Middletown transcript., 1907-01-26
THE FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY

IiiE FARM, uAkDEN AND DAIRY
More care ii bating has would raj
prices The ppor hay is usually a. II
centre Of the bale. sometimes caused |
bsiing tile hay before it Is perfectly Dir.
There il considerable complaint at tim
against t,aied Far, and tie prices al
AFFECTED IN cptseqtl tleaee.
There may be certain marks Sl,sch ii
dicate A g,a,d mixer, bnt there is no EUR
guide except 10 Neigi The milk and iii
food. Tie farmer win then know exaetl
the kind d COW be has and how mucl
her milk cost
Many tf n,ir Improved varieties i
Tomatoes do not tipen as early as the ul,
kinds that were smaller. They are ais
subject to more diseases as improvement
Iof quality progresses The hardest lsr
Iiety is the roilinon small egg-shapee
tomato, which bears well and Yield
abniidantIy gu all kinds of soil
Popcorn does not contain as much lal
or oil, matter a. yellow corn, and fhi
tIiai reason lhe grains are considered the
besI for feeding 10 poultry bat popcorn
is prubatiS worth more in the market
tiial, its value as poultry food, aud will
not be extensively nsed in place OF the
yellow field conn
Do not feed flle hogs intended for
slaughter day logger than Is necessary.
They should be slauglitpfed as soon as
tie temperature q The atmosphere is At
the freezing point, whieI, is better than
when the weather is severely cold. It
costs mere to keep tie hogs after th !
weather is cold, as portion Of the food
consumed must be utilized By tile ami
mails for warmth. There can never be an
increase in the weight OF an animal
until its body is supplied With sufficient
warmth to- ward off the cold, for which
reason warm quarters ssiat ii saving
food.
The farm which is well fed will feed
the farmer. 1t must be applied 10 the
stock as well as to the land. and by feedf
ing tile stock well the land may be fed
with the greatest accuracy, and so the
circle Of feeding be made complete
An excellent way to utilize any sparell
time is to clean up and burn all dried
grass and weeds. Pruning the trees andI
vines may be done at this season. The3
manure heap may also be forked over|
and heaped up again, il necessary, in
order to ferment the coarse portions.
Certain colors seem to be the prefer
ence in each section for hogs. The South
prefers a black hog (the Berkshirel;; the
West, spotted hog tsuch as the Poland.
Shina1 while in New York and PENN
'ylvania the Cheshire and Chester Whites
Willie breeds, are preferred, and even
lnder strong rivalry at times the farorites
lase Leld their positions.
When carrots or tnrnips are stored out
ide they cannot always be reached when
lesiied for use, and it will, therefore, be
advantageous to store them in bins, in. a
ry cellar. II packed in perfectly dry
awdust. oats, coin. or even dry earth,
hey will keep we'll. and can be taken
ut Of the bins at any time. 1t is the
lternate freezing aud thawing that dam
ges all root crops stored away in winter,
ut as The packing material keeps them at
ven temperature this liability ID avoided.
he oats or corn used for this purpQssul
.iilst be injaTed. aid may be fe5l
thiie using tile ropts canning from the
III.
Early rye and crimson or scarlet
oyer are among the crops that the
rnler will be most interested in before
ring plowing is done, and the manage
entofthese crops before they are utilized
early spting Is not fully understood by
/. In some sections crimson clover is
Own principally for seed in other
ea!ities il is used almost entirely for
,een manuriig, While some farmers,
liv have light, sandy soils, aud do not
'ow red clover. cut the crimson variety
5 hay Toere is liability Of loss in
owing under or cutting crimson clover
o soon. u is a nitrogen gatherers the
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scteria performing service at tile roots.
j " lieli nodnies are formed. These
odnles are easily seen upon examination
ith tile naked eye, and they are not
rmed until The later stages Of growth.
he longer the crop can be permitted to
ow before it is turned under the larger
e proportion of nitrogen it will carry
to the soils, and the roots are ALEC
ny valuable portion Of the plan. when s.
ilnsun clover is used for assisting the
nd as green manurial crop It should
ii be ploNed under until the seed heads
e filed ont or hegiu to tnrn. The crop
iould mature fully up to the point when s
q seed should not be capable of germi-g
ltsilg When cut for hay size work
Ioufd be done earlier, as the seed heads
e not advantageous to stock il allowed
approach too near to maturity. Alter
il crop is ploaed under il will do no
.rnl if ten bushels of lime are broad
sied over the field. as considerable fer
eptation occurs when large mass Of
cen material il turned under, aud the
ne n HI greatly neutIalize any acidity,
u ell as hasten decon,p
GET GOOD PRICES FoR POTATOES
Tire .lttatu growers have 4 crop which
Is beeit N about the worst shape Of l
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