The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-22
NIi' FARM
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Birds destroy weed seeds.
The beet root is about one-eighth
sugar.
Nearly one-ffth of the area of
France is forest land
This is the best time Of year for
culling out the poor cows.
The person to run the incubator is
the first condition of success.
Agriculture in Germany supports
about 100000 of the population.
In one month a caterpillar will eat
six thousand times its own weight In
food.
Newly laid eggs need never become
shopworn. They're in too good de-
mand.
Don't buy seeds Just because they
are cheap and come In highly colored
packages.
Sheep seem to be able to subsist on
the poorest land OF South Americas
farthest extremity.
Under no circumstances should the
beginner think that any old eggs"
will do to learn on.
Pea vine hay. II properly sowed.
makes most excellent forage for
sheep and stock cattle.
After the third month the calf will
begin to want extra water. and some
may be mixed with the milk.
Succulont feed for our animals is
something we do not pay sufficient at
tention to as general thing.
The object should be to feed for
large and continuous milk flow. This
means both summer and winter
II all the implements were cleaned
and painted last fall. a great deal of
time will be saved when you must
get busy"
Pigs should have slop three times a
day. all they will clean up. and a lit
tie corn morning and night. also given
on . clean floor
About testing seeds. In most cases
your experiment station will gladly
test q sample of your seeds II you will
send II to them.
Those who treat their horses kind
ly can work the brood mares up to
the very day they foal their colts
without harming them
Hens or chickens can never do
their best when confined In yards SO
small that a sufficient amount of
green food cannot be grown.
Prominent breeders OF geese claim
that there is at least 100 per cent
profit in them; more than twice as
much as there is in raising hogs.
Waste milk is now being profitably
used In Irish diaries. where It used to
be a nuisance. but is now made into
fertilizer resembling bone ashes in
value.
Turkey eggs may be Matched in an
incubator very nicely. but unless you
have a number of hens It is hard to
chine
While the principal food of the
goose is grass. and needs hardly any
thing else during spring and summer,
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grains.
Profitable ''side-lines" for the cream
cry man are eggs and ice cream, to
say nothing of buttermilk, the sweet
cream trade. casein, hogs and other
lines of profit.
You can test the terminating power
OF your seed after you buy 1t. which,
while II insures your not using 1t IL It
Is untrustworthy. does not save you
the expense.
Be careful to remove all the flow
ers as soon as they begin to fade.
Leaves that show any decay should be
cut and burned. They are apt to en-
courage disease and malignant in
sects.
Hens will do well on most any kind
OF feed IL they have enough OF IL,
but they certainly cannot make eggs
unless they are supplied with certain
necessary elements for egg making.
Although one-fourth of the area of
Saxony is wooden. the kingdom seldom
has serious forest fire because of
the vigilance OF the foresters and
rigid laws for the prevention of such
fires.
Rutabagas are high In feeding value
and yield well on very heavy soils,
fully as well as mangels. They cost
less to produce than mangels or car
rots. and may be fed to all classes of
stock.