The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-02-15
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Oats are good for poultry.

Warm the water for chickens.
Hogs cannot DO raised probably on
corn alone.
Kindness and training should begin
with the calf
The horse will keep itself respect
ably clean II given a chance.
OF the many varieties of clover the
common red IL by far the best
Corn 10 too fattening for laying
hens when kept In close confinement.
MIX rapidly, but do not rush A. II
you were pumping water. or heaving
coal.
Dust which 10 used for poultry
should not be left too long in the
houses.
One great essential In getting win
ter eggs IL to make the hens entirely
comfortable.
A COW with good digestion will al
most invariably bring a generous profit
to her owner.
Maximum crops on small farms are
more profitable than minimum crops
on large farms.
The rapid growth and hardness
Of the willow makes It almost In
valuable on the prairie.
No farmer can afford to buy manure
until he has frst made use Of every
pound produced at home.
One OF the greatest Developments In
the neld Of winter dairying and exper-
lmentation has been the silo.
II IL very necessary that the dairy
COW have . large. strong and we'll
distended digestive apparatus.
During the past few years more at
tsntion has been given to seed selec-
ton and Improvement by individual
farmers.
The active laying breeds Of hens
must be given more liberty and they
DO not need a. warm houses ~ We
have supposed.
A horse should always b tied to
. hitching post with . strong strap
Or rope which there II NO FEASIBILITY
Of its breaking.
Where there il no regular system Of
ventilation. the farmer must. in venti-
lating the dairy barn. avoid direct
drafts on the dairy herd.
The average farmer who keeps two
teams Of horses should At least keep
one team Of good large mares. and
stallion Of the dram type. available
Growers in almost all the promi-
nent fruit sections are discouraging
the use Of the straight pack. on &C
count Of the bruising Of the apple.
It IL very important that the water
drunk by the cows giving three or
more gallons Of milk daily be warmed
to about SIXTY degrees Fahrenheit.
In some respects q COW IL much like
Q person; she enjoys a good. and COM
Portable place In which to eat and
sleep, possibly as well as the best of
About seventy-five per cent. Of all
the corn produced in the country is
grown in the northwestern and mid
die states, which are known as the
corn belt.
Give ducks a place on your farm.
They are not hard to raise and few
fowls are more profitable than a
great many. when attention is given
to their needs.
Poultry as a marketable product has
become very scarce and dear the last
year or two. and the Importance of
poultry as a revenue-producer on the
farm needs to be emphasized.
Geese are among the most profit
able of all fowls to invest in, for they
can be kept several years for breed
ing purposes. and. when your founda-
ton IL once laid. there is little sx-
pense.
Nothing IL gained in grinding feed
for the hens. They will do their own
grinding II there 10 plenty Of grit
available The trouble II on some
farms grinding material IL not very
plentiful.
What furnishes more material for
the white Of eggs than corn does? A
bushel Of wheat contains about one
tenth more protein. three per cent.
less fat and nearly three times as
much nber.
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One Of the most remunerative ways
of growing rhubarb Is to grow the
forced product out OF season. This
can be done in any shed. cellar or
clubhouse where the temperature can
be controlled.