The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-01-28
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Dairy COWS do pay.

"y No"e w R8y.
Muck soils are generally acid.
Ducks love to stay out all night in
their runs.
Pekin ducks are good breeders even
q four years Of age.
Roughage fed in considerable guam
t1ttes will result in the production OF
bosf
Good. unaAulterated milk should
contain about 81 per cent q water
aad IL per cent. Of solids.
Even the hired man now rides where
- once walked and he gets higher
wages than when he walked.
Watch the breeding sows. II they
~ too thin 1t 10 had for them and II
tAsy get too fat II 10 for the unborn
Dtgs.
The proper feeding Of poultry IL .
science and one that not only affords
pleasure In its investigation but profit
n its mastery.
Some men don't seem to realize the
Importance OF manipulating the I'D
der with the hand at the same time
they are milking.
The COW with the good appetite IL
apt to be the cheapest butter producer.
Cows that are "finnicky" are not apt
to be profitable
coop II by IS feet is large enough
for so hens Give them light. warmth
and plenty Of air. Let the last filter
through a canvas window.
Few COW keepers know anything
about the theory Of dairying, but
good one has got the practice down
Ane, and this is what counts.
Clover that Is vigorous will put more
plant food into the land than clover
that II not vigorous for 1t has more
power to draw on the nitrogen in the
air.
Skim milk, which IL whole milk,
minus part of its fat, and which costs
ealy half as much ~ whole milk, fur
ntshes protein about four times as
sheaply a. beef.
A special bee-cellar In which moth
isg else is kept is certainly desirable,
but many bee-keepers cannot afford
this and yet can well spare room in a
good house cellar.
To protect the trees from mice and
rabbits. screen wire. veneer, or tarred
paper may be placed around the
trunks. This is, indeed, a good pre-
caution for all young fruit trees.
The chickens should be encouraged
70 run and scratch in the garden in
the winter after the frosts have de.
stroyed the tomatoes and other vege-
tables the fowls might damage.
Horse manure is very dry and loose
n texture and diflicult to mix with
hitter. Hence II heats rapidly, fer.
mentation sets in and the ammonia II
contains escapes into the air and ia
lost
The best way to fatten young stock
% secure a maximum profit is to feed
them we'll from the start Whether IT
- young cattle or lambs. they should
b literally fed from the beRinnin.
Of the feeding period.
MIX requires no preparation. has
NO waste. and 10 more thoroughly di.
sssted than most vegetable foods. A
. source Of protein. the most ex.
psnsive of the nutritive ingredients, 1t
- especially economical.
The manure of cattle is generally
poorer than that of any of the farm
animals on account Of It carrying a
greater percentage Of water. II
decomposes slowly and is therefore
good to mix with other manures
OF course, pigs will live and make
some growth on good clover pasture
without any grain. but this feed ia al.
together too bulky for profitable re.
suits. hence the desirability of feeding
4 liberal grain ration while the n,1s
are on pasture for maximum profit
Holstein cows are now in greater
demand in dairy localities than anv
other breed. This is not true in ali
neighborhoods, but 1t Is true in een.
eral. There are several reasons.
They are good eaters; they stand ex.
posure better than Jerseys; they pro.
duce more milk than any other breed
they have teats SO formed that they
milk easier than other breeds. and
they give down to the end with little
stripping; the veal calves are large