Middletown transcript., 1909-06-12
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

Laying hens need animal feed. So
ply them with q 1und OF green cut bon
il possible, or good beef scrap, which CT
be purchased of any supply house. Ski
milk, sour or butter milk also is good.
II the henhouse is damp ditch about
go as to carr. off outside moisture as SOC
as possible, hen fill up the inside unt
the floor is vi least six inches higher ths
the ground outside. Gravel is the best
use in house Of this kind, where foo
is not laid.
i A hundred lice in poultry house wi
muIhply to a thousand in a very shol
! time, and million within month, ,unIe.
checked. Iii much easier to dispose {
them when they number only hundre
than to wait until they have multiple
to million.
Good drinking fountains for youn
chicks may be made by punching thre
or four nail holes near the open end Q
tin fruit can, fill with water and inver
in saucer. The water in the saucer vii
only reach the depth that the holes ar
from the mouth OF the can. By usinl
this they can not get into the water anC
fresh supply is held in reserve in th,
can.
It will soon be time for many of thc
poultrymen to begin to dispose of par
Of their breeding stock to make room fol
the growing youngsters and it will be 8
great chance to purchase good stock at 6
low price, as birds are generally sold al
this season for less than half of theil
regular value. Any one desiring to begin
the raising Of thoroughbred stock should
look out for these bargains.
Never before in the history of the poul.
try industry has there been such an in.
terest in pure.bred poultry as there is at
this time, and this is no passing fancy.
This country is becoming. "a great poultry
country, and the business has been taken
10 hand by men who have to do with the
markets of the world. There are now in
cold storage thousands of fowls which are
to be shipped to Europe, and this in the
face OF the fact that our home demand is
as great as the supply.
Milk is used raw, while most other food
products are cooked in some way The
very fact that milk is a raw food should
stimulate those engaged in its production
to the greatest possible care.
Never put warm cream and cold cream
together. Use separate cans. Don't say
you can't afford it. You are in the dairy
business every day in the year. If con-
Quoted properly there is money enough
in it to buy all the necessary tools.
Milk may be unclean and unfit for use
from either internal or external causes.
The COW may be diseased or the sur
roundings and the. utensils may be dirty.
Trouble may come from disease in the
families of workmen engaged about the
premises. Epidemics of scarlet fever have
been traced to this source.
A quart of milk is said to be equal in
nutrition TO a pound of beefsteak. II is
also said to be equal to two pounds OF
bread. A pound OF steak costs anywhere
from ten to thirty cents, according TO the
cut and the market. Two pounds OF
bread costs usually from ten to twelve
cents. Why should milk sell for less
than bread or beefsteak?
Good butter contains from twelve to
fifteen per cent. Of water. Some butter
makers try to increase the weight by in.
creasing the moisture content. This
method is not honest and it is not good
policy.
Every farm should have a workshop.
The building may be large or small. Il
is not necessary to have it very expensive.
The tools may be few or many, but what
there are should be good. No man can
do good work with poor tools, and good
tools cost but little more than poor ones.
A building ten by twelve feet will answer
Ior a blacksmith shop with small vice
bench in one corner. If this is fitted |
with a good chimney, forge, anvil, ham.
ner, tongs and good steele vice, consider
able blacksmithing work can be done to
advantage.
There should be small stove to make
,he shop comfortable in winter. This is
pery important because there is more
lime to work in shop in the winter and
you can't work with backsmith's tools
N frosty atmosphere.
Carpenters work is different. A car
oenter's bench may be placed against the
Iide OF the building and covered with
he'd roof, for, if necessary, carpenter
york may be done outside if you have a
severed place for the bench and tools.
A much better arrangement is to have
blacksmith shop in one end of larger
building and a carpenter shop in the
,ther end with partition between. There
hould be no shavings lying about
blacksmith shop; there istoo much dam
,er from fire. For another reason the
wo kinds OF work do not iibe well to-
ether. 1t is comparatively easy to keep
blacksmith shop in order, but there is
great deal of litter about woodworking |
hop and farmer never finds time TO
eep such things neatly in order.
In buying woodworking tools the best
re tile cheapest. 1t is poor economy TO
ny cheap tools. Not many are needed
,r common repair work and a good kit
lay be had for few dollars.
The Mississippi station has found that
lree COWS kept without salt will produce
fty-five pounds less milk in week than
ley viii when they have all the salt they
ant,
Professor J. E. Rice, of Cornell Uni- j
srsity, Ithaca, N. Y, in the course Of j
j address at the poultry institute oil {
uelph, Can, said one Of the results Of
Unfolding lime from pullets was that 6