The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-01-26

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Inbreeding too much will cause pig
cons to go light"
Persistency is one OF the valuable
/ qualities of a good dairy COW.
Do not allow the pullets to roost In
the coops where they were raised.
The horse that slobbers when eat
| Ing should have his teeth examined.
The experienced poultryman will
| breed only from his best winter lay
ers.
Onions, unlike potatoes and other
| root crops. will not keep in moist
cellar.
Tile drainage by making the soil
firm, enables earlier cultivation in the
spring.
Low ground drained can be cultivat-
ed earlier than high ground not
| drained.
Prune the currants and gooseber-
ries as soon as the leaves fall. or
early next spring.
At this season OF the year with the
coming of the fall rains. dry shell
| ter should be provided for the sheep
Almost every wrong act OF the
horse is caused by fear. excitement or
mismanagement." said a great horse
man.
Begin a systematic culling of the
flock this month. and get rid of all
unpromising birds before cold wealth
er sets in.
A dairy barn can be kept practically
free from unpleasant odors, but We
never saw more than half dozen
such barns.
It is just as important that every
horse should have his own collar all
the time as that a man should wear
his own shoes.
Save the small potatoes and imper-
feet heads of cabbage and other waste
vegetables. They will all be relished
| by the hens in the winter.
Work horses, that have been push
ed in the fields all summer should
now have the advantage of every hour
possible in the fall pastures.
| Where number of horses are kept
in the same barn the sides of the stall
should be low enough to allow them
TO see each otner as all horses love
company.
Let the same person milk the same
cows every day when possible. be
cause a strange mixer always makes
! the animal nervous and affects the
| milk flow.
The first ties: to be given new
workman on the farm is to send him
out with a team. If he handles them
kindly and skillfully he is pretty sure
to be a good all-round man.
II you find a workman kicking or
beating horse back him up into
corner and give him a sound lecture.
Then watch him carefully and If be
repeats the act send him adrift
| When a man sends his horse pell-
nell down hill with loose rein he
not only jars the shoulders. springs
the knees. weakens the nerves, but
runs the risk of breaking his horsess
knees.
Put new sand on the floor of the hen
house Immediately, otherwise II will
not dry out thoroughly before cold
weather comes but will remain damp
and make the house uncomfortable
throughout the winter.
There is no economy in feeding mus
! ty grain of any kind to the chickens.
even II II can be had for quarter of
the price of good grain. The fowls
will eat 1t. If other food is withheld,
but it is not good for them.
In many OF the big sheep states the
farmers find 1t profitable to engage
the professional shearers with ma
chine. They go about from farm to
farm shearing the fiocks singly or
have several fiocks brought TO cen
trail point
Sheep require different feeding and
handling from any other animal on
the farm. Even though you are an
| exnerienced sheen raiser don't get