Middletown transcript., 1910-10-22
EARN NEWS AND VIEWS

many leak in the farm.
sows and young pigs should be on pas.
turs g soon 90 possible.
Old soWs arss class BY themselves 90
far as quality Of meat goes.
Rape pasture is cheaper than ground
feed and should be used.
Salt is she ahsphsrd's friend, % Il makes
his flock love him and follow his lead
ing.
Too many iarmers have failed to ap-
prsciats the posaibilitesoi rye g hog pas
ture.
In sorting she breeding dock attention
should be paid 20 establishing uniform
type.
There are few farms on which at least
some sheep can not be kept to great ad-
vantage.
Male lambs should be castrated when
one to thme weeks OIdtO produce the
best returns.
No animal on the farm can be expected
to do it's best without free aceess TO good
water.
10 buviDs farm one Of the most i'm.
pOrtant things to consider Is the matter
Of the water for she stock.
Good-gaited, good.lOoking horses Of
the right type are very bard 10 find and
do not go begging when found.
The selection OF 3 stallion must very
largely depend on ths kind Of mare with
which be 10 to be mated.
II the feeding trough Of the pigs Is 50
small that ell cannot set to Il at once
the weaker ones will naturally suffer for
lack Of flood, and turn runty.
The SOW with litter of pigs tugging
at her needs the most RouFishing iced |
not necessarily grain, but good, thick
slop of shorts or middlings.
1t is claimed by those who have had
the most experience that bogs cannot be
econemicaIly raised In close pens. They
say that exercise 10 essential to the health /
and proper growth Of the hog.
The farmer who keeps sheep and does
not make il . point 10 furnish the house.
vile with a nicely dressed mutton 90.
casiOnally during the warm mo0ths falls
short Of enjoying one Of the most satis-
flying parts of sheep.raising.
Carbon bisulphide is death 10 snaila
and insects In the benches il = few drops
of the liquid is placed in holes about one
foot spars ell over The benches. It needs
care in use as IL is poisonous and .explo-
sive.
Nothing will promote laying all vim
ter more than email patch Of grain
soWn earlv, where the fowls can get il
and pick it at will. Il beats stimulating
codiments that 500 often iniure the diges.
tive organs.
Cement concrete is an ideal material
for use In the construction Of granaEy,
except for one feature. In very damp
climate where there are heavy and pro-
tracted rains, there ia some danger Of
moisture drawing through the walls BY
capillary action, rendering them damp in
Fainy weather, which would baye ten
denCy to cause mOlding II the grain came
directly against the vail.
II yon have raised good cropof oats
this year, feed some Of them 10 the hens.
II is ths best kind Of food for laying hens.
They won't get too fat on oats.
Many 3 farmer feeds hiscows as nearly L
right Is he knows during the time the
milk is flowing freely, in she cary part
Of the summer, and then allows her 10
shift for herself during the late hot sum.
msr months when the Gov ID often re.
duced.
The dairyman who has = good per.
manent pasture from which bis coWs can Fl
gather most Of their ration during spring
and lay up some from ths podsEate
exercise, from the sun and the shade, is
indeed fortunate.
More mowers ere knocked oas Ia cut.
ting weeds than in cutting grass in the
meadows. Isisa good plan 70 SET new
mower beloFs the old one is entirely out
OF commission, then She old one can be
used for weed cutter exclusively.
A close study Of shs distinctive quail
tits z1lt 1tS1z.s e oaess en-
variety Of fopIs d not intsrssting. bat
inatFusligp and profitable. Gss ae. ,
auainled Wish your 5owIs. L,
1.-THE grower can set lys cents pound
for bis rhubaEb he is making profit; bnt .
by forcing indoors be can gel stalks TO {
sell In the wintsg when tbs prizes Of rhu.
barb d tsu 70 fifteen canta.
Upon The fruit farm fowls are Of ed.
vantage. They kssp down the insect
pests, and they may have irse range
the greater part Of The season without the
ot doing sny damage.
tIa comparatively easy matter 80
re- sggs in ths WarmsE months Of ths
year, bat 10 shs winter slime when eggs
ars Hight pgiee, the problem IL very !
different one.
The brood SOW should be kept IL COED
condition, but vithout tastsning. and
should never be encIossd 90 thas chs win
not have chancs to exercise every day.
About shs bsst remedy loF ths 90. i
Iighsly diseass known e .'rCaly leEsH 1
whioii Is lhs wsFk Of miniature parasites. >
d an application Of sulphur and melted 4
srd onCa . week unsiI cured. a
Undsrtakingto pFoducs 90 bushsls q Z
.orn % ground which has only eapgQsty 4
sa mighty disoenrasins Job. bnt that i :
lost ths thing which many try q do. 3
~ tbe old Wy 81 issmiag ths had !,
.Ould Be- eaeily oTsgstoeked Wish she 3
lilo ana nitrogen, eropa. more aad hstlaf Z
tack Gao, and should b ksPs oA slsR ]
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