The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-06-30
Never use poor $3.50.

Plant only potat0se that are sounA.
No horse can thrive o. nusty bran.
oats or corn.
Cooked meat 10 much bsttss to give
ths vsry young turkeys.
Svest clover 70 . good Indicator Il
coil that viii grow alfalfa
Weeds reduce the physical conditioa
Of the soil to . poorer state.
With prices at the 80 mark, the
hog has become . respected farm ami.
nal.
Now that the chicks are Matched.
comes the dimcult part Of raising
them.
Make II . rule to caress the colt
after performing well what was ~.
CURED Of him.
Among the things by which time
can be saved BY using larger ma
chinery the grain drill stands first
Few annual flowers will grow 20
easily and give the wealth OF bloom
for 10 long . season % the nsstur-
tiums.
good stock. except when you have .
surplus or when the birds are too
old for profit.
Free range for hogs does not mean
that they should be allowed to run
in the highways and through the
neighbour fields.
Every Enclosure for the hog should
Be perfectly tight. and with the OK.
cellent wire fences that are now man
ufactured 1t 10 an easy matter.
The essentials Of Q good summer
hog pasture are. nrst, . good hog.
tight fence: next comes Q good stand
Of grass, clover Of other good forage
plants.
While the interest IN good roads
seems to b. general throughout the
country It il not active because con-
csntrstiou Of effort IL necessary to
secure them.
1t u - impossible to tell By looking
ut COW the amount Of milk she will
give In = year a. It IL to tell the
amount Of butter fat present in milk
by looking at It
Yoa can have pure bred flock Of
chickens Just a. well ~ not II you
have not the hens to lay the eggs se-
cure eggs from . pure breed and
hatch and raise the kind you like best.
Msngels are the most economical
beet to grow for milk production: but
many breeders. In forcing cows for ex-
treme records, prefer table beets. be-
cause the cows will eat . larger guam
tity.
With some varieties Of apples. like
Ben Davis. Bordeaux cannot safely be
used Just after the blossoms fall be-
cause Of the russeting and disfigure-
ment Of the fruit which almost surely
results.
When properly used millet 10 one of
the most palatable forage crops Of the
whole list. and furthermore when one
or two simple precautions are taken
It IL a. safe ~ any other kind of hay
Or forage.
The period Of incubation for pleas
ant eggs does not differ greatly from
that Of common fowls, though 1t 10
slightly longer, Is a. compared with
81 days. The eggs are usually set
under q Cochin bantam hen.
The reason why hogs 70 eagerly
dsvour coal ashes. rotten wood and
such material, 10 because they do not
have, while In close confinement,
the material their systems require.
At large they root 1t out Of the
ground.
After all. It Il hen fruit that 10 the
most reliable crop. and 1t gets too
little attention on the majority Of
farma The time u coming soon whom
eggs and poultry viii be ono of the
peinoipal sources Of income to those
who own small or medium sized farms.
TIE time u not far distant when
this country will b compelled to make
available every form Of fertility that
Wiu snrich the soil The people of In.
IA, of China. and Of Egypt were long
eeo compelled to make use of the fer
eility which in this country is thrown
into the rivers, lakes and harbors
through town and city sewers. If
those eastsrn people had not made
such use Of fertility starvation would
hsvs snsusd.