Middletown transcript., 1910-08-27
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

talk with the hired man is when yo
catch him lightning his pipe behind th
straw-stack or in the barn.
A good man is cheap at most any price
and a shiftless, careless man is dear if b.
works for nothing.
The coWppa benefits the soil upor
which it grows, and increases its produc
tiveness.
With the hot weather the stables vii
get ''stuffy" and hot if kept shut oyel
night. Take out some Of the sashes and
tack cotton cloth over the opening. Thif
works well the year round.
Teach the boy that it ia better to be a
man and q farmer than to be hand or
an arm, or wheel in somebody's factory.
Inform yourself and then point out to
the boy the irksome and disagreeable
features, the lack of individual opportun-
ity and the remuneration in the occupa.
tion which tends to attract him away.
Feeding Live Stock
Not only should the farmer feed liber-
ally, but should aleo give variety, and
look we'll to the quality. There is not a
quart of milk yield by the COW that is not
produced from the food, and not an ounce
Of fat on the pig is produced unless deriv-
ed from the food. The sheep must be
provided for to produce wool, and the
young stock will quit growing when the
feed is dealt out to them sparingly. Give
all the care possible to the proper feeding
of stock, and it will repay the labor; yet
there will be no necessity for over feeding
or getting the animals out of condition by
iniudicious use Of food.
The interior Of the poultry-house should
again be sprayed with the lime and sui
phur solution mentioned in the June
issue or with some other searching
disinfsCtant, and the perches should be
thoroughly covered with it. Such fowls
as show rough legs should be treated with
kerosene applied to the legs with q feather
or brush. To do quick work the legs Of
the fowls can be simply dipped in the
kerosene. The severity Of this treatment
can be toned down by diluting the ker-
osene with lineeed oil.
The young flock of growing pulIets
and fall roasters should have a pIenti-
ful supply Of an all-around ration. Corn
can better be fed to them than to the
older fowls during confinement, but it
should be given sparingly even to them.
Plenty of whole wheat, oats and dairy
waste with fresh cut clover will keep
them growing.
The countries that lead in the quality
of live stock use roots as food for the ami
mails. England, which, gave Us our best
breeds, would never have done go but for
her large crop Of turnips. The English
market reports give prices of beets, man.
gels and turnips as regularly as do our
journals for grain and hay. In some
sections of this country the root crop is
becoming an important one, but we rely
on corn, which produces not only large
quantities of grain, but also Of fodder;
hence it is cheaper to grow corn than
roots, but better results would be obtained
if roots we're added TO the corn, hay and
fodder. Labor saving implements row
cheaper the cost of producing roots, COM
pared with former years, and with the
use OF roots the food is more varied,
which promotes more rapid growth of
young stock and greater yields from all
others.
Glover Feeding
There is an excellent profit in pastur-
ing lambs on second growth clover for
two months in the fall before putting
them on grain rations for fattening.
Gains can be made on good pasture as
low as one centa pound in this way and
that is cheap feeding.
Where lambs can be had at reason.
able prices, they can be turned into
very good profit on all ofthe farms that
have clover pasture or alfalfa. If put on
second growth clover along in late August
or September for two months and then
fed alfalfa and corn or alfalfa alone they
should put on from 40 to so pounds be-
fore going to the Christmas market.
Many farmerssell their lambs half fat
because they cut second crop clover for
seed or leave it for other stock during
late fall and early winter months. There
is certainly more money in pastGring
lambs than in selling clover seed and il
the second crop is kept for winter pasture
about haIfits value is lost.
A good plan is to turn the lambs into
the corn field after the corn is matured-
they will find lot of grass and tender
weeds that have sprung up during the
last cultivation and they will also eat all
the leaves of the corn as high as they can
reach.
Suppose they do break down an oc-
casional stalk and eat the corn, it is going
into mutton.
Rape sowed in the corn at the last
cultivation is another source of cheap
forage for sheep. Rape in small grain
makes q wonderful growth after the grain
is harvested and is second only to clover
as pasture crop for sheep. IL also
makes q good growth after potatoes or
cabbage have been harvested. In states
where these two crops are grown ex.
tensively this point is worth consider
ing.
When Eggs Were High
I kept close watch of my flock, and
the hens that began to lay first after
moIting l put into separate pens. From
these pens | gathered my eggs for hatch.
ing and BY so doing have wonderfully
improved the laying qualities of my Rock.
This mating has also been the means Of
rearing birds with stronger constitutions
more hardy aud vigorous.
I.never crowd too many into one house