The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-01-19
Lay in your feed now.

can't be expected to do well.
Squads are sold by the dozen, quail.
ty influencing the price more than
size.
The lice are easiest destroyed be-
fore they have gotten too much of .
start.
Buttermilk is a good egg producer
and an excellent liver regulator for
poultry.
Another thing the season makes
necessary is good pair of horse
blankets.
Young pigs get tangled up in the
long straw. get away from the SOW
and become chilled.
One dairyman says he finds that SIS
degrees is the best temperature to
keep the COW stable.
The duck doesn't sing such sweet
the farmyard orchestra.
A two-years-old tree. II thrifty. Is
lest for starting an orchard Don't
pay Zig money for large trees
II you have fruit trees hec' ID in for
spring planting Re sure that they are
where the rabbits will not get at them.
Alfalfa is the coming green feed for
hogs. One acre will be plenty for 20
hogs. This makes a good pork and at
low cost.
Statistics show that so per cent. Of
the corn raised In the United States 10
shipped out Of the counties In which II
Is grown.
There is no kind OF animal breeding
that will pay better than the breeding
of horses; but horses that will SELL
not dung hills or misfits.
There is at this time higher stand.
ard Of excellence shown in the cattle
stock OF the country than at any for.
mer period Of our cattle history.
The one spot that must be looked
after well is the watering place. and
under no circumstances should the
trough be placed where two fences
join at right angles.
Don't overlook the fact that one Of
the fastest and surest ways IN the
ways wedding out the p0Rrest milk
and badly-doing cows. -
A good supply OF traps and a shot
gun as accessories to a bone cutter
will keep poultry supplied with fresh
meat throughout the winter to the
advantage Of the egg basket
Some satisfactory results have been
obtained from the use Of ram lambs
on old ewes-the ewes being SO strong
that the weakness of the lamb sire
was not SO evident in the offspring.
IL proper care be taken the mare
can safely be used in the ordinary
work Of the farm up TO the very hour
of foaling; but as this time approaches
It is important that the weight be not
heavy nor the pace rapid.
Don't fail to keep a supply Of shells
and gravel before your fowls. II they
are confined give them straw or refuse
hay to scratch In. When grass Is not
to be had they will gladly eat large
quantities Of almost any dry litter.
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The market must finally govern the
profitableness of cattle feeding. Over
this the farmer has no control. So to
a certain extent cattle feeding is
kind of game of chance. The farmer
must use his wisdom gained by ex-
perience and go ahead.
When calves crave wood or other
unnatural substances. 1t is an indica-
ton of an excessive acid condition OF
the digestive organs. They need an
apti-acid, the same as when cows eat
bones to neutralize an acid condition.
Give them a teaspoonful of bicarbon-
ate of soda in milk twice daily.
II you haven't already got a bone
cutter. get one by all means. We
know Of no other machine that will SO
quickly and surely pay for itself as .
good bone cutter. 1t is not luxury.
but an actual necessity. The increased
profits from the flock will soon pay
for 1t.
The lamb may be greatly aided by
a special system Of feeding independ-
ent of Its mothers care. This can be
supplied by commencing when quite
young. 10 days or two weeks old. and
giving little shorts and meal in
separate trough in division just on
the eve stable. SO the lamb may go In
and out of this division at will.
The dairyman should keep COM
plete record OF each cow in his herd,
including both a feed record and a
milk record. Then only is he in po-
sition to find the standing Of each cow
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