Middletown transcript., 1907-08-17
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

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and "shook up by the teddei
afternoon. after the sun is we'll
ext day the hay may be bunchei
baking too large bunches, which ma
! vain from one to three days, accordin
the weather. It will not injure the q
m TAIN TaIIs on IL before It is cured
cutting, but after it has dried it sho
be gotten into the NOW as soon as
hay is ready. Twist bunch of hay,
1 II It breaks off well it may be hauls
The best hay is that which is air-dri
rather than dried entirely by the SD
hence the use of the tedder, which kee
The hay loose and turned over for the
is very favorable to proper cutting of t
hay
\ AZ reference for those who may id
sire TO know how much butter to expedS
froI milk, it may be mentioned that n
correct average can be given, as milk fro
different COWS varies. Milk containing d
per cent. Of butter fat will make about
pouH6i iof butter from 20 pounds (about
lS4 qnarts) of milk. One quart of milk
weighF2.l5 pounds. Milk containing Isl
per cert. Of fat, 81 per cent, OF albumer|
and 81 per cent. Of milk sugar, ash, etsI
The average amount Of butterfat in creals
is about % per cent. The separato1
method of handling cream occasions less
waste than by the old method. An ouncd
OF salt is the allowance for one pound of
butter.
Those who take the position that the
"breed is in the feed" may learn som
thing from the experiment made at h
Illinois Experiment Station. where
cows were giyea the same treating
both receiving the same quantitN
and both given an opportunity
ing what they could do, yet ther
great yariationgin the results.
largely excelling the other. !.
proper food and a plentiful 81
animal can produce to her fullest
but it is fact that the breed is a
tant mstter, and cove will vie
as much as others no matter how
both may be.
When the pastures begin 20
there viii be falling off of nj
the COWS. This is due to the
the farmer does not supply th
green food from the pasture. Al
corn fodder, used as green foo
given the cows at night, will n
assist in preventing the loss of
change Of food from green 10
stance will nearly always cause
ing off in milk, for which rea
change from green to dry food sh.
gradual and never suddenly.
Paris green does not dissolve,
held in suspension in water henc
water must be constantly agitated
ply it. The Ohio Experiment Static
commends a nsch cheanaS paill
which is soluble in water. q
dissolying two pounds Of
white arsentic and four poun
[ing) soda in two gallons Of,
one and one-half pints of this
each barrel Of Bordeaux mi
spraying for blight or scrab.
To bunch celery easily and
on your knees astride the
plant in one hand, shake it
close, to get out the earth fGo
holding it with one band, a
other draw the eaffIigp 10 8
that side; then take The plant
other hand and draw PIP the earth on the
other side; next ct golof the plant and
draw earth from BOTH sides, pressing it
against the plalil. Finish with a hoe
when the rs IS gohe over, and give a
sprinkling g shs row.
Rough, I'd u ps bushy land may be
plowed in th fan to good advantage, be-
cause the farj,er is.then not SO busy as in
the spring, us giving him more time to
remove the soeks and roots that fill the
land. Whtin the farmer believes his
land to be full of worms and grubs he
will do muchin the way of killing them
by plowing sery late in the fall,
R1ssia has sos, coo, 900 acres of forests.
In Sweden and Norway the forest area
covers 81, ,0O0, 900 acres; in Austria, 45 ,O00-
600 acres;ip Germany 34,0OO.000 acres:
in Turkey, 25, 600, 900 acres; in Italy, a.
000, 900 acres; in Switzerland, l7,000,0 900
acres; in France, 22,OOo,OOo acres; in
Spain. 8. .00O, 600 acres, in Great Britain
8, 1000. 600 acres.
Currant bushes should be hoed, which
not only cleans out the weeds and grass,
but renders The new growth more vigor-
ous. A shoveiful Of well-rotted manure,
| worked into The soil, will prove beneficial.
Leave patch Of turnips in the ground
for suppl J Of spring greens. Ii cover.
ed with straw and cornstalks the turn
ips win keep in The ground all winter and
begin growth early in the spring.
II q Holsiein COW. given 40 quarts of
milk perslay, and requiring no more
room than common COW, giving 10
quarts, can be reared as easily as the in
ferior oneh is ii wise in farmers to keep
the poor Ililkeraa
In one ton of ashes from bituminous
coal are s pounds OF potash, pounds of
phosphorus acid, ss pounds of lime and 8
large proportion of waste matter. Coal
ashes are said to be about equal to clay,
and are nearly of the same composition.
They possess little or no value as ferti-
tilizer, but serve 10 assist light sandy
soils to retain moisture, answering the
same purpose az clay The percentage of
potash and pllospharic acid contained is
too small in quantity to pay far hauling
and snreadiisg coal ashes on the ground
as fertiIizer Ifaay benefit il derived
tits due TO tue nee lanical effect Of the
ashes ON the soil and as an absorbent
material.
Bring your hogs 10 200 pounds on
cleyer, and it is then an easy matter to
finish them of quickly OF, corn In the