The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-04-20
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Keep your fowls hungry.

Keep your fowls hungry.
Pork Is too high not 70 fssd right
Concrete u aa sxcelleat material fer
silo building
Examine the eggs With the sgs-tsst-
er before setting them.
Whatever breed II chosen. pure
bred ram should b. used.
In raising onions for commercial
purposes q large bulb 10 desirable.
In caring for pigeons ons should 90
about quietly and never fnsAtsn
them.
One OF the easiest ways Of making
money on the farm 10 By rearing
sheep.
In planting . young orchard SEQ
that the trees are properly prunsd
before set.
Hot mashss on cold days are on the
feeding program Of many successful
poultry raisers.
This 10 q good time to ngure up &C.
counts for the year and see what the
chicken business has done for us.
Sheep farming is profitable branch
to follow where land can be had for
about fifteen to twenty-five dollars per
acre.
Do not dispose Of too many early
pullets for fattening purposes-they
are your principal assets for another
season.
A hen 10 . good thing. but too much
Of . good thing is bad thing. Two
hundred hens are enough for the
average farm.
The SOW should be given warm
millfeed slop, made fresh for each
meal. while oats ana . little sound
corn twice a day.
Cows approaching calving should be
placed In roomy box stalls, given a
good dry bed Of leaves or straw and
not interfered with.
II the breeders are In poor condi-
ton you will get many eggs that do
not hatch well or that produce puny
or weakling chicks.
The right time to castrate pigs il a
week or 80 before they are weaned, II
healthy; II delicate, wait week or 30
until they are stronger.
Raw potatoes are greatly relished
by chicks and may be fed freely. Cut
them In good-sized chunks and let the
chicks have them to pick at.
1t is very well to sow a piece of rye
early in the fall for the ewes that
have lambs to pasture on In the
The SQUAD OF the best breed is
ready for market when about foul
weeks old. At this age 1t is In prime
condition. 1t does not gain much
afterward.
Forage or salad crops for poultry
greens should preferably be grown
with stable manure. This applies te
clover. cabbage. lettuce, salad turnips
mangels. etc.
Infertlle eggs from the incubator.
tested out on the fifth to seventh day.
can often be sold to bakers If sold fol
Just what they are. They are gooc
for cooking purposes.
This is the time to give the boy {
few acres to farm with a team, ant
seeds. and see what ne will make o
1t. II will make him feel like MAJ
and bind him to the farm.
1t will not be long now till the frs
haying. Get all of the haying ma
chinery and tools ready for the work
SO that there will be no delay whel
the hay is ready to harvest.
Many farmers say there Is no none,
in raising ducks and geese. but F.
Jacoby. assistant in poultry husband
ry at the Kansas State Agriculture
College. says this is a mistake.
Mr.. c. O. Garrett, OF Iowa, says
"I.ime-sulphur is the best stock-di
I have ever used, 1t is very mucl
superior to many dips now on tn
market. being more effective an
more durable and 1t is absolutely no
injurious"
Breeding birds which begin tn
work Of egg production near the tim
the eggs are required for incubatio