The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
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Buttermaking Is an art.

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Fresh fruit is always delicious.
the windpipe.
Most farm buildings are built too
close to the dwelling.
In preparing seed bed for sweet
clover do a thorough job.
Very little is known about the actual
value of rye as poultry food.
The barn that 10 banked UP will
have fewer draughts over the floor.
Don't leave your valuable farm ma
chinery standing unprotected In the
field.
Dat straw is an excellent rough feed
for sheep. Wheat straw is next In
value.
Overcrowding the eve flock during
the winter months is frequent cause
Of severe losses.
Very early spraying with Bordeaux
is the thing for all kinds Of fungus rot
and for peach leaf curk
Fresh, green bone is of itself almost
a complete feed. and may be used as
special material for egg production.
Farmers should not buy more land
until that which they already have
is producing to its maximum capacity.
Exercise is of prime importance in
several ways. 1t keeps the pigs MIN
BILE and In a healthy condition gener-
ally.
Before putting the chicks into the
brooder It is a good plan to sprinkle
them carefully with a good insect
powder.
One of the FIRST needs of the pigs is
q comfortable place In which to pass
more than half of the time. sleeping
and resting.
Breeding stock should be selected
for health. strength. vigor and matu-
rity frst, utility second and fancy
points third.
II is q well known fact that properly
managed 1910 or so acre farm will
return in addition to q living. n fine
income for the family.
The dairyman having a productive
farm of $50 to 200 acres can easily
raise six to eight OF his best marked
female calves each season.
The annual income from milk and
butter in the United States is said to
be more than the output of the gold
and the silver mines.
Carrots are fed to horses not SO
much for their feeding value. but for
their influence in keeping the digestive
organs in good condition.
II requires ice to handle milk.
cream or butter. so see to 1t that you
will be fully supplied with this cheap
article for next summers use.
Fowls should always be starved for
at least "a hours before being killed.
so as to have their crops and intcs-
tines thoroughly free from food Of any
kind.
There is a steady demand for nuts.
The English walnut. pecan. Spanish.
Japanese and American chestnuts.
butter nuts and shellbarks are the
most profitable.
The difficulties experienced in
spreading poultry manure. on account
Of its sticky consistency. may be OBJ
waited by mixing with loan. peat or
common stable manure.
Provide shelter for all Of the ami
mails on cold and rainy nights Of
spring weather Shelter means saw
ing of feed. and making the animals
grow and produce better.
Condiments that stimulate egg pro-
duction are very much like anything
that stimulates a human being. After
the Immediate results wear of the
bird is in worse shape than before be
ing fed.
One of the things which concern the
grower all over the country is to try
to manage his business himself. and
get as large proportion Of his pro
duce to the consumer direct as he pos
sibly can.
Unless there is enough alfalfa hay
on hand, when feeding all cows will
eat, to last until grass is ready in the
spring, feed more sparingly of 1t. say
15 pounds day. and supply the def
cheney with some other roughage. and
add a mixture in equal parts by meas
ure of corn and oats ground together
and the finer the better.
For early blossoming, plant aster
seed in flats or the hotbed early in
March and transplant the young aster
plants two or three times in pots,
separate hotbeds or cold frames be-
iy, 1Ar