The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-02-02
Tho Dullet b the 49, lay0e.

other purpose than to hold milk
Cover the rhubarb plants now with
plenty Of coarse but rich stable ma.
/ nure.
Oats. barley and peas form q good
ration for pregnant ewes during the
winter.
| Temperature has more to do with
your failure to get butter than any
one cause.
Grating Is one Of the most inter.
esting things on the farm and It 10 alb
surdly simple.
Timothy growing means exhaustion
Of land. because 1t IL now grown a. .
commercial crop.
When the fowls pick themselves
frequently you may be sure that they
are infested with lice.
There 10 little danger Of craft in
the poultry house II there 10 only
one opening in the building.
Soil that is poorly drained suffers
more in both dry and wet seasons
than that which is we'll drained.
The orchardists should become more
familiar with the most approved
method Of producing more and better
fruit.
Records Of the performance Of
dairy cows form the only accurate
and safe basis for judging their
value.
There 10 no line Of general agricul.
ture in which we'll directed effort will
pay 80 large . profit a. in dairy
farming.
nure commences to ferment and un.
dergo changes the moment It 10
dropped.
From twelve to twenty-four hours
before churnins you should commence
to ripen the cream. according to the
time of the year.
Every owner of live stock should
he prepared to treat the more common
ills to which live stock of different
kinds are subject
Colds with poultry often lead to
roup and when once roup gets good
start we are likely to have quite .
task to get rid of it.
The fertilizer problem ID getting to
be big one. and could be greatly re-.
duced by keeping more stock and sell
Ing less hay and straw.
Many of the orchard tracts Of the
central a. we'll as the extreme west
are owned and operated by women.
who are happy in their wsrk.
Have some way Of marking every
turkey. They may get with neigh
bors turkeys and you will want some
way Of proving your property.
The purchaser of q bull should Sc.
lect an animal that 10 a good individ.
ual and whose dam and granddam on
his sire's side have good butterfat rec
ords.
Single purpose animals carry their
| hop
do so-called dual purpose animals.
These facts belong to the domain Of
breeding.
After the first week Of sleeping and
resting the young calf should be al
lowed to exercise freely In the open
air, In order to develop muscles. lungs
and heart.
The Minnesota experiment station
has found bran to be an excellent
feed to combine with corn fodder and
timothy or wild hay. as a ration for
the milch COW.
Let the newborn calf stay in the
stall or pasture with its mother for
several days. and she will let 1t feed
at times and in amounts best suited
to its needs In life.
There Is no longer certainty OF a
crop of fair fruit without spraying
with insecticides. no matter how pro
pitious the season otherwise or how
fertile the orchard soil.
Proof piles up that there are scores
and hundreds of dairy cows that are
not paying their way while many 9th
ers are making a handsome profit for
the owner. Which kind do you keep?
When the hogs are watered with
patent waterers both the drinking part
and the barrel should be kept clean