Middletown transcript., 1907-08-03
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

mercy, to properly mate horses that hav
to work side by eide through the siege o
hard work during the year. While twt
: horses may be about the same size and ap
pearance in their general makeup, ont
may not be able to do near the amount O.
work without injury that the other car
do with ease. Every farmer should know
enough about bis horses to learn how to
avoid this trouble, if possible, by placing
horses of equal endurance in the same
team, or by equaling their labor in some
way in which they are to draw. This may
be done by giving the weaker horse the
advantage of the long ends of the double
| tree, or some other way that may be de-
vised by those having the matterin charge
i Orchardists in Tasmania are subject to
| fine from $25 so to $5, with costs, if they
| fail TO bandage their trees to keep down
the coddling moth, or ifthey fail to gather
| or destroy any infested fruit. Wormy
apples sent to market are liable to confis-
cation and destruction, and the shipper
i to be prosecuted. In New South Wales all
| infested fruit coming from other colonies
may be seized or destroyed, or returned
to the shipper at his own expense. Fruit
growers are generally assisting the Gov
ernment in enforcing these laws. SINH
lar laws in this country for few years
would seem hardship to many parties,
but would be a benefit to fruit growers
and to the country if they were strictly
enforced.
II is common fault with many anna
teur gardeners that they attempt to raise
too many kinds Of ornamental plants.
They are attracted by the pleasing de-,
scription in seed catalogues, and order 15
or 20 species of plants which they have
never tried before. They are almost sure
to be disappointed in good part Of them
from their lack of time and knowledge in
managing them. To get the most enjoy
ment from flowers they should give as
little anxiety as possible. 1t is wiser to
learn to cultivate one plant well than to
grow dozen different kinds. Try only
two or three new sorts each year, and get
well acquainted with them before trying
others
The time to determine which sheep to
keep is during shearing; then the owner,
by directing aud overseeing operations,
can cause to be marked sucheas are light
shearers, aged sheep, in poor condition,
with out lambs, etc., and in the ordinary
focks, allowing that one-third may be
sold, it is more than probable that the
value OF the two-thirds remaining, the
flock to be kept, will bring as good an in
come and be in reality, worth as much
as if the inferior sheep remain to lower
the standard of the lot.
As soon as the pigs begin to seek their
feed, at any age, they should be taught
to drink, good milk should be given them
in trough by themselves, with warm
quarters, and with a plentiful supply Of
milk, thickened with middlings and meal
they should make delicious young pork
at five months old, weighing from so to
100 pounds or more, and should bring
prices that will pay q good profit to the
grower.
Farmers are frequently offered disease
proof plants and trees, so-called, but it
may be safely said that no variety Of pear
apple, peach, gooseberry, cherry or other
fruit is exempt from diseases peculiar to
its species. Some varieties may not be
so susceptible to disease as others, but if
within range of diseases they will surely
be attacked.
Every farmer should have q few sheep,
in order to save much of the material
grown that may be wasted. Sheep will
eat great many plants which cattle re-
ject, and they Craze closer to the ground.
Young and tender weeds are delicious to
sheep, and they, therefore, assist in rid
ding the field OF such pests. A small flock
of mutton sheep should be kept, if for no
other purpose than to supply the family
with choice m eat.
Improved stock leads to better care, as
arnie. Thus it is the benefit of pure
blood combined with the best manage
ment and keeping that makes the most
successful and profitable results on the
farm The farmer who undertakes to
make the farm pay without good stock
and good care-and, it may be added,
good treatments spending his life in
getting experience which is essential to
success, while the more progressive farmers
go straight to prosperity with these i'm.
portant requisites.
The flowing away from the manure
heap of the rich, black liquids that the
rains wash down is the deprivation Of
the most valuable elements that exist in
the manure head. It is the iugular vein
which once severed, soon destroys the
body, When the liquids begin to accum-
ulate lcIose them with an embankment,
or construct q tank for their reception.
Pump or ball them upon the solid por-
ton, and, If necessary, turn over the
whole mass and saturate II. True econ
omy, however suggests that manure be
sheltered from exposure.
farmer who has tried several modes |
Of destroying cut worms finds that an ex-
celient method Is to use stick three feet
long and one and one-fourth inches in
diameter, sbarpened at one end, with
which two or three holes are punched in
the ground near each plant. Ehe cut |
worm is sluggish and falls into the hole,
from which it5cannot easily escape.
II the cows are to be kept in full flow
Of milk they should be kept on the best
OF food. with small allowance Of course
proyender; but for dry cows, oxen, sheep
or animals that require food only for the |
support OF their bodies the course foods
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