Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1910-10-01
FARM. NEWS AND VIEWS
Care for the brood SOW.
Hay is scarce this year.

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The only way to be sure Of good dairy
stock is to raise it.
The food Of the duck is both vegetable
and animal in nature.
A thirty growth Of the plants now
means better fruit next year,
Mutton sheep give the best returns
when fed for that purpose when young.
Extra feed increases growth, if of q
suitable kind, and makes larger animals
at maturity.
A hard collar is not as hard upon the
shoulder of a horse as one that is uneven.
ly padded.
| Never offer pound of poor butter for
lake L tight saaa ksEy
+ it in the back lot.
If your sheep get scab, better clean
them all out snd begin over. 1t is the
best way to cure that disease.
Money makes the mare go, but you
have got to hustle about and get the
money, or the mare will stand still.
Clover bloat can usually be prevented
by keeping the cattle off the clover when
it is wet with dew or rain.
In pruning do not forget that summer
pruning induces fruit bearing, and wood
growth is promoted by winter pruning.
Too much onions, fish scrab and stale
meat often cause eggs to have bad odor.
II is unsafe to feed stale foode to hens.
Half bushel picking baskets, each pro.
vided with light iron hook, will bruise
the apples much less than when picked
in bag.
When COW once falls off in milk
production it is more difficult to bring her
back to her full flow than to SO feed
her as to keep her as near her capacity
as possible.
Butter.making can be readily reduced |
to system, and should be. It is the
ship.shod way that causes SO much poor
butter to bs sent to the market.
Horses under five years of age are
likely to suffer from ''sunstroks'' or
oyerheating than are those which are
more mature and more seasoned to work.
The care that trees receive during the
summer will help materially to deter.
mine the number and vitality of the
fruit buds which will be formed this
season for next years crop.
Pigs should be sorted as to their size
and each lot kept by itself. This is not
much trouble and will enable the little
fellows to stand better show at the
feeding trough.
Keep the surface of the coil as loose
and fine as possible and the soil will not
lose moisture by evaporation. good
hoeing is often as beneficial as "a good
rain in dry weather.
The man who thinks it is woman's
work to keep a garden going was not
built on the right lines. The garden
should be considered as important as any
other part of the farm and treated accord
ingly.
To produce milk economically we
should use the roughage of our farms
wherever it is possible, for by SO doing
We not only save the labor OF hauling
bulky material, but will also build up
theiertility of our land.
There appears TO be some complaint
about getting the ewes with lamb when
they are allowed the run Of a clover pas
ture, and therefore many think it best
to cut and cure the clover for the lambs
and provide other pasturage or soiling
crops for the breeding ewes.
Winter radish seed are mixed With I
The tufnip at the time of sowing the
the latter in the fall. The rAdishes will {
grow with the same treatment that is t
given the turnips. They are harvested {
aRd stored together for the winter use. c
The radishes keep well and are excellent !
ior use in winter. q
For the first week Of pigs life the
mothers milk is its drink as we'll as food
md therefore in caring for snckling sows
t should be tbe aim to go feed them that
milk of only medium richness will be :
arm ished instead 1of d limited suppy of :
hat which is extremely rich. :
The fowl that has free range gets a /
arge part Of itsliving IN the shape of bugs n
ind insects and is healthy and good 9
aver. Hens that are confined should be
ed the equivalent Of bngs in the form Of b
,hopped meat and bone meal o
The farmer or fruit grover cannot pos '
iBly reach the highest success in bis q
business without the aid of the birds lex I
;ept, perhaps, the English sparrow and &
yet they are often very annoying during q
he ripening season of the early fruits. r.
The man with silo will be in posi- .
ion to congratulate himself this winter :
Ind we urge every farmer to consider the
,rection of silo this fall. Noother means :
will provide SO much palatable and nutri. !
ious feed from an acre Of land. .
Cabbage plants are gross feeders and ! !
an make use Of all kinds of manures. !,
those rich in potash and nitrogen are
specially desirable. Moisture in plenty
) also needed for anything with such
arge surface foliage. Weeds and grass
!revent large heads from forming. d