The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-02
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Select your cockerols % overcome
the SHORTCOMINGS OF your heas.
Baked potatoes oecasionally led to
the chicks are rshsheA b. then.
Butter fat seems to absorb more
moisture when comparatively warm
May growers think tAseo y more
moesy In raspbssrsss tAaa stsswber
riss.
0aAsAias 10 . great DsriAse: allow
It fFss access II the bars vbeasvsr
possibIs.
MIX 10 very suscsphbae . Alth and
dissass. and care nust - exercised
u handling It.
at ths pail eats Just about - much -
the COW that 6oss.
neat plant any sowsrs IN straight
rows except AollyAocks o. sanAowers.
or plasts for bordsrs.
The one cry against The general
practice Of dairy farming Il that 1t
requires too much labor.
TAs we'll ventilated ham will b
more confortable on the coolest day
than one poorly ventilated.
Twenty acres Of corn put into the
silo 10 worth more in feeding . dairy
herd than 80 acres in the CRIB.
Don't forget about the lice these
days. when the hens are shut up .
good part Of the day and night.
There Il best temperature for each
individual lot Of cream. but this can
b determined only BY experience.
II the man who has NO silo would
watch his neighbor feed and watch
the results he would soon have one.
Do not neglect to use these days
when the ground IL frossn hard to
dress the land literally with manure.
A hill of potatoes stripped by bugs
or on which the leaves are injured by
blight. cannot give . satisfactory
yield.
Whitewashing or painting the In
terror Of the COW stable 10 advisable
and does not bring . burden upon the
dairyman
Place no reliance In the theory that
breeds contaminste by simply seeing Q
the fence.
Unless the dairy farmer really
knows a good dairy COW when he sees
one, he should not attempt to build
up dairy herd
There Is q tradition that cows will
do better in warm weather than in
cold weather, but experience has dis
proved this fact.
The best way to feed straw to
horses and mules at work is to re-
duce 1t to chan and mix 1t with mid
dlings and corn chop.
No animal suffers more readily from
intense cold in the winter or more
severely from intense heat In the
summer than the hog.
Get ahead Of the season In all gar
den work. BY and by the rush of
other things will come and a part of
this work may be neglected.
Plant strawberries as soon ~ the
season will allow. Next years crop
depends upon the start made this sea
son, so strawberry growers say.
To seed down a vegetable garden
after the earth has been worked
fined and raked thoroughly, the first
needful thing is to level the ground.
The time will soon be here when We
shall need seed corn for planting. 1t
is always well to make selection
and have all things ready before plant
ing time.
The COW freshening in the spring
will produce a maximum flow Of milk
during the first couple of spring
months because Of the ideal condi-
tions of the pastures.
II perches. houses and coops are
thoroughly treated now with good
mite destroyer there will be no dan
ger Of their making any further trou-
BILE until next summer.
Stables should be cleaned carefully
daily, and disinfected thoroughly at
least twice during the winter season,
| and always after . case Of disease
| among the animals In the stable.