Middletown transcript., 1908-11-28
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morrow.
Anxiety is Il worst feeling in th
world; yet men Who stay late in Gown. Q
Kho LOAF long in the saloons, never kno,
the worry Of the Haschiug, waiting viii
or mother.
II Wnik mp all old fsnce rails, useies
boards, dead trees and limbs out Of th'
orchard into stove wood. This will keel
the farm free Of litter and help solve th'
fuel question.
/ Give the boys something practical, suct
as box OF carpenter's tools, soldering
set. or drawing outfit, instead OF guns
drums and toy pistols. Try creative moi
| destructive force
4 Have You saved little money this
| year? Invest some Of ii in the old farm
do something to make the place better.
You could have no better bank than your
own farm. Every dollar thus invested
will come back with tenfoid interest.
/ II farmer wishes to find out the
amount of corn he has on the ear, multi
ply the length Of crib in feet by width in
feet, and divide by two and one-fourth.
The easy way to divide by two and one
fourth is to multiply by four and divide
by nine.
It is very annoying to telephone SUBJ
scribers to find during the very busy
hour in the evening, Wien tie, want tc
use the phone, that some young couple
is sparkling over the wire, or somebody
else is holding long, gossipy conysrsa-
tion. Some people use the telephone
almost any time for almost anything.
Do not neglect the colts and calves. An
ill-kept yearling is bound to deteriorate
into stunted beast.
When the roads get slippery have the
horse shod up sharp. Many horse has
been spoiled by slipping on an icy road.
A long halter strap in the stable is a
source OF danger. 1t enables the horse to
back out Of the stall far enough to kick it's
stable mate.
Tie temperature Of the cream in winter
should be about 70 degrees, though from
four to six degrees lower will be all right
il a separator has been used.
Do not let the heller form the habit OF.
drying up IS soon as cold weather begina.
Give her plenty of good food, keep her
warm and comfortable and she will de-
velop into profitable COW.
Don't guess at anything you do in the
dairy line-know. That is the only safe
rule. Scales, thermometer, paper and
pencil-these are things that every dairy
man ought to have close at hand all the
time.
The best way to sell your corn is
through the gristmill Of the hog.
The right heat for scalding hogs is ls0
degrees. If the water is heated to a
higher temperature the hair does not
come off so freely.
II your flock OF chickens is all run down
in egg production, just try whole wheat
for one ration day. Feed it in the
morning, warming it nicely.
Keep supply of vaseline on hand dur
ing the winter. Applied to the frosted
comb and wattles Of fowl it draws the
frost out thoroughly.
Keep the scratching sheds or the floors
of the poultry houses well bedded, as The
fowls need exercise to warm up their
bodies these cold, frosty mornings.
Give an extra allowsahe of grain at
night, scattering it amongst the litter, so
that the fowls can be induced to exercise
before they get their regular breakfast.
If you want your young pnllets to ma
tnre quickly. feed wheat, and give them
all the milk they will drink. For laying |
hens milk takes the place of meat and |
insects.
Pullets will develop better and more
quickly if kept unmated until spring. No
pdlless should be used for breeding pur-
poses that are less than ten months OF age.
The dairy COW is OF three.fold value.
She produces constant income. valuable |
offspring and improves the quality Of the
farm.
One acre Of land well fitted win yield |
more feed in an ordinary season through |
August and September, than the average
pasture on most farms Of Today.
Fruit keeps best in basement room
that is about half above the ground. The
temperature never goes below The freez.
ing point and the room never becomes
too warm
When bresdlng with view OF selling
email pigs always reserve the large and
iDest thrifty ones for home growing Il
is poor policy 10 allow a buyer to select
the choice pigs from litter and grow and /
iatten the rslnts on your own farm.
After comparing the merits Of whole
corn or cracked corn for laying hens the
Maine experiment station concludes there
is nothing in the results to suggest that
i il necessary or advisable to crack the
corn for the hens kept for laying eggs.
In fencing . yard for pigs, whether
with boards or woven wire, it 10 an ex-
cellent plan TO rua barb wire around
the yard close 10 the ground to prevent
the pigs from roofing under. The addi !
tional expense is small and The pigs are
quite certain to remain in the yard, that
is providing the fencing is Of reasonable
height.