Middletown transcript., 1910-07-30
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS


of some kind and should be looked after.
Pigs are quick money, for in six or
seven months they are ready for market,
at q big profit If we'll fed and cared for.
i Give the calves a clean lock of bright
clover or mixed hay every day. You
will be surprised how soon they will
begin to eat it.
| If pigs show an unthrifty condition
something is wrong in the feed or man.
agement. Find out the trouble and
remedy it, or you will lose money.
Any farmer is 9 failure whose land
grows poorer all the time. It is far better
to build up twenty acres than to tear
down one hundred and sixty.
The farmer who uses bis farm for
banking fertility from his animals, is
wiser than the man who sells off every
thing to swell the figures in bis bank
book.
The feed question is the important and
dominating one in she dairy business. 1t
is the principal expense and any practiaI
plan of reducing the expense increases
the profits.
II sows are TO farrow in cold weather
put them in we'll ventilated quarters,
where they can exercise. Don't crowd
them. A run in the yard on fne days is |
very beneficial. Be sure that the doors
are wide, and that the approaches are in
order.
Recently / stepped into o farmers
barn and looked about, writes q CORE.
spondent Of Farm and Fireside. The
harness wasthrown on the ball floor in |
promiscuous heap. The saddles we're
over in q corner, and l noticed the mice
had been working on them. A curry.
comb and brush and three horse blank. |
etc lay near by. The hallway seemed |
to be general "catch alp. eveu
noticed Ratchet and saw lying loose
and several haiters were stretched across
the floor.
The owner of all this material was az
sloyenly with his barn. There was no
air of prosperity about his place.
A short time after ward I was in the
barn that belonged to this mans neigh.
Dor, and it showed different view.
The owner seemed to have q place
for everything. In the hallway was the
harness, bot each set on its own nail.
A box near the stalls contained
brush and currycomb. At one end of the
the hallway / found q miniature work.
shop and bench, and every tool was in
its place. Horse covers and halters hung
on nails in their corners, and everything
about had the appearance, of neatness.
Needless to say it was prosperous, up
to date farmer who owned this barn.
Everything about the place showed the
touch Of hisskilled hand.
Some farmers condemn the practice of
spreading stable manure on frozen land
as wastetul and extravaeant. Other pros.
porous men are enthusiastic in their
praise of winter manuring. This difference
of opinion is based partly, but not alto.
gether. on expeFince obtained under diff
ferent conditions.
/ believe that the opinion that this
method is wasteful is usually based on
prejudice only.
Manure drawn out and spread from
day to day in winter, on grass lands
especially, have found beneficial.
Il retsrds the melting Of the snow, pro.
tects from the cold winds, and as the
snow melts its juices are carried down to
the roots, which hastens the growth of the
top and the roots che humus in the soil
is increased and the productiveness Of
the soil benefited.
Increasing the egg production Of hens
is accomplished by saving only the best
layers for breeders.
Cleanliness keeps milk sweeI-.:las 10,
il prevents germs which sour milk from
gaining access to the milk.
II is the nervous, eager, hungry, ioss-
ling, rustiing, scratching, singing, cackling
hen that most helps to fill the egg basket.
As germs are carried through the air
on dust particles il is not good to throw
down hay from the NOW during or just
before milking time.
Thinking of building 9 silo2 Il lie
better by great deal to save cornstalks
for feeding than TO burn them and lose
everything in smoke. Corn silaze is rel
ished by all kinds of live stock.
Yield Of milk can be reduced by feeding
at irregular hours and the use Of poor
feeds, but breeding is the only means Of
increasing the amount Of milk and per-
centage Of butter fat it contains.
Everybody knows how discouragiDg It
Is to make pig that has once been
situated grow well. It's like starting 8
freight train. it takes Sore fuel and time
than It does to keep it going. Push from
the start.
The clio is the farmers very beet friend,
aud especially II be is interested in maxi.
mum production at minimum cost. The
great advantages Of ensilage is its palata-
bility. Stock seem never to tire of it so
long as Il b fed fresh.
A quick way 70 fatsen old hens is to put
them in moderately dark room and feed
them mixture Of corn meal and wheat
middlings mixed thinly. Give plenty of
pure water and all the feed they will eat
and in two weeks they win be ready to