Middletown transcript., 1910-11-12
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

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largely O. tlis cost pi manure. In man
instsncsa she cosl j hauIlng far exceed
the frst cost of the manure. Much {
hemanure used near she large cities
bad for the hauling, while it Is the "a
ception, rather the rule, that Il cost
more than 6peslits ton, At this pric
or lsss q grower can well afford TO max,
rather long hauls and to use the manurI
freely, especially for such crops as lettuce
celery, onions and other crops grown b.
intensive methods.
A man who Is content with q COW Civ
ing 3, 600 pounds Of milk isa man thai
does not understand the fret principals
Of the economics Of Dairy work; and unti
the dairymen Of this country wake uE
to The fact that il is possible to get cow
giving 6.0OO. 5000, 10000 and l2,OOC
pounds Of milk in . year, they cannot
hope TO compete with dairymen Of Den.
N I1T 1 md uti1er uti CO mi IT'D.
Dried milk powder has been fed TO milch
cows with some success at the Kansas
experiment station. The milk powder is
3 byproduct 10 the manufacture Of milk
sugar and contains very high per cent
Of protein. One hundred pounds of skim.
milk makes nine to ten pounds of the
milk powder. This preparation has also
been used with success as g poultry feed.
A considerable amount ofthe nutriment
In the corn fodder is lost each year be.
cause il lie allowed TO become too ripe to
harvest. Good fodder, cut at the right
stage, and well cured makes one Of the
best feeds for winter, but It's value may
be easily greatly lessened by improper
management.
As most people are not familiar with
sheep breedings and feeding, their first
question when their interest has been
awakened is. What is the best breed2
This cannot be answered offhand as it
win depend upon She farmers likes and
dislikes, bis locality, his market and the
available feed supply.
Corn fodder and sorghum fodder have
about the same amount of carbohydrates,
but the fodder contains 8. z per cent. pro.
tein while sorghum fodder contains only
i.6 per cent. Sorghum, however, is Q
very good feed, is eaaily grown, resists
drought and ia relished by all farm ami.
mails.
The soil for the apple orchard must be
thoroughly drained. It will not do to let
the water stand about the roots of the
!rees.
Apple trees do best at q distance of two
rods each way, unless il is variety that
Esnds to grow upward rather than ont.
ward.
Placing asmall heap of rich stable
manure around the base of each tree in
ihe orchard will prove to be little time
most proftably spent.
Il hcosts money TO step on ladder, as
IN orchard owner soon finds, and all that
AN reasonably be done by pruning to
Isarttbs head Of the trees low and keep
{ low is paying investment.
Horses shat are used exclusively on she
arm and do no road work should 60 un.
ihOd.
A fastening animal should never have
more food placed before it than il will eat
lp eagerly.
II you keep your hogs in pen all the
ime don't expect TO make any world as.
onishing profits. The hog is natural
.razer.
II dusty bay is fed sprinkle with water
md 1t will save the horse much annoy.
nce. Better still, don't feed it ct all if
'on can helpit.
If corn is scarce sheep will beat hogs on
,asture, provided they get plenty of corn,
,ut when the hogs get plenty of corn
hey will range pretty we'll with sheep.
Experiments show that many tons Of
Ialuable hog go with the peanut crop and
bat after the peanuts have been gath
red hogs can be torned in on the ground
nd iattened for market on what ia left of
be crop without other food.
How fond hoga are OF milo mAize il de-
nonstrated by the fact that if g drove Of
logs is turned on a field planted in In
ian corn. K4fir corn and milo they vii
eyour the entire milo crop before touch3I
ng eitherof the other grainE. s.
The Queen is simply the mother bee.
he authority is in tbs workers. Their
cooperation is perfect. Their aim is
be perpetuity Of che race. To this end.
= queen becomes inefficient through age |
hey drag their mother out and kill her
nd raise new queen.
A successful machine for spraying oni-
ns has been used by E. N. FoOte. . veil
nown eastern onion grower. He used
ommon 40 potato spraysr, changing the
lscharge 80 that it would spray 10 rows
nions. With its use he finds that be
in spray 20 acres d day without difficulty,
nd he is going over bis 25;acrs onion /
cid once week in order 10 destroy she
,-called blight, which has proved great
rawback to she onion specially for sew.
al years past.
Geta shs leaves you can for the scratch
sns.
We need new breeds when they are
stter than the breeds We have.
How hens do like sweet spplesI Good
: them, too. Share them between the
,ns and She pigs.
The April-hstched pullets should now
|, laying. They cerainly are, il they
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