The Newtown bee., 1893-09-15
TIMELY POINTERS.

Within the last thirty-five years the average weight of fieeees produced in the United States has doubled. This is due to the fact that the sheep have been better cared for in every way than for merly, and more intelligently managed, especially with reference to breeding.
 Breeding from young stock continual ly will sooner or later result in degenera- cy. To procure the largest and most vig- l orous animals the pareats should bt. full | ly matured. l. ia true that young ami maIs may be u-cd for breeding ptlT- | poses, but it should not be made piac | tice.
 Farm dairiee can brau the creanerie- in quality of butter, because they can secure perfect condition of their milk and it is not subjected to long and dau- 1 gerons hanis over dusty roads in hot weather, charming and pounding inno- cent milk and cream into undesirable or immature butter.
 Sudden changes of food nearly always affect the milk flow. When cows are 1 taken from pasture and put upon dry 1 food the quantity of milk is reduced. During the fall season the cows should be gradually changed from green food to may be used for late supply of green 1 food.
 Stacking the hay hurriedly does not | pay. Each stack should be carefully ! topped to shed water. It is also of inn l portance to so stack the straw as to have it clean and bright instead of damp or | musty. At this season of the year much | loss occurs from carelessness or lack of l experience in stacking. If it can be l done all hay should be under shelter. Poultry, like all other stock, cannot | be crowded together in large fiocks without breeding disease. In winter | what the hens need most is to be kept | actively at work, not loafing around and failing to earn their board, as is the case | with farm flocks in winter. Provide plenty of litter into which throw their
 
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 The really choice butter to be found in any market at any time is not equal to the entire product on sale. The price for the best is always high enough to ensure profit to the maker, and the price of the lowest is always low enough to ensure loss. An investigation of these facts shows clearly that there is no trouble with the business of dairying in itself, but rather with the methods of the majority of dairymen.
 The turkey is of restless, migratory habit, and loves to wander about during daylight necessarily. They are good foragers if they have pasture and wood land to rove without stint in the day time, and at night they are content with a roosting-place in the trees, on high fences, or elsewhere out-of-doors, in any kind of weather. Let them rove, then, fancy free, but it is good plan to al- ways feed them at night, so that they will get in the habit of returning home regularly to roost.
 Hedge rows are attractive if trimmed and shaped, but if neglected they are nuisances that give the farm dilapidat- ed appearance.
 All damaged fodder and straw left over from last year, if added to the manure heap, will be of more value as absorbent matarial than as fo0d
 It is claimed that over 100000 sheep are annually killed by dogs, the value of the mutton and wool thus destroyed be- ing estimated at 3,0O0,OOO.
 Cut your corn before the leaves become too dry. Much excellent corn fodder is injured by allowing it to remain in the field too long before cutting it.
 It is not necessary to grow a crop of grain to have clover. If the field is ploughed and narrowed fine, timothy may be sown in the fall and clover in the spring.
 The results of experiments made in de- tasseling corn do not seem to justify a ldIHucE III WdsbluS muCttllue III Guat way, He can employ himself more proftably.
 When tree in an orchard shows signs of disease it is better to cut it down and root it out than to attempt to check the disease, so as to prevent the entire or chard from being attacked.
 Do not overlook the fact that patch of rye should be seeded down by Septem- Der. It will be found invaluable in af- fording late green food and in providing an early supply in the spring.
 A Suffolk eve was shown at the Royal show the past season which had five liv- ing lambs at her side twelve weeks old, All her own, and having had no other nourishment than that supplied by the dam.
 Every precaution should be used at| this season Of the year to guard against fire. Accommodations of waste, greasy rags, or of any material Int my canse