The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-31
zIlD and
AGARDEN
FARM NOTES.


i II the harness is thoroughly clean
| ed and oiled once month it viii
last for 10 or Is years, but if allowed
/ to be dirty and sweat-soaked 1t will
: rot out in three or four years.
| DR.. Smead advises the following
1 condition of ground for live stock: Two
pounds of ground fiaxseed as base,
! in which mix five ounces Of powdered
| gentian, six ounces Of ginger, four
ounces of powdered sulphate of iron
| and four ounces of powdered nitrate
| Of potash To this add two ounces of
| powdered charcoal and one pound Of
common salt. Mix all well together.
Give at first two tablespoonful in
feed of grain twice day. After two
weeks give half the quantity.
Weigh the milk and test for butter
fat If you would know the value of
each COW.
Do not fal to have your herd ex-
amined at least once year by skill
ed veterinarian to see if tuberculosis
| has gained an entrance. Promptly re-
move any that respond to the test.
Never under any circumstances add
!, an animal until 1t has passed rigid
| examination.
A new remedy for worms in sheep
! and goats is to have supply of salty
(, tobacco leaves waste leaves), where
| the animals can eat them.
An old fruit-grower says that the
| pick is the best tool he ever used
! around apple trees when the ground
! has become too hard. He sinks the
! pick eight or ten inches into the soil
and merely prizes the dirt loose, with
out disturbing the roots at all.
Never allow eve to run with the
!, flock. When this is permitted and
| twins are born, the first born wan
| ders away and become mixed with
/ the flock before the mother has a
chance to own it, and the chances are
J that later she will refuse to have
i anything to do with it.
Foul in the foot in cattle is caused
by standing in mud, and may become
! serious To cure. cleanse the space
| between the toes by drawing a small
rope through, then apply sulphate of
zinc, one drachm in half-pint of water.
A high-spirited horse is generally
an animal capable of enduring much
! hard usuage, If it is only properly
managed and controlled; but very Of
ten these animals are made more ex.
citable than they really are by nature
by the bad judgment and business OF
the driver.
HOUSING AND MATING PIGEONS.
From April to September are the
breeding months for pigeons. In Sep
TENDER the pens are renovated and
all eggs are destroyed; this to en-
courage laying in October for winter
birds. The housing should be so ar
ranged as to allow little superfuous
room. Each nest should rest on a re-
movable board which may be drawn
out and thoroughly cleaned as often
as necessary. If there is a runway in
front of the nests, the birds will alight
on it and quarrel with it's occupants.
1t Is important that they should have
| to fly to get in and out of the nests,
| to prevent wing disease
Pigeons, as we know, are monoga-
4 nous; moreover, their habits OF
mating are somewhat difficult. 1t is
impossible always to dictate exactly
the arrangement We wish, and still
less feasible to "set the day. for the
| pigeons do that themselves, and al.
ways require period of courtship be
fore mating occurs. When they have
mated they usually remain true to
each other during life, but to place a
male with a female is by no means
to settle the question. Some birds
may not mate at all. These confirm.
ed bachelors must be got out of the
way or killed. They are great dis
turbers of the nest, infanticides, and
broilers. The beginner should be care
full to buy mated birds, not merely an
equal number of males and females.
The young birds that are not mated
| are kept in separate pen. Work in
the loft is done twice day, in the
early morning and at noon. At these
hours the pigeons are fed, and they
go to roost by p. m-Country Gen.
tleman.
PROFITABLE SHEEP