Middletown transcript., 1908-02-22
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS.

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Horticulturists claim 1t is only a novelty.
and cannot be recommended.
III the island Of Guernsey three COW,
are kept on an acre of land. The .laad i
very fertile aud the cows are kept teth
cred and fed on the soiIing system.
In a. report before the Maine Pomolog-
ical Society DR.. G. NJ. Twitehell said that
while shipping over one million barrels
of apples this year, Maine loses hundreds
lof thousands Of dcllars for want Of guar
antee Of uniformity in grading.
English sheep feeders attach more i'm
portance to succulent feeds such as tnr-
nips and cabbage, than do American feed
ers. They are also strong believers in
i giving fattening sheep daily exercise.
Home dairy butter-makiug for private
city trade is the most profitable way to
dispose OF the dairy product. 1t imposes
more work on the dairyman and his
family, but gives an independence nm
known to the market milk producer.
A recommended roup cure for chickens
is to take two parts. sweet oil, one part
gum camphor, one partsturpentine. 70
each ounce Of this mixture add ten grains
menthol and one teaspoonful listerine.
Take small drop syringe or oil caniand
put this remedy into the roof Of the
mouth and in the nostrils twice day.
Speakers at the Eastern dairy conven-
tions and farmers institutes are advising
farmers to raise more grain. They say
that the days of loH-priced feeding grains
have gone by, never to return. This is
good advice for the average dairyman
aud stock keeper.
Weaned colts should not be allowed to
run down in condition atthis time. Keep
them thrifty.
A successful horse raiser says: ~ count
the swallows my horses take while dfiGk-
ing pailfui. Some take larger swallows
than others, but know them all. II l
an oct on the road and come to a trough,
i i se; on ard count while my horse drinks
-; he w! lot take too much at once.
rive Na.e. oite.,, AID SO keep my horses
u.4 :ran aoae ;roa.ie7 eanfei ly over
drinking.
A bright, clear eye. bri'fiaa7 coat,
high spirits and mettle, are good -ishs of
perfect condition in the horse. TO this
might be added sufficient flesh thoroughly
to ''round him out" but not enough to
interfere in the slightest degree with bis
natural action, which on no account must
be impeded.
| For brittle hoofs in horse-even when
so brittle that they will not hold shoe
the following is reported as an excellent
remedy Two parts oil of tar With one
part balsam Of fir. mixed and applied
every other night to the extreme top OF
hoof One who has tried it Gays that in
six weeks he cured completely a case as
above.
The more food a COW can be induced to
eat the more milk she will produce. Cows
do not usually consume more food than
they can properly digest.
/ Cream of low test simply contains more
| skim milk. Take a quart OF cream test
ing 40 per cent, and add quart Of skim
milk and you have two quarts of cream
testing 20 per cent. There is a cause for
low tests.
Seven or eight geese will require as
much pasture as one COW. But they will
devour weeds and coarse grass that cattle
win not touch.
Improvements on the farm should be,
better farming by blowing deeper and
using more farm-made manure, more
thorough cultivation, better drainage and
more scientific balancing of the food for
live stock.
In purchasing nitrate Of soda, tie most
quickly available source of nitrogen for
plants, buyers should steer clear Of low
grade nitrate. The more usual adulter-
ants are common salt, and salt cake from
the manufacture OF acids, both worthless
as fertilizers and containing no plant food.
Nitrate of soda now comes in original
bags, whichnow contain about 200 pounds.
The old 3l0-pound bag was very clumsy.
Should excessive winds blow the top of
tree out Of shape, which often occurs,
cut it out, leaving nearly erect south
west branch to become the new central
stems. Shallow, looeely-plahted trees
sometimes blow over. They may be put
back by exeayating on the opposite side
and pushing the tree back, tamping the
earth as firmly as possible on the side
toward which it leaned. Care should be
taken not 70 wrench tile roots loose in
this operation.
When country has been farmed for
forty years or more strictly Oh d grains
farming basis, things begin TO look pretty
desolate, unless legnme crops have BEEN
raised extensively; and, as a ruiz, where
such shertsighted methods Of farming are
in practice the value of Iegunes is given
little heed.
The season for the operation 81 hStbeds
is near at hand, and everything shenld
be placed in readiness. They are gen
orally constructed from inch boards, the |
back board being about foot above
ground and the front several inches lower.
SO as to allow an incline or alant 70 enable