Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-25
vi FARM
By Azlzs;,x 6IA

Give the little pigs plenty of room
to exercise.
Keep the lambs growing. Don't let
them have a back set.
Shear the tops of early celery and
get the plants out as soon as possible.
An alfalfa field and bunch of good
milch cows puts a farmer on easy
street.
Put in a lot of sweet corn to help
out when the pasturage gets short
! along in July and August.
Chilly nights and on day, when
there are cold rains house the sheep.
You will be repaid for your trouble.
The day Of low-priced eggs seems
gone forever, and the farmer more
than ever finds source of profit in
his poultry.
There is nothing mean or small
about the American hen. She is do
ing great things for the country, es-
pecially the farmer
Raise the collars on the horses oc-
casionally, and wipe away the sweat.
1t will prevent chatting and will make
the animals feel more comfortable
In the feeding of soft and moldy
corn some farmers during the past
! winter have found that sulphur and
Glauber salts have prevented any i'll
results.
| Don't let the taste of the surround
| ing get into the butter. Set the cream
and make the butter in a clean, sweet
| place away from the odOrs of the
| kitchen.
! Know a man by the appearance OF
! his COWS when the first go out to pas
| ture. Some men are either too lazy
or too ignorant TO feed and care for
| their stock right.
Watch the cows bag just before
caJly condition. Better milk her occa-
| sionally than to run the risk of serious
+ trouble at the time of calving.
When soil is in the proper physical
condition at the time of planting, the
| cultivation of corn is comparatively
easy, provided the civilizations are
frequent enough to kill the weeds as
soon as they star!
The experiment stations are advis-
ing as a remedy for gapes in young
chicks the placing Of the affected
chicks in a basket over a tub contain
ing a hot brick and some carbolic
acid. The chicks must not inhale the
fumes more than a minute at a time.
Aphis, or plant lice, those tiny,
black, green or red insects. are more
easily killed by using strong solu-
tion of tobacco in water. Or kerosene
emulsion, or whale oil soap solution.
! Apply remedy early, when lice first
hatch out and before they are hidden
by the curl of infested leaves.
It is only the stock which are in
creasing in size and weight which are
producing a profit for their owner.
| When a ration is fed which only
keeps the stock from losing ground,
the farmer is losing money. In some
experiments to test the amount of feed
needed to keep 1,000pound steer in
condition without making him grow, 1t
was found that there was required Is
| pounds timothy hay, IL pounds clover
hay and seven pounds corn meal. In
other words, unless more than this
amount of feed was consumed the
steer would not make a growth worth
considering
Separate the milk as soon after
milking as possible. If the milking
is done through sterilized cheese
cloth, the COWS having been brushed
and wiped off, the milk may be poured
directly into the supply can of the
separator without straining. The
dairyman who depends upon the
strainer to clean the milk rather than
by using cleanly methods of milking
is the one who makes the poorest
butter. Never speed your separator
up too rapidly, but begin slowly and
| bring machine up to the required
speed gradually at the same time turn.
ing on the milk flow gradually. When
all the milk has passed from the sup
| ply can one quart or so of the skim
milk should be caught and poured
| through to flush out the cream that
will remain in the bowl Unless this
| is done some of the butter fat will ad-
here to the surfaces and small
| amount remain in the center of the
| bowl, not being able to get out of the
machine because there is no more
milk flowing in to force it through