The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

Select your breed and stick to it.
If you plant pear trees in rich soil
you invite blight
1t is work worth while to scald the
Calls feed pail every day.
A peach tree will stand heavier
heading back than an apple tree.
Do not allow the stock to run in the
orchard during the winter months.
Scatter the manure as you haul II,
don't put into little piles all over the
land.
Keep the feed troughs clean. It is a
wasteful practice to mix manure with
grain.
Letting the calf suck the COW the
first day or two lessons the danger of
milk fever.
II sows are expected to produce a
fall litter, the spring litter should be
weaned when about 10 weeks old.
Five or six OF the twelve or thirteen
species of beetles attacking stored
grains are found usually in farmers
bins.
II you are still so far behind the
age as to be dairying with no separa-
tor, get one now, II you sell COW
TO do Il.
An occasional colt or young horse
to sell, even when one is not making
business of raising horses. is help
TO any farmer.
The litter carrier will do much to
keep the barn clean, because II en-
courages the boys and men to do
their work better.
The training OF a colt cannot be
too thorough. A halfbroken horse is
not broken at all, and Is always n
dangerous animal
Calves should have plenty OF water
ms early as they want to drink Il. but
It Is best not TO let them have It right
after their milk feed.
Where from four to eight cows are
MIXED the churn should hold from
six to ten gallons. Better little
large than too small
Currant bushes must also be watch
ed carefully, and be thoroughly spray
ed at least twice or you will find more
green worms on your bushes than
fruit
A vessel which would hold 1000
pounds OF water would hold l,0s2
pounds OF whole milk. l.O3s pounds OF
skimmilk. or 1000 pounds OF good
cream.
When you see the little ghost.like
winged creatures rising like tiny
clouds from your rose bushes. be sure
It is the nphis Get after them with
the spray.
Young climbing roses ought to be
cut back to strong eye. and the
aide shoots pruned as grapeyines are
pruned-that is, a couple OF eyes from
the stem.
When cream foams In tho ohurn and
butter win not come. put IN handful
or two Of salt and little water. slight.
~ warmed. This usually remedies
tho trouble
Get some variety In the poultry ra.
tion, II the chickens are not eating
heartily they may need a little change
in their food to put their appetites
back In tone.
Not a few Of our dairy folks are 70
ing 10 raise crop Of oowpcas as hay
feed for cows this year Cowpcns hay
IL next to alfalfa and clover In milk.
maklug qualities.
Eggs 10 be preserved should DO por.
fectly fresh and be- placed In the 30.
luton the same day a. laid TO obtain
the best results. although eggs several
days old will keep very well Washed
eggs should not be used
With gravel and sand TO be had on
most farmH. the purchase Of some
Portland cement will provide The on.
tire material for root cellar. drink.
lng trough. milk house and many
other convenient buildings which will
last for many years.
Where there IL hardly enough milk
from single milking 10 make sopa.
rating worth while Il may be set away
until next milking time. when tho
cream should be thoroughly stirred
IN and the milk warmed np before
ftffftue firpttah the fuurhtup