Middletown transcript., 1909-12-23
NEWS AND VIEWS

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esin causes the feathers, even the pin
ieatllers, to stick 20 she hands and they
will come out very readily.
WhstheF fowls are picked dry or vel
the feathers should be saved. The long
tail feathers should be thrown away al
we'll as the pin feathers. II the fowl has
been dipped in scaidinR water to loosen
lbhe feathers, they must be spread oul
Nhere they will dry out. Feathers com
mand a good price in the market yet bow
Few try to save this extra profit. Adver.
iisements are frequently seen in farm aud
poultry papers asking for feathers. Upon
most every farm the housewife makes
good use II the feathers by making pillows,
leather beds, etc.
Mulch strawberry beds, borders, bulbs
aud newly planted trees as soon as the
ground is frozen.
Saw the dead limbs from the fruit trees.
and look for scale and eggs of insect pests.
Winter is the time to get all the odd
Jobs done and out Of the way before the
.'rush."
As soon as the catalogues come sit down
aud make out list of what you want to
buy for seeds and order them early, first
come first served" is the rule with seeds
men.
Stake the young trees SO the winter
winds will not whip them about.
A good way to store apples in the cellar
is in crate boxes holding about bushel
each.
In starting young orchard head the
trees low and provide perfect drainage at
ali times.
Only apples that are free from blemish
or insect injuries should be stored for
winter keeping.
DO not sell all Of the best apples. II
anyone is entitled to the best fruit pro-
duced on the farm il is the home family.
A map Of the orchard showing varieties
with footnotes is worth getting up these
days. File such map with your invsn.
tory when closing up the years business
on the farm.
Good time now to put some manure on
the orchard. Do this during the winter
months, the earlier she better. A good
plan is to mulch the raspberry aud black
berry bushes with good stable manure
before the deep snow comes.
To have clean bark on your trees give
them an alkaline wash during the winter
season rs follows: Dissolve washing coda
in water until il forms consistency OF
thick cream. Shaved soap can be used as
q substitute for soft soap. Apply this
mixture TO the bark Of trees from she base
up to the main branches.
No COW that is giving milk should be
left ont on the cold ground Gt this season
OF the year. No man who thinks Of his
own interests would for moment permit
snch thing.
Do not rely on pumpkins TO increase
she AoW Of milk in your herd. They will
not do il. They will make the milk
richer in color and give you fine-grained
butter, but they will not make more milk.
Il you take your milk to the creamery,
be sure that the mao who does the testing
IL honest. Anything but . shadow Of
suspicion always hanging over she testing
machine. Another thing. The tester
who is honest will not be afraid TO have
you right on she spot while he Is doing
his work. When be does it aIl In secret,
behind locked doors, there is something
not Just right.
When eggs are high ia the time when
hens seem to cease laying. Il is then
that hens become costly luxuries, because
they are producing nothing and require
a great deal more care. Il is vexstions to
own a large flock of beau:;fu! birds that
do not lay when eggs are scarce and the
prices high, but much Of the dieappoint-
ment is due to the improper food, lack
of variety, and not to an insuficiency.
A supply Of salt available whenever the
cows want it is necessary to maintain 9
high yield Of milk. Sailing feeds for
dairy cnws once a week is not sufficient.
Il is good plan to keep rock salt under
shelter where the cows can get as If at
will, and then feed loose salt once week
in sucli quantities as the COWS will eat.
Lnnee salt may be used exclusively If it
can he sheltered from rain or snow. 1t
is not best to mix salt with feed, for fire..
quently the cnws will get more salt than
they need, which will reduce the flow.
Cows having salt kept before them at all
times in separate compartments will not
rat too much.
People generally discard old cohs as
beiiig almost worthless but treated as
foilpws they make most ex4ellent fire
starters: Simply take any old can or pail
that won't leak and put a little kerosene
oil in il. Then chuck Is full Of cobs iues
90 that the ende are covered with oil.
Next morning jour kindIihR wood is
ready apd yon eisi be very agreeabIy snT-
pFised 10 see how stubbnr4ly and per-
sissently those coba will burr
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