Middletown transcript., 1909-02-20
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

An IL pOrtafi0n uf IiielI mnlee arrive
in New York being che frst Of thel
animals ever brought here from tbs
country. Ahous ten years sgOshe BFitis
Goyernloent imported number Of fiu
Spanish jacks for breeding purposes, ant
ii il reported that the experiment be
been highly successful. Irish horse
have long been famous for their qualit,
and beauty.
/ There is no place upon the farm Wher
system Of drainage can be more profit
ably installed than in the feed lots an(
around the hog pens. In too mani
instances large WaIIows are formed arounC
the hoghouse aud tbess are both nnsigbtl,
and unsanitary. Ii the house is not 60 situ
ated that drainage is natural an aFti6Cia
drainage system will repay its cost many
times.
Professor r. A. Moore says lhat pains
taking in breeding corn has raised the
average corn production Of Wisconsin,
from Is bushels per acre in 1901 to 4l.9
bushels per acre iu 1907. This increase ID
worth striving for in every State and on
every farm.
Farmers Bulletin No. 49, Of the United
States Departments of Agriculture, Gays
that mixture of two parts OF cornmeal
and one part cottonssed fed for ten weeks
to lambs with pastnrage, gave . weekly
gain tf 2.95 pounds pei, hssd. The
lambs were fed about 81 pounds each per
week of the mixture.
Littleton, N. H., farms and pastures
furnished abcnt 5000 Christmas trees for
Philadelphia homes and churches. One
firm in the business OF harvesting trees,
caused several acrss OF young woodland
to be stripped Of hue young spruce trees.
It is said that the owners received no
more than six or seven csntS for the tFees.
Il is the same condition fbroughout the
whole of New England.
Que Of the most sucCeesful apple grow.
ers Of Ohio, uses arsenats Of lead in the
Bordeaux mixture to kill the different
fungi, as to keep in check the codsing
motl.; spray ing at least four timea after
tine bloom falls. His formula Tor BoEd-
eaux is three pounds suiphate Of cop
per, fye pounds Of lime, so gallons Of wa
ter.
The COW likes q variety Of food, and it
paya to give it to her. For The etimula-t
ton OF the appetite and aid ia digestion,
of her feeds should be gnesa and
succulent, such as EoOte and siIags for
winter. Some lineeed meal should b.
given at frequent intervals. Il Is mos
only rich feed buI an excellent resula.
tor of the digestive orgaus. Clover and
alfalfa hay are both rich in miIk-iorming
elements and give bulk 20 the ration.
Some corn should be given daily, especi-
ally through The cold months, as CowsI
greatly relish the grain, and IL helps 10
forming butter fat and in producing AMI
NAL fat. Give the cove about all they
will eat up clean Of each feed, but shift
changes often,not only the kinds, but the
amounts of each kind At different times.
This change gives 3 stimulating variety
to feede, and the cows thrive and pro.
duce on it.
No top dressing nor fertilizer viii do
more 20 revive grsss than nitrale Of soda,
and it should be used in combination with
materials containing phosphOFic sCid and
potash. A mixture otI50 pOunds Of nj.
trate of soda, $50 pounds Of acid phosphate
and IS pounds Of murists Of potash isI
recommended. Grass, even in old mead
ows, viii respond very quickly TO thisl
treatment.
About 8. 100000 more boss we're mar
keted in the West in 1908 than in 1897.
All the markets show big Increases.
The average daily ration fed 2-yeaE-old
heifers at Slorr's Experiment. Station dur
ing the winter Of 1908 was % lOlloWs:Hay,
pounds; siiage, 20 pounds; grain, II
pounds. The grain mixture was made
up Of 800 pounds Of brand, 100 pounds Of
cornmeal and 100 pounds Of linseed meal.
Tie promoters Of the Alaska wheat
fake are said 10 have sold $50. 600 worth
of the ow-grade Egyptian wheat to gull.
ible farmers.
Green ducks are shipped 70 market nm.
drawn and with heads on. They are
picked down one-half on the neck and to
the tirst wing joint.
The origin Of the Indian Runner dueks
is unknown. Il Is claimed that they
wereintroducedi into England about thirty /
years ego Il il said that they viii Ley |
nearly two hundred eggs in year. One
breeder gives food eomparisoO with
Pekin's average about ne follows: Food
nee led for 100 Pekin ducks Tor one month
amounssso about 225O pOnnde; food Tor !
100 Indian Runner ducks, came period, !
1900 .pounda Time required 70 reach
arkesable size is given a. 10 Wesks fer
each heed uamed. Time 10 reach matuF-
ily: Pskins, six 10 Dine months; IndiGns.
four 70 five moaihe. The Pskins are she |
larger ducks.
The effect ot meat fafions was tested e /
the West Virginia E Experiments Station,
wheFeone pea Of fowls received = ration |
largely OF cora aud other slaFchy grains,
while another pen wAs fed partlyon meat
and fresh bone. The meat fed fowls laid |
1856 eggs, while the grain-ied birds laid
34sl, or less sllan one-hali as many %
those receiving the heterogeneous FasiOn.
The eggs from the msas-fsd foWls were
larger, much Arnler, rather better and
produce Gar more vigorous chickens than
thoss Of the others.
Milk led 70 poultry should Be perfectly
sEees. Whsn souE il produces digestive
disorders, and there cannot only be The
proper growth Of body, but The develop.
mens Of thess organs that insure shs pro-
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