Middletown transcript., 1908-08-15
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

writes that the following is an excellen
remedy: Dissolve two drains carbonat
potash in I Lint of water and mix it Will
the feed two or three times day until tn
animal gets we'll. Apply equal parts al
cohol and water to affected joints twice g
day.
The pad will make big collar fit lit
tie better, but the best plan is to have
a collar that fits without pad. The
latter is apt to irritate and chafe a horse
much more than leather collar. If the
names are properly adjusted on the col,
lar many horses may be saved sore necks
and sore shoulders.
Should the calf not seem to thrive,
give it half pint of wheat bran, with a
pinch of salt, scalded with teacupful ol
hot water. Give this with the usual
amount of milk, and always keep some
corn, oats and hay, with pure water
handy.
One who has tried it recommends corn
cob tea for calves and colts troubled with
scours. 1t is made as follows: The corn
cobs are chopped up into inch pieces and
put into kettle with enough water to
cover them, and are then stepped over
slow fre. The fluid is then drained off
and cooled, and used as drench for the
affected animals.
Now the Canada thistIes before the
seed ripens.
1t has been proved that such weeds as
false-hax, wormseed, mustard, tumbling
mustard, common wild mustard, sbep-
herds purse. pepper-grass, ball-mustard,
corn cookie, chiekweed, dandelion, Cana
da thistle, bindweed pantain, rough pig
weed, king-head, red river weed. ragweed
and cocklebur may be destroyed by spray
ing fields with two or three per cent.
solution of copper sulphate, using about
80 gallons of water per acre.
In India the fomular used by the Gov
erment for poisoning cutworms is four
pounds of white arsenic and eight pounds
Of sugar, in six gallons of water, used to
moisten 80 pounds of fne-chopped straw.
Small quantities are dropped at the bases
of plants.
A weIl-manured garden may be kept
busy until frost. Gardens in constant use
must be we'll fertili2ed.
1t ia claimed that Rhode Island and
Delaware have 5000 sheep each;
New York, 100000, and Pennsylvania,
$4,000.
Timothy hay cut in August is poor
stuff for winter feeding. The more clover
mixed with the timothy the more valu-
able will the hay be for feeding COWS.
The Pennsylvania Experiment Station
has discovered that ryemeal as part of
properly balanced ration for milk cows
is as efficient in milk and butter produc-
ton as an equal weight of cornmeal. No
INJURIOUS effect upon the butter wasSno-
ticed.
The Georgia peach crop for the year
1908 is estimated at 1000 cars, or 81 ,000,-
900 baskets, each containing 26 peaches.
The largest tobacco farm in the world
is said to be located near Amsterdam, Ga.
1t consists OF $4,000 acres of land on
which is grown about one-third of all the
Sumatra tobacco used for wrappers in the
United States, and gives employment to
about $500 persons.
A Massachusetts milkman was recently
fined SIS for having in his possession
milk below the standard, although it was
shown that the milk was exactly as it
came from the COW. This is one of the
cases which illustrate the absurdity OF the
milk standard based on percentage of
butter fat.
1t is estimated that 92OO acres have
been planted to cantaloups this spring
in the Imperial Colorado valley. The in
crease in the acreage of this mellon is
said to be from 800 to 400 per cent.
The word "develop" is often misused
for the word "fatten." This is mistake.
In order to develop pig he must have
suitable food to keep up a good growth
of bone and muscle, and regular exercise
to give him strength and vigor.
White specks in butter are sometimes
simply fine particles of milk curd, result
ing from lack of care in skimming. Some
times they are small specks of dried
cream, the result OF dry cream having
been scraped from the sides of the pan,
and being too dry to thoroughly soften
and mix with the rest.
An English authority on butter-mak-
ing claims that adding one pound of salt
to every gallon of cream Immediately
after it is, taken off the milk aids in ripen-
ing the cream, and gives from Is to 20
per cent. more butter than cream
that has no salt in it. The butter
milk is of course, useless, as it can
not be fed to stock when it contains
SO much salt, but its loss lis more than
made up by the large quantity and better
quality of butter, it is claimed.
To prevent the taste of turnips in butter
from COWS fed on them, Western cream
cry practices the following method: Put
tie cream in vessel, place in hot water
at 200 degrees. When the cream reaches
the temperature of l45 or $50 de-
grees, set the cream dish in cold water to
cool it.
Keep the ewes on grass till November
and then confine them in clean sheds and
feed oats, bran and oilmeal.
August is the time to look for bores. Dig
the soil away around the stems of fruit
trees to the depth of three inches, scrape
the bark with a knife, and if any saw
dust or exuding gum is found it is time
to get to work. Dig out the borer and
wash the uncovered parts with mix
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