The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1910-07-22
NID FARM
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The bruise on an apple is injurious.
Lice and mites come with warm
weather.
Tie the grape vines to the trellis
wires before the vines begin to run.
No well bred farmer ever contents
himself with scrub stock or poor crops.
1t Is sad mistake for man to
make a good crop of grass into poor
hay.
Pure fresh air. day and night. is
one of the prime essentials for keep
ing fowls in good health.
Most separators do their best work
with the milk at temperature of
from SIS degrees to 95 degrees Fahren-
heN
churning temperature for a period Of
two or three hours, 1t is ready to be
churned.
A good way to keep manure for the
garden is to fill large box, turning
1t over with fork about once a
week and keeping 1t moist.
The government ia sending out ex-
perts to various parts Of the country
to teach fruit growers the best meth
DDS Of spraying their trees.
When shrubs are first planted they
should be headed back one.half or
more, but after they become estab-
lished they should be allowed to
branch at will.
One Of the prominent symptoms Of
shoulder lameness In horses is diff
fculty OF lifting and extending the
limb. which is particularly Noticeable
when the patient Is urged to trot
The fea beetle is a small. metallic
blue insect which Is destructive to the
fruit both as the larva and the adult
Spraying with arsenate OF lead or
paris green is generally effective.
Some OF the amber honeys are
made from the aster. goldenrod. bone
set. queen Of the meadow. heartsease.
wild sunfower. Spanish needle. su-
mac. magnolia and marlgold.
The earliest sown lettuce should be
of some OF the loose growing varieties.
For summer use plant cabbage lettuce.
or beading varieties. as the leaves
during the warm season will be whittier
and more crisp.
Soy beans shed their leaves before
the grain begins to ripen: therefore
when hay is desired the plants must
be cut when half or more OF the pods
are fully grown. but before the beans
begin to harden.
In cutting rape for soiling II Ia best
TO cut about four inches from the
ground. II is advisable to arrange
the cutting so that each days product
win he consumed within that time. ms
the foliage soon willis and Is then not
rclished so much.
The sitting hen must not be dis.
turbed. II eggs are laid In the same
nest with those that arc Matching II
n often difficult TO tell the fresh one
from the others. hence partly Matched
eggs are taken out instead OF tho
| fresh ones.
II IN well known fact among
farmers md fruit growers that black.
berries Improve the physical nature
OF the soil through their root action.
when they are removed from the mp.
pie orchard the soil Ia left In ideal
condition for the outer feeding roots
Of the apple treos.
While Il In conceded that permnncn,
maintenance o, soil fertility without
live stock is possible. II Ia not prac
ticable M n statewide policy. because
II In no, the highest type Of ngricul
turc and because few farmers can bo
induced to comply with all tho condi
tons necessary to make Il effective.
Plant cnnnns ono 10 two feet apart
depending altogether II they be dwnrf
or the tnllsrowing sort. They like
very rich soil and plenty OF watcr
during tho growing season. A mulch
OF straw manure will help TO con,
serve the water that II givon ,hom
Cut on all tho seed pods a. they
form.
Root plants may DO transpianted
but Il IL not advisable unless II wcrs
In the case Of extra early bcsts start
ID In tho hotbcd or turnip rooted rad