Middletown transcript., 1909-10-23
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS


cellar With cement floor, an even tenn
peratuFe, and right conditions OF moisture
I in the incubator. At the start the eggs
should be kept at a temperature of 1O2
degrees, during the second week at 103
degrees, and at Matching time from l04 to
106 degrees.
As q producer of either grade of pure.
bred horses for sale, the farmer has rich
possibilities. There is wide and strong
market for all the product. The farmer
who. breeds aud grows horses for market
as q strong side line to general farming
can make good money at it through in
telligent direction and proper equipment.
Raising colts on the farm does not require
much extra capital or labor. A mare will
raise colt nearly every year ard at the
same time make half a team, except for
two or three weeks after the colt 10 born.
Many small farmers make much extra
money by keeping only mares for farm
work and breeding them regularly. Every
year they have from one to three or four
young horses to sell at good figures which
have cost them only small amount, The
more pains taken in securing good stock
aud feeding and training the colts the
more money there is in the business.
S'oppy mashes are not half so good for
poultry as those which are a bit crumbly.
Don't get them too wet.
Look at the feet of your horses now
and then when ont on the road. Some
times they will pick up stone between
the sides Of the shoes and may become
lame before you know it.
The hog destined for the market has a
short existence, and the ptUii npu him
is in ration to the amount ul healthy
forcing he is given. The young, growing
hog should be pushed along as fast as
possible.
Swiss chard is growing in popularity.
1t is cultivated like the beet and is ready
for use as a sort of substitute for asparagus
within a few weeks after seeding. It lacks
the richness Of favor of asparagus. but is
good substitute while the asparagus
plantation is getting ready to bear. The
long stalks are served as asparagus or as
creamed celery, and the leaves may be
cooked like spinach.
An occasional feed of sliced raw pota-
toes substituted for the grain ration OF
colts will prove beneficial to such colts as
will eat them. Those that are not in
clined to eat them can soon be taught to
do 60 by cutting them very fne and
mixing them with the grain ration. Po-
tatoes are cooling and tend to prevent
constipation. The latter must be guarded
against when dry hayis fed. A branch
mash once or twice a week into which
great spoonful of linseed meal has been
stirred is an excellent laxative.
Cement walks on farms are becoming
quite common in some communities. They
are easily made and are everlasting il
made right. A good many farmers are
doing without them because of the ex-
pense. If the sand is hauled at odd
times and the walk put down in sections
as the time can be spared, the expense
will not be felt, because the cost of ma
terials in the country is not very great,
and then it is great satisfaction to have
good walks.
II the subsoiI is porous and allows the
water to fall away rapidly so as to pre-
vent freezing, it is not necessary to exca-
vate for a foundation, as the walk will
not settle. But where the subsoil is q
stiff clay it is better TO excavate from IA
to l6 inches aud fl to within four and |
one-haIf inches with cinders or gravel to |
make q firm foundation. Two by fours
are used for the sides of the form, taking |
great care to level them.
The medium mixture is one part Port
land cement to two and one-half parts /
coarse sand and five parts crushed rock
well mixed and thoroughly wetting it so
twill pack we'll. This is shoyeed iuto
within one half inch from the top of the
forms. The walk is now cut through the
concrete to the cinders to allows for ex-
pansion and contraction.
The surface coating is composed Of one
part cement and two and one-half parts
of sand mixed to the consistency of NOR
tar aud spread over the concrete in forms
and smoothed with a trowel. Cover the
walk to protect it from the sun and it
will be ready for use in three days, but
will not get its ultimate strength before
thirty days.
Que good, comfortable farm home in
the ueighborhood is sure to lead TO
others. The example is good one. The
example is q good one. The improve.
ment of the farm home cannot help but
have good effect upon neighborhood.
We believe it is a stimulus to emulation |
On the part OF the neighbors, so that they /
will vie with each other in the beautify-
ing Of their home. Friendly rivalry of
Ibis kind gives rural district desirable
reputation. Why not you, dear reader, &
this work OF making your home {
laying it oul more artistically,
planting il sastefuily, aud it will surprise j
you how many imitators you will have. &
We all try to be as good as our neiRhbors, /
md generally SOME one has TO be the |
Itarter. Why should MT you be the G
eader in this Wofk uf identifying homes 1
IN the farm?
II costs very little to lay out lawn,
plant trees and shrubs aud have u lew i
lowers aud climbing vines by the house,
lid the effect is very pleasing. The en- !
ny ment We get as We go along is worth !
more than the money We make. A pleas /,
lnt setting for farm house adds more
;vmfort and solid enjoyment than the j
ame amount Of money laid out in hand.
Ione furniture OF styIIsh rig TO drive. Ii
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