The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-02-25

Pdf60ipS improve Oy Ireey.
More fowls die from bad air than
from cold weather.
Eves in the winter you can keep
ohe farm looking neat
Tho corn grader helps the crop BY
culling out the weak kernels.
The manure shed is one OF the most
valuable buildings on the farm.
Milk is q great poultry feed. That's
shy tho dairy hen is such prontabls
vne.
When fatteninx fowls in confine-
rnent see that they have plenty Of
gravel.
Sixty-nine entirely new varieties OF
roses we're shown at . recent French
exhibition.
Examine your trees from the nur-
sery this coming spring and see that
they are free from crown gall.
It 10 of Importance that the brood
SOW be kept in vigorous. thrifty con-
dition. not too fat but full OF vitality.
Il 10 said there Is only enough
brUom- corn to furnish one broom to
each housewife in America this year.
Tho method Of feeding and kind
and quality Of the food determines
the favor and nutritive value OF the
eggs.
The Chilean government has sew
erai engineering corps in the field
studying different methods and sys-
tens of irrigation.
By skillful pruning peach trees may
he forced to spread out and to have
a succession Of bearing wood from
close to the ground up.
The cows udder should be we'll
washed and dried with a coarse cloth
before milking, and the mixers hands
Su0ul0 DO WS6HCu atlCI cVCty SoWs
Turkeys are much more cleanly IN
their habits than chickens and their
surroundings should always be kept
Free from decayed food or Nth Of any
kind.
1t Is admitted that growing pigs
ptaced on rape at about 25 to the acre
will for two or three months require
only half as much grain ~ styled
animals.
Butter made from pasteurized sweet
cream has better keeping qualities
and remains free from Objectionable
Havors q longer time than butter made
from sour cream.
Young trees may require stalking II
planted In windy. exposed places: but
see that the ties cannot chafe the
trunks. Bands of cloth or leather can
be arranged to prevent this.
One thing in connection with horse
hreeding which cannot be too strongly
NnAtoSCu upOh 10 tAoS ~ ~ 40 WoASh
while to breed at all It 10 worth while
to feed the young ones literally.
One reason why SO many beginners
fail In the sheep business IL that they
have been led to believe that sheep
can be kept with little trouble or care
aud that profits nevertheless are sure
to accrue.
A good time now to haul out some
manure on to that raspberry patch. 1t
makes a good mulch for winter and
early spring. Later keeps down the
t.ity to the soil.
To the farmer who is willing to use
a little pains and gumption there is
good money In sheep. 1t is not neces-
sarily easy money. but very satisfac-
tory returns may be obtained with
proper management.
Most folks believe that onions are
not injured by freezing. but neverthe-
less severe freezing will surely spoil
them. Light freezing won't hurt them
If they are thawed out gradually and
uot handled while frozen.
The Canada thistle is a greater pest
in some sections than in others, for
tte reason that it is better adapted to
some soils and climates than to 9TH
ers. In the latitude Of Illinois 1t IA
reasonably easy to control and is
never q serious pest.
City poultrymen find 1t pays to buy
bones 1t the meat market in order To
feed their hens green cut bone. But
the farmers usually slaughter enough
meat in winter to make the purchase
tpf bones unnecessary. A good bone
cutter will chop up bones. grisles and
waste parts OF An animal and be clear