Middletown transcript., 1908-05-23
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

but not to excess. They should have tht
, best quality of we'll cured hay oats ant
bran. Mouldy hay that has been heateC
in the NOW or bale, musty oats and bran
: that has soured will not supply the
proper nutriment for producing stake win
ners.
The chief causes of bone SPAWN are
working colt too young, fast driving
over slippery roads and jerking and stop,
ping the colt too quickly.
Ensilage corn and red clover are two ol
the surest and best crops the dairy farmers
of Pennsylvania can grow. Let those
grow alfalfa who can, but corn and red
clover will probably long remain the
staple crops.
| There is no danger of getting the soil
too rich for Strawberries. Soil that will
raise good potatoes will raise good
strawberries. Chip dirt or well-rotted
manure, with little commercial potash
and rock phosphate applied with the
manure year before the plants are set,
make good fertilizers.
The strawberry bed should be on an
elevated plot of land, SO drainage will be
perfect. While the plants need an
abundance Of moisture they will perish if
there is an excessive supply of water.
Spraying grain fields with solution Of
sulphate of iron as a means of killing
mustard is an idea which is gaining great
prominence in the grain-raising region OF
the Northwest. 1t seems to be pretty
we'll established fact that the scheme is
practical.
The few scattering trees IN the fence
corners are frequently veritable breeding
places for insect pests. They should be
given just as much attention as the trees
in the orchard.
Never allow old wood OF raspberries or
blackberries to lie around. Burn every
bit of it. When the new wood is Is
inches high pinch off to allow lateral
growth in the raspberries, but let the
blackberries grow to three feet before do
ing this.
The calf finds in fresh milk while it is
still warm with the animal heat of the
COW, it is said, a constituent value not
found in the milk after it is allowed to
get cold. The chemist cannot define it,
and it cannot be restored again by warm
ing the milk. If every calf could be fed
its milk sweet, and while it still retained
its animal heat, there would no doubt be
fewer cat-hammed steers going to the
block. <5
Recently at the IoTaExperiment Station
20 pigs were fed for time on tuberculosis
cows milk that had not been pasteurized,
and 20 others were fed on tuberculosis
milk that had been pasteurized. The 20
pigs fed on the raw tuperculous milk all
died of tuberculosis, and two of the other
pigs died with the same disease. That
showed that pasteurizlng the milk gave
so per cent. of protection.
A hog fed on sour swill, decayed Vege-
tables and other offal is not fit for food,
and there should be punishment to fit
the crime of such feeding.
The small stomach of horse indicates
the improperly of long fasting. Feed
three times day at all times of the year.
Never leave horse after driving in the
mud until his feet and legs are rubbed dry.
1t is both HastefuI and injurious to
keep supply of hay before horse all of
the time.
A healthy horse is best let alone, and
needs no tonic or stimulant other than
good solid food to make him thrive.
Always give the colt enough grain to
keep growing rapidly, without allowing
him to eat so much hay as to become ILL
shaped.
Horses, while they are growing, which
is for about five years, do. not acquire that
fueness of texture which gives them
stamina and endurance.
Precipitation is necessary for the good
health OF the horse, and if the skin is not
clean and the pores open there will be
trouble in this direction.
Oats supply, better than any other avail |
able food, the material needed for the |
development of bone and muscle. |
They cannot be excelled in food for the |
growing colt.
One very important item in keeping |
horses in good condition is in feeding
regularly; when not at work feed lighter
ration; but give it at a regular time
daily, not three feeds to-day because they
are working, and two feeds tomorrow be-
cause they are idle.
Light seed will produce light grain.
This has been proved many times. Light
seed has not sufficient power to push the
young plants during the early stages of
CROWN, ana 1t becomes stunted.
The total crops irrigated by canals in
the Northwest Frontier Province of India
up to January l, 1908, covered an area Of
l25, ,456 acres. Most of this is planted to
wheat, sugar cane, barley and oil seeds.
The breed of sheep that combines a
good, long fleece with large carcass, is
the breed for the small-hock owner.
Raise colt or two this year. The
automobile isn't going to drive the horse
from the roads. On the contrary, the
demand for good horses grows.
Be careful how you work young horses.
1t is easy to spoil good one just BY one
heavy strain; lookout for that.
Are you wedding out the improbable
coWsr This is the most profitable bust.
ness.in which dairyman may engage.
The times demand COWS that are steady
income producers.
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