Middletown transcript., 1908-08-22
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

She produces a constant income. she
produces a valuable offspring, and she
improves the quality of the farm.
1t has been found that fowls with deem
angular breastbones have to be fed longer
to make them look well, and they con-
sumo considerably more feed than those
having plump breastbones.
An English stock journal tells of a
famous veterinary surgeon who was once
called on to decide question of blindness
IN horse, concerning which two London
vets. differed. He entered the yard
where the horse stood and, without ex-
amining the animals eyes, ordered a
halter to be put on him and an empty
bucket to be placed in the middle of the
yard. Then taking the halter he led the
horse in a direct line for the bucket.
The horse went forward and bIundered
over it with his forelegs. "BIind, with
out doubt" was the verdict.
While on actual analysis it does not
contain all of the plant-food needed by
the growing crop, barnyard manure really
returns to the soil nearly all the elements
taken by the crop, by making available
the surplus plant food existing in the
soil, but useless for assimilation by the
plant till rendered active by fermentation.
The bees are more easily angered in
August than during any other period of
the year. Honey is scarce in the fields,
and if any is left open about the house
they will surely hunt for it, and sting
cruelty if disturbed.
1t is said that hen has the capacity
of laying 600 eggs in her life time and
no more.
A horse can carry on his back dis
tance of 20 miles a day on a well made
road, with exertion, from 25O to 300
pounds.
1t is estimated that the orchard pests
do over $30,OOO,OO0 worth of damage to
the fruit of the country every year.
The farmers of the United States last
year purchased more than SIP, 900, 900
worth of farming implements.
The Department of Agriculture esti-
mates the corn crop this year at 2,70O,-
000,000 bushels, valued at about 81 $780,
100000.
When a horse is noticed rubbing his
tail at the root it is an indication that he
is troubled with worms. Equal parts of
salt and hardwood ashes mixed, a tea
spoonful at time now and then in the
grain, is good remedy.
1t is said that bad cases of gnawing the
manger can be stopped by coating the
manger and rope with coal tar, putting it
on hot with an old brush or broom.
Horses are frequently troubled with
coughs, colds, distemper and lung trou-
BILE, frequently attributed to dusty hay.
Ground fax is an excellent substitute
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heaping teaspoonful to every feed of milk
| while the calf is from to weeks old,
providing you are feeding skim milk. As
the calf grows older gradually increase
the faxseed meal until the calf is getting
about heaping tablespoonful with each
feed. This faxseed may be mixed with
the milk, but never cornmeal or any
other ground feed that contains good
deal of starch, with the milk, as that is
very apt to produce scours. The reason
for that is that starchy foods must be
mixed with saliva before digestion can
take place, and anything that is drunk
with the milk does not become mixed
with the saliva, and consequently it fails
to become digested and acts as an irritant
to the alimentary tract.
Spontaneous combustion of clover hay
happens under the following conditions
Hay, 10 to 20 feet deep; centre of NOW
packed hard, sides loose; NOW much open
to the weather. Prevention: Keep hay
evenly distributed over the NOW while
being stored. and regulate the ventilation
if possible, so as to have the air circulate
over the top of the hay rather than
through it.
No amount of narrowing or afterwork
can entirely overcome the effects of bad
blowing to begin with. Flowing is the
foundation of the crop to follow. A man
who can drop straight furrow is one
who keeps pretty close watch of bis plow.
He may hold his handles loosely, and
appear to be plowing very easily and
perhaps carelessly; but he is watching
every movement of the plow and shifting
the handles slightly one way or the other
that it may take more or less land. The
plow of course, should do the plowing
itself, without necessity for the plowman
to bear down on it with all his weight,
nor to raise it up on its point constantly;
but nevertheless, plowing needs close
attention.
1t is we'll enough to lay down the rule
that ten pounds of corn will make one
pound of pork, but rules may not give
the result expected unless under certain
conditions. Some breeds of hogs will
produce more pork than others on the
same food and even with selected breed
there will be individual animals that will
increase more rapidly than others. In
the winter season, if the hogs are ex-
posed, twenty or thirty pounds of corn
may be required to make pound of
pork. Care and management are i'm
portant, as we'll as breed and food.
The plow started things away back in
the beginning, and is still doing business
at the same old stand.
Pure water is an imperative necessity