Middletown transcript., 1909-10-16
FApM news AND VIEWS


i Milk the cows quickly but gently.
Try the experiment oi grooming th'
cowa
/ Let your COW outs to pasture ever,
pleasant day
Cleanliness should be the vatchwOrd
in the dairy.
Feed al animals as great . variety q
foods IS possible.
Always give your cows good bed with
comfortable stall.
The separator is credited with saving s.
on each COW every year.
Every dafryman should make il bis
business 70 know just how much each COW
costs him to keep.
Intelligence used 10 bis breeding and
care has raised the hog nm she plane Of
the yeriest savage, unsoul tceps when
hunted Is any other wild that Of
benelactor
a young call should be 2Qt
necessarily more than tgi'
milk. but some oats or oiT eal,
some turnips and all the good clover or
fne timothy hay IS many times day as
it win eat.
There isn't an animal on the farm that
can be cared for so easily or chespIy as
sheep. They are the only animals to
grow when help Is scarce. They require
very little protection, just enough to keep
off the cold Winds and rains, and 20 one
does not have to be eternaIiy fussing to
keep them cool or warm. They are prac-
tically sslf.feeding in summer, aud about
all one need do is to give plenty Of water
and salt. Two meals day in winter,
with water, is about ali the attention they
need. An antiseptic bath once or twice
year, and all the labor necessary IL
done. Surely not very much even on
busy days; now, is liz
There's nothing better for laying hens
or growing chicks than green cot bone.
Il furnishes everything needed for bone
aud muscle, develops the body and makes
strong. husky fowls. For thelaying hens
il furnishes supply of egg forming ma
teTials, and helps to keep the hens.
healthy. II iudicIously fed, there is
nothing better than ground bone. and
since bone milIe are go cheap and so per-
feet 10 their operations, there is=no reason
why every one should not own one.
One man found that when less than
one hundred hens we're kept il paid
handsome profit TO buy a mill. The
bones can be had at any butcher shop at
practically no cost, and the labor Of grind.
ing them on good cutter is just enough
lor exercise. Ground bone should be fed
about every other day, or a small portion
may be given each day. Il may be fed
as a separate food, or it may be mixed
With the mash. Watch carefully that il
is given the hens regularly, as on over
supply will do great injury.
In America il has been observed that
bees often bore tubular coIorras in order to-
get at the nectar OF flowers, instead of
entering by the mouth, as humblsbees do
in Europe. In essays on the cross fer
tization Of flowers this supposed anomaly
has been the subject Of much comment.
Il now appears that the humblebees of
Europe and America have identical habits
in regards to the manner in which the
visits to flowers are made, and that It is
the class Of insects known as the cafpen.
ter bee or the borer which works in she
outside manner indicated.
The largest dog in this country is the
property Of Wayne Bailey. Of Rutland,
Vt. He tips the scales at -267 pounds, and
stands up from the ground S5incbes, and
girss SO inches. The animals neck is
unusually large, measuring 80 inches. and
from zip to lip he measures six feet FIVE
and one halfiuches. lie is part German
and part English mastiff.
The oyslershell scale has appeared to a
greater extent this season than usual on |
lilac bushes and maple trees, although
n 4 as prevalent on fruit trees as in some
years. Some branches Of Norway maple
tree were recently sent to State Z9ologist
Surface, at Harrisburg. which were badly |
infested. Iu giving information concern
log the same to the person who sent the
specimens The State zoologist wrote as
follows: "Fhe maple sprigs which you
sent to us are badly infested with oyster
shell scale. You Should spray at this
date, Just as soonas possible. with whale-
oil soap, one pound In four gallons Of
water, or wait until after the leaves drop
and then spray with the boiled lime sui
phur wash the same as for San Jose
scale. You can either boil She lime and /
sulphur 10 water and make the solution
yourself, or you can purchase it as a
commercial preparation ready % dilute
with eight times its bulk 10 water and
apply is. Yon can also kiIl these pests
BY making thick soap solution. as thick
as house paint, and washing the infested
branches stisn paint brush dipped into
this. Do this any Time Of the year You
desire. Any strong brown or laundry
soap win do iot this purpose. .
DO not make ths food TOO sloppy iof
young pigs Keep plenty oI charcoal in
tie pen. Put 4 packet Of EPSON salts ID
The food occasionally. Castrate pigs at
three weeks. not later. Observe rpgu-
larity IN feeding, and LET them out for q
run occasionally. As the young pigs
come IN do not allow them 10 lose their
baby fas, but keep them 10 good condition
right iron tfle time they ara Weaned.