The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-04-07
Sheep flourish On veedsL
An incubator IL always bsooAy.

Al l0C0O8IO0 IL 8Iv0y8 U6UO0y.
CAicks vill not thrive in Q close.
1oNl stnosphefs.
Look over trees and shrubs for Anal
pruning before growth staFts.
A. tie frost leaves the groun1
lavns may be seeded and soA rolled
ImDeoveA American hofseraAish ~
quires the same culture - for rhs-
barb.
All goes we'll In good times. In baA
times people talk Of saving expenssa.
but have forgotten hov.
Very few OF the large comnercAsj
pear orchards contain more than .
dosea varieties. and some even less.
Good clover hay. oats and bran are
the proper feeds for mares In foal.
and give light work for exercise. II
possible.
Every farmer should do all he can
to make farm life attractive for his
children 20 they will not desire to
leave the farm.
There 10 . salve for every sore. and
there 10 breed Of hens for every one.
Be sure and get the breed that you
like best and you will succeed.
The original members of . flock of
geese we'll cared for will live during
the lifetime Of two generations Of .
family and will be profitable during
this time.
The American hen produces more
wealth in year by six times than
the gold or iron mines of the United
States and she doesn't get much
credit for 1t.
get the ducks to laying. The chances
are II they begin to lay too soon they
will not lay as we'll a. when eggs are
wanted for Matching.
A light dressing of guano when the
onions commence to button will In
crease the yield and will also ripen
the crop several weeks earlier than
those grown without this dressing.
The ideal berry ground should be.
hrst. . rich. sandy loan with clay sub
soil: second. a dark loan or gravelly
loan mixed lightly with clay and .
clay subsoil. all having q southerly or
eastern slope.
Spraying for scale may be done at
any time after the leaves drop in the
fall until they begin to open In the
spring. providing the weather IL not
too cold. and the material can dry on
the trees before freezing.
How many chickens were hatched
last spring! How many lived to mol
ting age! How much Of = run have
they! Where do they roost? Why
didn't you raise more? Have you a.
many this week ~ last! Did the cat
get any Of them?
The dairyman should keep . com
plete record Of each COW In his herd,
including both . feed record and .
milk record. Then only IL he in .
position to ind the standing Of each
COW and tell which cows are profit
able and which are Improbable.
There is nothing that makes q poul-
try house look cleaner and smell
sweeter than 4 good coat Of good
whitewash especially when the odor
or some good disinfectant pervades
the air and penetrates the crevices.
Whitewash Is cheap and 10 easily ap.
piled.
Gapes are picked up by chickens
from filthy ground. Gapes seldom
trouble fowls when they have q large
clean run. Prevention 10 much better
than cure. Chickens are supposed to
get cape worms from eating angle
worms. but the angle worms never
get cape worms in clean ground.
The high prices paid for clover seed
during recent years would seem to in.
dicate growing shortage in the crop.
The causes of this shortage are vari.
Gus, as for instance drouth and win.
ter-killing. But the most potent cause
BY far Is probably the clover midge,
an insect that preys upon the seed
during the formative period.
Experiments in France show that
dried and ground skinned milk 10
a good food for horses. The average
amount fed is about IL pounds per
day supplemented BY hay. Many
horsemen in this country feed sweet
milk to old horses to put them in good
condition quickly. However. milk
does not make good solid flesh IN
horses.