The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-04-21

crooked legs.
Duck eggs when over q week old
should not be sold because they soon
lose their fertility.
II your best mare is worth $500 to
some other farmer she 10 worth $500
to you. Remember that.
A frequent change Of feed will keep
the cows appetite keen and her pro-
duction will depend upon what she
eats.
1t 10 not = good plan to change the
quarters of pullets or hens while they
are laying. 1t Is very apt to check
egg production.
At an average price Of Is cents per
dozen = hen will have to lay flve or
six dozen eggs to pay for the feed she
consumes In . year.
Ducks can be raised without water
other than drinking water. The return
on cost Of feed and labor are much
quicker than with broilers.
In selecting branches of geraniums
for cuttings. choose the ones that
break readily, because they will send
out roots quicker from the broken
surface.
Peggy" the mother Of ive prize
winner hens. is said to be valued at
$1,000. She Is a White Orpington.
and scored s7k points out of q pos
sible 100.
The incubator chick starts out In
life under really more favorable con-
ditions than the hen-hatched chick.
for its surroundings are clean and
free of lice and disease.
A Guernsey COW produced In one
year 1851 pounds Of milk and 9S6
pounds Of butter fat. To produce this
she ate $3.50 pounds Of grain in addi-
ton to silage, hay and fodder.
Milo is a splendid poultry feed. 1t
contains 4 large amount of carbo-
hydrates and \ small amount Of pro-
tein. 1t should be fed with wheat
bran or other foods rich In protein.
Butter to be graded as extra must
have q quick, fine and fresh flavor.
Its body must be good and uniform.
The color must be good for the season
when made. properly salted. neither
gritty or fiat.
In mixed breeding. or crossed-breed.
ing, nothing is accomplished beyond
the first cross. While few good in
dividuals are occasionally secured, the
tendency ID for the progeny to fall be-
low rather than above the average.
One vigorous male to every ten
hens IL suflicient for good fertility in
the average farm flock. and with the
smaller breeds one vigorous male with
Is hens will answer. An excessively
large number Of males only entails
needless expense.
The garden should be planted with
. view to using tillase implements.
Hand tools are slow and irksome. and
should be dispensed with whenever
possible A trained horse and good
one-horse cultivator will do more and
better work In one hour than can
be done with q hoe In q day.
II pasture has not been provided for
the work animals and young stock
on the farm. this should be provided
for this spring. You will see the
wisdom of this II you attempt to live
on dry foods alone. When you provide
vegetables for your table. do not for
get the work animals.
For the orchardist to get the best
results, his orchard should not be To-
Gated more than six miles from the
railroad or other transportation
agency, for the double reason that to
haul his product a greater distance
lessons its market value and because
the better the transportation facilities
the more easily 1t is for him to market
his product.
The same suggestions for the prep.
aration of land for watermelons ap-
ply to cantaloupes. except that the
distance for cantaloupes Is usually
five feet each way. Cantaloupes do
not grow as vigorously as watermel.
ons, and hence do not require ~ much
space for the vines. They are. how.
ever, rank feeders and require q fer
tile soil and good cultivation. Much
Of the quality and flavor Of the melon
Ia lost II they are neglected. Can.
taloupes mature sooner than water.
melons. but should bo planted about