The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-04-20
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alt the cows regularly.


Get ready to SOW the hog pasture.
Sheep profits are sure and readily
obtainable.
Keep the land free from weeds by
burning the seed.
Dairy cows are being bought In Yer.
mont and shipped to Iowa
Borrowing is poor policy at all
times. 1t never cements friendship.
Watch for and destroy all weeds
that appear during late summer and
fall
Why. certainly the machinery
should all be under shelter by this
time.
The brick-shaped pound print of
butter is the most popular upon the
market.
UNI uilui OiCudIuss as Tule, are
SO because the soil is deficient in
plant food.
Thoroughbred stock not only pay
heir board. but lay up something for
the rainy day."
Winter rye. especially a little fur
Their south. make good early pasture
in the hog lot.
Milk the COW thoroughly. The strip
pings are at least three times as rich
as the first of the milk.
Thoroughly clean and whitewash
the hen house this month. The clean
er and whittier It Is the better.
A few more conveniences and CON-
forts would do much to keep the
young folks interested in the farm.
II won't pay to try to brace up an
old tree that blew down during the
heavy storm. Plant a new tree in its
place.
The dairyman must treat his cows
a. individuals, not as Job lot. Each
animal has her particular tastes and
tendencies.
Ring-worm on cattle may be cured.
BY washing once a day with I'VE
per cent solution Of carbolic acid.
until healed.
A COW should have at least six
weeks vacation between milking pc
RODS. II she is MIXED continually she
will not last long.
The poultry Industry has fiourished
as no other livestock industry. yet the
value Of poultry products is higher
than 1t has been for years.
It Is OF supreme Importance that
the dairy stock should be handled
gently. Wild and intractable animals
are usually the result Of harsh han
ding.
Where dry grains are extensively
fed to fowls. they should have sue.
culent food-melons. culled potatoes.
beets and tomatoes will answer this
purpose.
Twenty-eight years ago hogs
reached the present level of prices.
The cause then was scarcity due to a
great epidemic of cholera which had
swept over the west
Good garden implements are essen
tial for successful gardening. Much
of the benefit and pleasure derived
from work in the garden is missed by
having poor tools. The best are the
cheapest
Where milo is grown for poultry It
need not be threshed. Fowls eat It
as readily from the head as when II
is threshed. Milo has crooked stem
and It is sometimes convenient to
hang the heads in the chicken house.
The flower garden may not be as
profitable as the vegetable garden,
but 1t will add cheer. comfort and
contentment to the home. The rest
and peace Of mind afforded by strolls
in the flower garden is not to be COM
pared with money.
The condition Of the bowels is the
best Indication Of the fowls health.
When the droppings are more or less
hadr. a dark brown color. capped with
white, we know the fowl Is enjoying
the best of health. But when they are
yellow and watery. indigestion. IL not
liver troubles. are the cause.
There are various methods for ven
tilating poultry houses, but the best
and simplest is to lie. the fresh air
come in unobstructed except by a mus
lin screen. Remove the window sash
and tack on muslin in its place.
Enough air will enter to keep the
house dry and sanitary. but there will
be no breeze. even In very stormy
weather.
Many city horses with hoofs bound
and cracked and otherwise injured.
have been taken to farm. their shoes
pulled OF and turned out to pasture