Middletown transcript., 1907-12-07
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS


pound COW will during the year consume
two tons Of hay and one ton Of feed, be-
sides pasture.
The State Veterinarian OF Nebraska
says it is unwise to ring the noses Of
hogs. II they have plenty Of salt and
ashes they will root very little.
A sheep is very particular about eating
at the first table. 1t will not touch hay
that has been nosed over by other stock.
So with corn and oats, they do not like
the grain that rats have played over,
The following poison is one that both
rats and mice are particularly fond of,
and yet it 10 claimed to be harmless TO
dogs, cats and other domestic animals
Mix three parts Of squills and one OF
sugar powder, and spice with fennel es-
sence sprinkled on the sugar. Mix a
pinch Of this powder with the paste,
cheese, butter, -four, meat or grease in
tended for the vermin. The powder
should be kept in wsll-clossd vessel, as
air has tendency to ferInent the sqHills.
When lime and mature are both applied
to the soil. the latter should be pIowed
under and the former applied to the sur
face and narrowed in. Wallace relates
an instance that when boy he assisted
in putting 1000 bushels Of lime on an Is.
acre field at the rate OF 100 bushels to tile
When thrnngh a portion Of the
field had lime and no manure, portion
Of lime applied on top Of the manure,
plowed under, and portion with man.
ure and no lime. When lime was applied
without manure there was fairly good
crop. When the manure was applied
without lime there was a better crop.
When the inannre was plowed under and
the lime applied on top there was a
record-breaker crop.
In protein pound Of clover hay is
equivalent to six pounds OF corn stover or
four pounds of timothy. Timothy is
probably the most expensive hay that
can be given dairy COW. Ten pounds
OF corn grain and 20 pounds of timothy
hay contain but very little more than
half as much protein as the same amount
OF corn and 20 pouRds of alfalfa hay. 1t
would seem more profitable for the farmer
to sell his timothy and buy clover or
alfalfa, even ii prices are exactly the
same.
A farmers institute Bulletin says that
mulberries make splendid shade trees for
the poultry yar1, and the fowls devour
the berries.
DR.. John Funk, State ponlologist OF
Pennsylvania, says that apples III cold
storage next spring will bring $8 and 50
per barrel. Dealers in the East are now
furnishing barrels and paying s. and 81
for all the apples they can get.
One who has tried it says that the most
successful treatment that he has found
for nail wounds in horses feet is to clean
ont the wound and pour full OF hot tallow
or lard. This seems to give very little
pain. and one treatment generally cures.
Some veterinarians claim that there Is
no drug that will kill bots " horses, but
others say that the juice Of raw Irish
potatoes will kill them instantly. For
Immediate relief, CRATE raw potatoes, add
water enough to pour out Of bottle and
drench this horse, Horses fed raw pota-
toes as regularly as salt is given them,
will not bs troubled With bots. For
horses that are not used TO potatoes, cot
or crate them and mix with their food.
The essential points for producing sani-
tary milk are healthy herd, quartersd
in clear. weII-yentiIated and weil-iigI,ted
stable, cared for and MIXED BY clean
and the product stored in
clean utensils in clean room.
II the pigs root ont. dig trench ons
foot deep beside the fence, and tack
poultry wire netting to the posts Their
noses win avoid il.
Plant food Il any element. no matter II
derived from the soil oritbs cir. thas viii
noqrish and sustain lhssplant Hl.es1 q ~
taken into the plants body,