The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-16
Pian for hatching seAsoA-
Keep the heas busy these eoal layA

Doat feed your fowls - that thsy
Will eat too much II oocs.
just because fat heas are ~ good
layefs. do not starvs yosf fovla.
The hsst eevs ars the cows tAat
vfll an tAs pockstbook most quickly.
More cattls Ais froo the s0scts q
bsing drsaehsd thaa fro0 tsbsNcs-
Iosis.
Potato pssaiass ~ rav h ast tss
hrss euastitiss srs sssl sss Tie ~
ing hens.
warmth sAssA - supplied to an
farm animals bst not at The s1Dsoss
Of fresh air.
When hguring up the proalts fre0
the cows for last year doat ovssieok
the fertilizer
Mea love their families. bot ars in-
clinsd to neglect the crops that can -
produced for the stable.
CSsrcsss y eoed for the animals
and they should get their share every
day whsa It 10 possible.
4 good dairy sire 10 one that pre-
duoss daughters which give nors but-
ter.fat than their mothers.
Eggs should b Suffered oftsa. -
pscially II the weather 10 cold a.A
thsy are to b used for Matching.
Much oe The success In poultry
keeping depends on the vieor a1A
vitality Of The birds themselves.
A male bird that 10 gallant. always
ready to share with the hens, 10 pes-
ferred to one that is too generous.
The by-products of the dairy can b.
made almost - profitable ~ tie
straight products Il rightly handled.
A cheap separator Is worse than
none. Get one that does not waste
each year more than the original cost.
Yearlings and heifers should b
early taught to drink warm millfesd
slop in winter. and cold slop in sum.
mer.
Get all the wood ashes you can and
apply them to the garden and truck
patch soon - you can. and then plow
It In.
The number of hens farmer should
keep depends on his interest in Tie
business and the time he 10 willing to
devote to it.
Unless q bird 10 matured and pos
sesses size. viGor and . sound consta-
tuition, 1t should be barred out Of the
breeding pen.
For Idle horses. straw and we'll
cured corn fodder may take the place
Of hay. giving . half ration Of corn
morning and night.
A man who has . good quality Of
dairy products and 4 high-class Of
dairy stock for sale seldom knows
what competition is.
II you are to get eggs. you must
have healthy. vigorous hens. and II
you wish to keep up the supply you
must retain the vigor.
As every poultryman knows, or
should know. protein is an important
and invaluable ingredient in the "a
ton for egg production.
In planning adornment for the door
yard avoid straight lines as much as
possible. Set the trees and shrubs
in groups or irregular lines.
1t is very important that the wa
ter drunk by the cows giving three
or more gallons of milk daily be
warmed to about so degrees F.
The calf that goes into winter quar-.
ters lousy will not do we'll Rubbing
the calf with cloth moistened with
coal oil and lard will put a quietus on
the lice.
| 1t is essential in raising beef t.
know the characteristics of prime
beast. for in order to command tht
top price the animal must be In the
pink of condition.
Provide shelter for all of the ami
mails on cold and rainy nights ol
spring weather Shelter means saw
ing of feed. and making the animals
grow and produce better.
1t is the custom of some farmers Il
raise a litter of pigs from a SOW in th'
spring that she Is year old, then fat
ten her for the fall market and keel
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