Middletown transcript., 1909-07-31
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Hlfslnie zpet'n5a. Station found s6st
e profits % al. ito tiolatsins led With
4e2 per iaalsiansl pei month lis
grades we're second viii, S4. 81. The most
profitable COW vas Buckeye DeKol, Who
MIXED II montlls. gave il. z9s 4 pounds ii
milk and 5za.2S pouhds of butter. The
profit o. slle milk was s2Ol los, and on
the butter 81 81
horticultural curiosity il to be- seen
in tho garden Or Gioucester Lodge ports.
mouth Reed. near London. 4 goose.
berry bush. currant bush and an elder
berry tree ere growing high Up on 1
willow tree, 10 which they have BY soms
means become grated. All are flourish.
ing and fruit Informing On the eoossbsrry
end currant bushes.
Profits 10 dairying do not depend so
much upon the number Of cows keps, bat
upon the kind. This fact is being real
lied more and more aa the dairy industry
increases. One way to increase the acre
age Of farm is to increase the fertility
Of the soil Of the farm; similarly, one
way TO increase dairy herd is to increase
the cows producing power.
The regularity as we'll Is the manner
-of the mixer has much TO do with the /,
lasting prodnctiyeness Of the dairy COW.
Electric power companies are being
formed in Pennsylvania and other East
eEn States which are thickly settled, to
supply light and power to farms.
D. B. MenEzer. farmer living near
Gettysburg, Pa, has sold $4,000 duck eggs
since Christmas His ducks produced
COCO ducklings last spring, and be sold
1900 pounds Of feathers taken from the
ducks which we're killed on the farm dur.
ing the past year.
The average wheat yield Of America is
only about IA bushels to the acfe, while
in England the land that has been farmed
for hundreds Of years, averages about 80
bushels.
Many alfalfa mills are sprinSing up IN :
Kansas and other Western States One
Kansas plass has capacity Of eight car
loads per day, and pays $4,000 annually
for its raw material. Alfalfa meal is now
used extensively in the cattle field.
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The Forestry Departments has turned
800 Angora goats ont on the mountain
slopes in the West, in che hope chat they
will keep the weeds from growing on the
6rs-breaks. This work has besn seSiOua
expense and the goats are 90 experiment
The cOuntry's honey prcaua foE Isl
year il estimated Il s25 .0o0. 600, There
are 1000 bse-keepeFs IN The country end
the prodncs Of their hives was suiicient
10 gil train Of cars long enough TO reach
from New York to Buffalo.
Kansas needs II, GOO additional men 10
handle the wheat crop this year, accord
ing to an estimate made by Director
Harris, Of the State Employment Bureau.
Il is best not to cultivate the orchard
zronnd later than August Let, as the wood
must have time to harden and the sap
should be encouraged to run.
Horses seldom suffer from decayed
teeth, but because Of the upper teeth clos
ing on the lower ones little on the ont.
Iide, points are sometimes found which
aceFate the cheek or penetrate the gums,
creating a tenderness that prevents the
proper mastieation of food, annoying the
horse so much that he falls away very
rapidly,
This country each year produces more
,orn than ell other countries OF the world
combined =, ,927, 600. 600 out Of |, ,sSS. .OOO,.
100 bushels. 1t grows more wheat than
my other country in 1he world-SS4, ,OOO,-
100 out Of 8, los, 600, GOO bushels. 1t pro.
luces more cats than any other country
n the world-754, ,OO0, 600 out Of $685..
100, 600 bushels. II is the third largest
Innual producer Of barley in the world,
5S, ,0OO, 600 bushels only Z, 7,0O0, 900 bush
lie less than Germany, with Russia lead
ng.
One Of the most successful apple grow.
rs Of Ohio uses arsenate Of lead in the !,
bordeaux mixture to kill the different
ungi, 90 well as to keep in check the
odling moth, spraying at least four times
fter the bloom falls. His formula for
,ordeaux Is three pounds sulphate Of
opper, Eve pounds Of lime and ffty gall
oni Of water.
Hogs are good method Of cultivation.
Corn. ground cob and ali. together with
portion Of oats. makes good feed, not
My for cows, but for horses aa well.
Something for nothing never works out
q the dairy. You must pnt the feed in
D the cows II yOu are going to get the
liIk out Of them.
Grow sheep Tor both wool and mutton.
10Th are grown on the same carcass aud
9th should be considered in the line Of
rofis in their production. a sheep is no
lore sheep Withous-wooI than it would
. without mutton.
The summary Of the United States crop
sport Tor 1909 reads as iOliows: Winter
lheas, SO.7; for 1908, $50. Spring wheat
So; for 1908. $50. The report on cats
nd hay is not 90 good IS last year
caches, about half crop. Apples.
bout the came as last year. 6l.4, Is com.
ared with $50 for last year. In regard
, acrsage, representing Lass years by
DO. the estimates Of acreage planted this
ear is as follows: Winter wheat, 9l.S per
snt. Spring wheat, 1869, Oats, 1902.
Iarley. 1885. Sugar cane. 1869. Cotton,
Sc per cent. So far IS corn Is concerned,
uly ID 600 early for safe prOgnosticasion.
be hot winds Of August, 60 destructive