowth or
excresence upon the apple. pear.
peach. raspberry. etc. II is usually
found on the parts below the ground.
Coal tar is a good remedy in fight
ing the peach tree borer. Apply II
to old wounds In the summer to keep
out the insect from depositing its
eggs.
Why not puy cotton seed meal. feed
1t to the animals 10 pay for the meal.
and get rs to SIS per cent. OF the fer
tilizing elements from the manure for
the labor?
The area OF Alaska is SO great the
government maintains five agricultural
experiment stations there in order
that crops may be tested under all the
climatic conditions.
A good brake on q wagon that Is
used for drawing heavy loads on the
road is a great relief on horse. With
that in operation the horse will act
ually rest going down hill.
varieties for the apple. plum and
peach orchard. few sorts suited to
local conditions are better than many
sorts planted in haphazard way.
The demand at the packing houses is
for leaner pork and smaller weight
hogs. The feeders must cater to these
requirements by feeding less corn and
more portein feeds and shortening the
fattening period.
Where decayed portions appear in
trees the punky wood can be removed
and the aperture filled with concrete
mixture which will prevent water
from further entering and decaying
away entirely that portion.
Which shrinks most in weight dur
ing the winter, the cob or the grain
A good way to tell is to weigh out two
bushels of corn. Put one bushel
away and shell the other. Set down
what the grain and what the cobs
weigh. Next spring shell the other
bushel and weigh both corn and cobs.
Turkeys for breeding stock should
be selected in winter and by no means
left to the springtime. before getting