Middletown transcript., 1910-09-24
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
Study sanitary care Of feed boxes.
Grade Jour honey Systematically.

Study sanitary care Of feed boxes.
Grade Jour honey systematically.
A nervous COW ispreferabIe to stolit
one.
Keep the spray pump going in th'
potato patch.
Hard coal ashes make a nice COO
mulch for currant bushes.
Too many farmers sacrifice quality fol
| mere sizes in the selection Of ram.
In order to realize the most for wool,
there must be uniformity of condition.
An animal that is only fed enough to
be kept alive is Of no practical value to
the owner.
When the lambs have just been weaned
they require the best possible care and
need good pasture.
Phosphoric acid tends to increase fruit
fulness, but liberal supply of potash is
Of almost equal importance.
The grain for calves should be fed first
while the calf is quite small with little
bran to aid in learning to eat. -
A few hens carefully watched and
literally fed are more profitable than a
large number forced to forage for their
living.
When you see many bees hunting
around hooks and corners, you may be
sure there is robbing going on some-
where.
A good horse used in common sense
manner should live to an old age and be
in condition to perform good work at all
times.
During the hot weather the garden
should receive very frequent cultivation
to keep down the weeds and conserve the
moisture.
There is no reason why man with
an acre patch of potatoes should not
spray for blight, the same as man who
hae ten acres or more.
Cultivation should not be continued
too late in the season, or the wood will
harden by the time winter sets in, and
the trees will be injured.
The cowpea will thrive under IN.
favorable conditions of soil preparation.
It is, however, plant that responds
most readily and prottably to thoroughly
deep breaking and pulyerization otths
land.
The difference between the dairy
farmer and the exclusive farmer is Usually
the difference between monthly milk
check and a monthly grocery bill.
Asparagus is subject to the attacks Of
a number of fungi, the most widespread
and destructive being the rust, fungus
long known in Europe, but observed here
within recent years.
Good ventilation and good drainage are |
absolutely necessary in keeping calves,
or indeed any other animal, healthy, but
more particularly young stock.
Asters suffer from root lice, which |
invariably kill them in short time,
il undisturbed. These lice also attack |
chrysanthemums, clematis, and like |
plants. Where those pests are at work,
there will be ants also.
Young animals make q much more
rapid growth in proportion to size than
older ones, and the ratio is decreased as
they approach maturity; but they eat
much more in proportion to live weight
and the flesh contains much more water.
1t is law Of nature that all plants
must have season of rest from active
growth. In the tropics this is done in
the dry season. No plant can be forced
into continual growth without weakening
it and finally killing it.
a good many farmers who have COWS
are now aware of what splendid invest
ment of time and money It would have
been had they sown plot of ground to
peas and oats last spring to supplement
the pasture that is now getting parched
by the extended drought.
A few one-year-old hens and flock Of
yonng early Matched pullets well cared
for and carefully culled will yield more
winter eggs than flock twice the size
Of mixture Of old and young
hens, lateand early Matched pulleta, some
half moulted, etc.
As the sire is half the flock in the
'ense of bis influence upon the lamb crop
he few extra dollars required to purchase
pure.bred animal of the breed which
nay be favored by any sheep owner is a
mail consideration as compared to even I
slight improvement in the lamb crop.
Some one has said Chat the meas.
are of the corn crop depends not so much {
IN the fertility Of the land as on the {
syaiiable amount Of moisture during the !
growing season. This is truth which
many of us fail TO realize, aud We are
'ftsntimes found blaming the poorness of
,ar corn land when we ought to be blam.
ng out own lack OF industry with the |
,ultivatOr.
The importance Of plenty Of shade {
;annot be oyerestimated. Stock may be
housed during Che day, il necessary, in /
iarkeued stables through which air may i
pass. where the animsls win be less an. 4
aoyed by flies. An ample supply Of E
water is also an essential, and the water T
Iupply should Be well protected even /
hough It costs considerable labor to haul
water from distance. Good food is also
'ssential At this time. Green feed is pre-
srable. although dry hay may be used
without serious result.
Dead vines at digging time are nOt G
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