Middletown transcript., 1910-07-16
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

- WIG rats aIe destroyed now they can
not harm the little chicks later on.
! We're chicken houses disinfecsed occs
G sionally there would be fewer outbreak
J. of disease.
When killing meat animals do not neg
I lect to save some of the scraps to feed tn,
: hens and ducks.
Any arrangement for supplying iresk
water at all times is we'll worth seriou,
consideration and installation.
In charcoal nature has provided aim.
pie remedy for many of the common poul
try ailments. Provide plenty OF il.
There is no gift required for successful
poultry raising. Plain common sense and
willingness to work are the essentials.
Small potatoes and turnips saved when
the crops were gathered are valuable poul.
try food at this time if well chopped.
| One point, and an important one, in
favor of the incubator is the fact that il
can be put to work early turning ont little
chicks, and consequently the farmer can
have all the March or April chicks be de-
sires, says the Poultry Tribune. The cock.
erels from these hatches will be ready for
the market at time when they will bring
the best prices, which is not possible, in
any considerable number at least, in the
case of hen Matched chicks for the simple
reason that it is impossible to get suffi.
cient number of broody hens 90 early in
the season. The pullets from these early
matches will begin laying early in the fall,
while the hens are in mott and when eggs
are high in price, and if given proper
care will keep it up all winter. Early
pullets properly cared for make the best
of winter layers.
Perfect cleanliness will cut short the
louse crop of chickens.
Farmers often lack the proper amount
OF rotten manure for melons and cucum.
bers. By stacking several loads year in
advance of planting there should be no
trouble from this source.
Tomatoes, pepper and egg plants should
be hardened off as soon as they are large
enough, in the meantime being kept grow.
ing steadily, but not drawn into spindIing
plants. A stout stocky plant is what is
needed.
Don't crowd the chicks. Small fiocks
do best and give each individual chick
better chance.
just one setting of thoroughbred eggs
may be the means Of working revolution
in your poultry business.
Rape pasture for sheep is most excellent
One of our sheep growers tells us that he
has tried it for ten years and finds rape
very fine for his sheep.
The increasing demand for milk indi.
Gates that there is money ahead for wise
dsirymen. Good COWS require the atten-
ton of a good man in order to be profit
able. Abundant food, congenial stables
and kind treatment are essential. When
these can be assured, fill up the stables
with high grade cows and success is yours.
Remember that the low producer is
good investment at any price, but that
the COW literally endowed with dairy
capacity is always powerful factor for
good upon the farm. The sire is often
much more than half the herd and
through his purity of breeding the profit.
able coW must always be sought.
Dried beet pulp is coming to be a
great dairy feed. It's only short time
since iE was considered waste product.
A COW should have at least six weeks
vacation between milking periods. II she
is MIXED continually she will not last.
The cows udder should be we'll washed
and dried with coarse cloth before milk.
ing, and the mixers hands should be
washed after every COW.
Butter to be graded as extra must have
quick, fine and fresh flavor. Its body
must be good and uniform. The color
must be good for the season when made,
properly salted, neither gritty nor fiat.
Many young fruit tree is injured by
having the label wire left on at planting
time through hurry or oversight. Theee
should be removed at the earliest oppor.
tunity.
The total export value of sugar from
Cuba to the United States in 1909 was
$74, 4S4, ,661, and it is estimated that for
the current year the value of the export
sugar will run close to 500, ,000,0 900.
One Of the latest commodity frauds on
the calander is the adulteration Of oyster
shell with rock salt. There are apparent
ly some shell factories that are situated
trifle too far from the seacoast.
It takes as much ginger out of the soil
to grow crop of weeds as il does to
produce most of the useful crops. This
is equally true in the case of moisture,
one of the indispensables of satisfactory
crop development.
Some one has suggested that an easy
way TO protect the birds from the attacks
Of the house bat is to tie little bell on
her neck. The rats and mice might take
warning also, but they could be disposed
Of in some other way.
One who has tried it has found carbolic
acid an effective means of keeping flies
from a horse during hot weather. He
keeps an oiled cloth in the barn and on
his puts few drops of carbolic acid.
Every morning just before Harvesting he
-ubs bis horse over with this cloth, with
he result that the flies keep at distance.
II the horse steps Oh nail do not pour
in the puncture. Such treat
nent only tends to increase the pain and
Always bear in mind
hat the foot cannot swell like other parts
% accommodate itself to she results Of in
lammation. This is she reason that pune.
ures or injuries to the feet are 90 painful.
treatment is always indicated.
Enlarge the opening made BY nail with
! knife completely through the sole Of she
DOT and apply linseed meal or bran