The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-02-04
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Give chickens pure water.
The duck seldom becomes broody.
Provide plenty Of ventilation for
your hen house.
On many farms a good dog is need
ed for various causes.
When alfalfa is cut and fed green to
dairy cows its entire value IL saved.
Land plaster Is a soil stimulant and
while II increases growth at first 1t
will injure the soil.
Give the hens plenty Of room. plenty
Of ventilation. So shall your egg bas.
ket hold January eggs.
Many tests at feeding to increase
the butterfat in milk have shown that
sOme other factor Is necessary than
feed
Chemical preservatives In milk are
considered Injurious to health. and are
forbidden by pure food legislation in
many states.
Two smaller silos are better than
one big one. They are easier to fill
and easier to feed from and the silage
keeps just as well.
The dairyman who has a good sup
ply of forage and feed and q bunch OF
good dairy cows to feed It to will strike
a pay streak this winter.
The best way to treat manure with
acid phosphate Is to use 1t as an alb
sorbent In the stable the same as is
advised for floats or gypsum.
Pigs. as a rule, sell for less per
pound In the market than hogs. In
the market swine under 1870 pounds
in weight are clas:ed as pigs.
Nothing 80 stimulates the entire sys-
tenn Of the hog as pasturage, and it is
especially beneficial during the win.
ter months. whenever 1t can be pro.
vided.
The value Of manure does not de-
pend wholly upon its fertilizing prop
critics: II adds humus to the soil. II
ia especially beneficial to gumbo and
to mucky soils.
Unless exceptionally high prices are
paid for 1t. milk is fully as econom.
ical q source OF nutrients as other ami.
NAL foods but dearer than most staple
vegetable products.
There is every indication the specu.
lators will make big profits on the
butter they have In storage. This
will have tendency to make prices
good again next spring.
Tfllage opens up the soil to the
ameliorating influence of the air and
sun, giving the newly sown seed a
warm and invigorating bed which is
a necessity to perfect termination.
Tender roses and other half-hardy
plants that must be left outdoors all
winter. should be protected in some
way. Wrappings OF straw, or cover
ings Of leaves. soil or manure, are
needed.
The production. care and applica,
ton Of manure Is given the least con
sideration Of the three, In this coun.
try. caused. no doubt. by the bound.
less extent Of virgin soil, found BY
our forefathers.
Sometimes a pullet wishes to LAY
but cannot because her egg organs
are weak. They need strengthening
Add little oil meal to the soft feed
and give little chopped raw meat In
addition to the regular ration.
Although the factor of keeping clean
both milk and cream may not appeal
to some farmers as much as it should
there Is one phase of the subject that
may. That phase is cleanliness as a
guard against the dissemination OF
disease by milk and cream.
Successful feeding does not ron
sist in chucking out about as much
feed to certain number of hens
Just 80 often. Success means the
study OF your fiocks and feeding ar
cordingly: different quantities at dif
ferent times. with variation In kinds
for there are not two flocks that re
quire exactly the same treatment.
Corncobs are often allowed to 20 IL
waste because they rot so slowly tba,
they are not available as fertiI,zers
This difnculty may be overcome ir
part, at least, by running the cob,
through 4 corn crusher This break,
them up In small pieces. and the,
will rot much more quickly. If thi,
crushed material is spread upon IN.