Middletown transcript., 1910-05-21
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

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: light in his middle and is nearly always
poor feeder. His stomach is too small
contain enough feed 10 serve him frOI
one, meal TO another. When put ini
hard work he generally has fagged-or
appearance. A Iight-centred horse se
| dom weighs we'll, and weight in drai
horse, if it come from bone, Sinew an
muscle, goes long way toward determiu
ing bis commercial value.
| After fruit trees come in bearing th
best form Of fertilizer is some form Q
potash. Wood ashes cannot be excellei
for fruit trees, as they also contain laFg
proportions of lime. Orchards that n
in grass should be plowed occasionally
and some kind Of hoe crop grown therein
in order to keep the ground clean an'
loossn the coil; but the land should b
hesvily manured, or fertilizer Iberall!
applied, as the soil cannot provide 70
two crops-fruit and grass or grain-With
out an abundance Of plant food.
One of the most convenient remedie
for cuts, strains, sores, etc., is crede petrol
eum. A bottle Of this substance shoulC
be kept in every barn or stable and in I
convenient place, 80 as to use il freely
when occasion requires.
The various feeding materials give re
suits more according to quality than 4
amount provided the stock. Properly
cured corn fodder bay shat was put ID
the NOV ct Just the right condition and
grain that is free from mold or smut viii
produce greater gain ct less cost thar
articles that are not of good quality. NJ
rule for feeding, according to weight o.
the animal, can be depended upon, bul
the more food an animal consumes tbs
greater its ability TO produce if the food
itself is not deficient in nutrition.
Delaware is little State of only 1850
square miles OF land surface, yet last year
its farms produced {. ZOO, 900 bushels Of
corn. Is, s45, $50 quarts Of berries, 628, ,706
baskets of market tomatoes and Z, ,2l2, ITO
cases of cauRed tomatoes, IS0, 800 barrels
Of potatoes, 25S, 982 carriers Of cantaIOupes,
264, ,S86 baskets of pears and "A, 759 baskets
Of sppIes, besides vast quantities Of sweet
potatoes, wheat snd other products.
The advantage of ploWiDg under peas,
clover and other nitFOesnous plants 10
that nitrogen is added to the soil, because
such plants are nitrogen gatherers. !"
When oats, rye or buckwheat are turned
under there is no gain in nitrogen, though
such plants assist in forming humus,
Il is nitrate that makes growth Of
plants. Il must be in the form Of . nj.
trate before plants can use il. Nitrogen
gets into this form in the coil in hot
weather. This is the reason corn and
oats cannot make rapid growth ct first.
They do not get the food they need. But
if the oats wait much they get too much
heat later, when they do not need IL. In
q cold, dry spring little nitrogen in the
form Of snitrate does q lot of good-it
provides the needed element in form
Immediately available. In such a spring
it would pay many farmers TO use 9 light
dressing of nitrate Of soda on oats and on
meadows. Il should be applied ct the
time needed-not ct the time of seeding,
because it is too soluble and may be
leached away before there are roots TO
take it up. This 10 3 suggestion for ex-
periments on q small scale, when cold,
dry weather is stopping oil growth.
Il is pretty hard to beat rape for hog
pasture, for il is a rapid grower and most
excellent. But Missouri station bulletin
maintains that COW peas are also excellent
1t says that to provide crop OF cowpeas
10 the best condition for hogs, is will be
necessary to select soine very early masur-
ing sort and SOW rather earlier than is
advised for general crop. For this pur.
pose Sherman's Northern Prolific OF War
Fen's Extra Early are recommended, 70
be sown about the middle OF compliant.
ing time in rows about thirty inches apart
and cultivated shallow and level as often
az is necessary to bold the weeds in check.
Fortbe best results the hogs should not
be turned on the peas until the first pods
are turning yellow. They will, however,
make good pasture before this time, and
II the hogs are needing pasture il 10 not
advised TO wait until that stage Of ma
turity. A larger area Of cOwpeas for hogs
should be sown about the end of corn.
planting time and for this purpose the
WhippoOrWill variety is to be recon.
mended, or second sowing may be mads.
These may be sown broadcast and GOV.
cred with springtoOth harrow, or, what
is better, sown with . grain drill letting
all hoes run, Osing from Q bushel TO .
bushel and Q half Of seed to the acre.
They will require no subsequent Cultiya.
Iion and will come on about the time the
earlier varieties mentioned have been
en'doWn. Il is consideHad still better
and more economical of ssed to SOW in
rows aud cultivate as above suggessed.
Those who live near towns and citiea
Of any considerable siEe can usually find
q profitable market for Fhubarb during
the spring aud early summer, at which
time nearly everyone wants few messss
of Fhnbarb. But whether it is intended
TO market any Of the crop OF not every
family that has garden wants patch Of
rhubaFb TO supply the home reeds,
The soil where Fhubarb is to be planted
cannot be made too rich. Well FOtted
stable manure may be applied at the rate
of about forty losds per acre and then
ploWed under. The spot where the plants
are 20 be set should be we'll drained.
WnaS 0f a BaShful Man