Middletown transcript., 1910-01-22

|. have garden. This is q serious mistake
s as this is part OF ths farm that can
J made both profitable and pleasant to th
farmer and his family.
{ Successful poultry raising and egg pre-
: duction go hand in hand with good car
i. and shelter. For profits in the business
: it is as necessary TO house she poultry a
. it is dairy cows or good driving horses
j Very small profits come from those flock
J that roost in the trees or perhaps on th,
J farm implements In 50 open shed. Frest
air is necessary, but it must not be giver
in such large doses, especially during ths
winter months. The hen that roosss in
the open during the winter uses all hel
food TO keep her body warm. II the
poultry business 10 worth doing at ali, II
is worth doing right. II. it is done right,
the flock must be sheltered.
| The Secretary Of Agriculture is authori.
tasiveIy quoted as saying that il every
distiIlery and brewery in the United
States were 10 close and meyer uae anosher
bushei OF grain in the manufacture of
intoxicating liquors the American farmers,
as class, would not know il as fer a.
she effect would show itself on the markets
for grain.
Dairying in Holland Is the principal
occupation. The Iaud is worth from $500
TO $1,000 an acre, yet che people pay their
rents or interest on she investment by
producing butter and cheese, which they
place on the European markets in sue
cessful competition with shat produced in
America on land OF less than one-tifth the
value. The secret is-eficient cows, ex-
cellent care, cooperation and superiority
OF butter and cheese.
Iu Ireland, in the best potato-Vrowing
localities, yield Of 400 bushels to the
acre is nothing unusual. Il is obtained
by the use of about 80 loads of barnyard
manure to the acre, supplemented by 600 |
pounds of commercial fertilizers, proper
toned as follows: One hundred pounds |
of muriate of potash and 400 pounds of |
super.phcsphate. In England the best
results are obtained by the use OF 20 to
25 loads of barnysrd manure to the acre,
supplemented with 100 pounds of suIphate
OF ammonia. $50 pounds Of super-phos.
phate and 30 pounds of snlphate OF potash.
There are now 908 official year's-records
OF Guernsey cows in the advanced regis.
ter. They chow an average OF 1856 pounds
milk, 406 pounds butter fat and an aver.
age per ce3t. of 5.O7. The best milk
record is II, 7,297.4, and the best butter fat
record is 1851 pounds, which is equiva.
lent to 1000 pounds of butter. The Gueru.
seys are rapidly coming into favor among
business dairymen.
The value of the egg production in the
United States for single year is given
by she Government statistical bureau at
Sl45, ,0OO,000 Wool produced during the
anne time is valued at $45, 75O, 900. !
Bad tools will spoil the best workman.
The Lord loves you; don's be afraid Of 8
'nything.
Send for needed ploW-irons now so as
Q be ready.
Attend nsighbor's vendue and help g
i'm out little. Q
The worst bedfelIow in the world ia Q
Vorryi kick it out i
The average farmer will and plowshares
oore profitable than mining shares.
Plenty Of screws, strap-hingss, hasps, q
ate-hooks and eyes come handy around q
be farm. Try q box Of such in she i,
bop. h
We need not wear ourselves out worry. a,
lg about what will happen when she 81
'i wears out. Such 8 calamity will not a
appen in our time.
Some men who are not ft TO have :,
ollar, rail at their wives about ten,cent :.
aste; yet win firmly band over So to she !,
lloon mar for ''distilled damnasio u, p as = =
ne minister pussi it, :,
/ have seen men and women working Il
round the farm or house until eleven a
clock at night, or later; and yet with IL
ears Of such lost rest and nerve force q
ley we're very little ahead. Better 60 to gi
I'd at nine, get good rest, and get up fr
lrly, With quiet nerves. Then you can N
D double work. al
Doh't forget hen ordering seeds or ~
ANTS for starting new paintings of aspar. II
rus, that Palmetto and Argenteuil are
s. susceptible to attacks of rust than lu
Ter varieties. Some growers say that Il
hi,s Argenieui prodpces larger shoots ID al
les not yield so well AS the Palmetto. sh
theirs say that it takes about five years ril
r Arganteui to become established and ag
ady for business. After that the yield
III equal that of Palmetto. Because OF co
ie uniformly large shoo,s. Argenteuil is sh
e variety for tile man who is after the sa
ncy trade. an