The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-04

dOn ana suburbs
The well-ventilated barn is quite a
essential as the warm one.
A long pedigree will never develop
long side pork upon a short pig.
During the last year New York city
consumed 100000 pounds of poul-
try.
Never loosen or throw out any more
silage than you want to feed imme-
diately.
During the winter months sheep
should be we'll protected from storms
Of all nature.
Roup can usually be traced to damp
quarters. drafts in the poultry house
and overcrowding.
Rabbits. mice and other things go
to make the rearing Of an orchard
unpleasant for its owner.
Giant watermelons grow in Diar-
bekir. Asiatic Turkey. Some Of them
are as large as -four barrel.
The majority of mistakes are made
in the poultry business in the over.
loking Of details in management.
Cold rains are much harder on cows
than dry cold. Damp cold penetrates
to the bones. Provide dry shelter.
Dairy products are now bringing un-
usually high prices. being above the
values usually seen at this time of the
year.
A colt that Is well summered and
grain fed before being weaned in the
fall suffers little setback when 1t is
weaned.
Sheep year old or more commonly
gain faster on corn when they have
only dry roughase, especially clover
or alfalfa.
Better copy the farmer who pro-
duces his yields at the lowest cost
than the man who produces the larg.
est yields.
AS soon as the leaves fall and few
sharp freezes ripen the new wood, we
may commence to prune fruit and
shade trees.
Pumpkins have been In use for feed
Ing cattle and hogs for many years
and are valued very highly In some
communities.
The introduction Of cooperative
testing associations would be source
Of education and stimulus to all dairy
men and farmers.
The calf is the COW in the making.
Feed with that thought in mind. Gen
erous feeding now ensures generous
milkings by-and-by.'
Variety is Of great importance In
feeding all live stock for whatever
purpose, except it may be the last
stages of fattening hogs.
Dairymen realize. perhaps far bet
ter than they have ever done before,
the value of summer silage in tiding
the animals over slim pastures.
All houses and nests should be
clean. The eggs should be kept in
cool, clean, dry places. and placed
there Immediately after gathering.
Crushed oyster shells in enormous
quantities are imported by Germany
from England every year. They are
used by the Germans in feeding poul.
try.
Every eve in the flock ought to be
the producer of close, uniform,
clean coat Of wool Just as she should
be the producer of lusty, growthy
lamb.
A ration for dairy COW should full
fill the following requirements: 1t
should be balanced, palatable. home
grown as near as possible, and finally
it should be economical
A Missouri fruit farmer, whose or.
chard Of 260 acres contained about
10000 apple trees. sold his crop this
season for 100000. A storage com.
pany bought the fruit on the trees.
When one rides through a dairy Sec
tion It does not take very much imagi.
nation to decide whether the farmers
are making money or not. Tho ap-
pearance Of their places is sufficient
evidence.
The best pig to keep is that which
obtains the best sale in the locality,
and there is no doubt that the best
breed for any individual depends