Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-07
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Farm and Live Stock Notes.
Haul out muck.
Now the roadside weeds.
Cultivate beans only when dry.
Good crops demand good seed-beds.
Till the carrot patch for several weeks
vet.
Stagnant water at the roots winter kill
wheat.
Filth is a common cese of failure in
poultry keeping.
In buying strange fowls be careful you
are not getting diseased fowls.
Before firing the stubble field pillow
several burrows around it.
The difference in a single crop some.
times nearly pays tor under draining.
Denmark will soon be included among
! countries that will need Amer lean farm
! products.
An experienced milkman states thai
one secret of his superior products is regu.
lar feeding of all the salt the cows care
! for.
Plow drained land with as few burrows
as possible it will aid in pulverizing the
seed bed, and save the loss of plants in
the depressions.
A children's day at the fair, when chill
dren are admitted free. is good feature,
which Western enterprise is in many cases
adopting.
Cows with light fore quarters, as COM
pared with the hind quarters. should not
| be chosen for mixers. Such proportions
indicate lack of digestive power with
thinness of milk.
The average old-style farmer will re-
fuse to pay more for the service of a
blooded male than for the veriest scrub.
Yet the improved points in the former re-
qured generations to fix. This type of
farmer is the one whose complaint is Of
tenest heard that farming don't pay.
Dampness and Fowls-Because hens
enjoy padding around in the rain some
times is no proof that damp quarters are
unhurtful. Being out in the rain does no
harm, if they have access to dry, airy
quarters aiterward. Roasting jn house
that is always damp is as bad as can be
and opens the way direct to such diseases
as colds, sore-eves, roup, canker, rheuma-
tism and consumption.
Swine in the Summer-If hog cholera is
prevalent keep sharp lookout for any
symptoms of its presence in the herd
! Sleepness and a desire to hide in quiet
places by themselves are about the first
signs of an attack. This seen. no time
should be lost in getting those affected in
pen and giving four ounces OF salt pei
| head with some linseed meal in soft food
Swine at pasture should have access to
clean water. and ration equal to half an
ounce of salt for each one daily, Shade is
of great benefit to pigs at this season. 1t
is not too early to commence fattening
store hogs one pound of meal will now
count as much as two would in November
for little food fuel is now required to keep
up animal heat. Bears should not run
the first OF next year.
Travelling Humbugs AT this season
look out for the soil testing "chemist. y
He will offer to test your farm, from field
to field and by taking soil from each into
his mouth as he passes along, pretend to
tell what "ails the soil" if it is not in good
order, and what treatment to bestOw on
each to draw from it the hidden riches it
contains. His price is from $35 to $50
per farm, but he may be prevailed upon.
perhaps, to test your acres for 1925. Save
the money for approved fertilizers, let
him pass on to pastures green Anoth-
err man has been getting subscribers for a
book which explains the secret of making
any quantity of manure out of almost moth
ing. The book sells at $40. He got
ovnr FORTY cphScrihar in ono TOWN Wbop
the book came it advised saving the sweep
ings from the house, SCOT from chimneys,
and all the dead things around. Evident.
| ly the fool killer will not run out of en-
ployment for a long time yet.