Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1910-04-02
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

y Will pa Oess Tor nexe years breeding.
J, When the brOodeF chicks seem yer
:. thirsty, wild for water, let them drin
!. and feed very lightly while 30 feverish.
Promptly gather up and burn all brus
!, and rubbish in che orchard.
When spraying do not work with bar
! hands. They'll be sore il you do. Pu
on pair of rubber gloves.
4 Remember when you plow 10 she OF
chard that she roots are very near th
surface. Three inches is plenty deel
, enough.
Some fruit growers say that it is not
good plan to plow an orchard when shl
trees are in blossOm-bstter do Il betorG
or after.
When tbs leaves begin to grow, tht
canker.WoFm may commence to move ur
on the trunks of fruit and other trees.
Bands OF tar or printers ink, II put on
the tree trunks In time, will catch many
of the pests.
/ Beware Of planting sprouted potato
tssed.
Plant the garden when the cherry
blooms.
Keep manure near che surface; plow il
deep and you Lose Some etis.
| Do NOT Fnsh the teams too hard; let
them have time to get their shoulders
hardened TO the work.
The farmer who allowed bis implements
to Be sheltered by the sky during the
winter will now fnd himlsIt ont,
Just q nearly ~ you can, grow ell The
stnH yOu will need for your family and
stock right ct home this year. One thing
that keeps good many men poor is buy.
ing what they ought to raise themselves.
Do not let sheep run around or eat
from straw stacks,
There 10 great shortage In the hog
crop throughout the whole country, and
IL can only be replaced BY keeping the
best brood soWs and growing more pigs.
When you hurry about milking, the
COW feels uncomfortable and shortens up
on you little. That hurts you and hurts
the COW as we'll.
Grow as much feed as is possible. Get
the Boiling crops in as early as the land
will permit. Do not lose day.
During the first days OF pIoWing the
collars should be raised often to cool the
shoulders.
Wheat bran and oats make strong bones
In the colt.
Many farmers seem to think that be.
cause horses have been resting all wintar
they can do more work when spring
comes. The reverse 10 true. II they
have been in the harness almost every
day in winter they will be hardy and
strong for spring work, and q rush days
work will not ininre them. But If they
have been idle for q few weeks they can.
nos stand heavy work without perspirinR,
becoming short Of breath and showing
fatigue within q short time. Often an
hours fass driving or heavy work will
canse the horse to become i'll, and 10 some
cases 20 result fatally, or in disablsmeDt
tot several weeks.
The main ideas in trimming fruit tree
is to remove diseased and superhuous
branches and for making an open Top for
letting in the air and light TO all the
foliage and fruit. In pruning vines al.
ways cut just ahead Of ths bud, as the
bud is the place where new growth, fruit
or foliage is formed.
A COW that will give . pound or more
Of butter 4 day is ) good COW, and, in
addition to variety Of feeds grown on /
the farm she should be fed daily small |
QuGntisy Of bran or COttonssed meal.
The tufksy crop OF the United States
last year was about 5000 head, Of |
which Missouri produeed 456, 600.
The Department. Of Agriculture ID sx.
psEimeptipg with corn shipped from
China. Plants raised last year averaged |
lea than 16 inches ins height, with an /
average Of IL green leaves at the time OF |
tasseliDg. The ears averaged 81 inches |
In length, and 4t in greatest circumier.
sncs, With l6 to. IS rowe Of small grains.
DelswaEe farmers are doing some great
thinEs.s At Laurel, recently, the finest
lot Of white potatoes ever grown In the
State we're exhibited, hundreds Of which
weighed over yOund each. They were
Of the Green Mountain variety. Numer.
Ous sweet potatoes weighing from s to IA
Pounds have been exhibited in various
places.
Az inch Of water on an acre Of land
equals q. 600 gallons, or 10000 pounds,
or 100 tons.
4 weed killed now means 100 fewer
weeds next spring.
/; PloV up the old strawberry bed If Il is
fsiling and start new one.
Mulched potatoes viii not grow as badly
as the unmulched if wet weather comes
on.
Tar paper placed around cabbage and
tomato plants will keep off cut-Werms.
Insert She paper in the ground, making
circle about four inches 10 diameter and
three inches deep.
II possible try to have something to sell
oil the time. The person who only dis.
poses Of psulsry products when every one
else is doing 80 isn't very smart.
Good roads help in every way; they
promote aociability by making friends
and relatives accessible, and by means Of
them it is easier 10 reach the schools and |
churches and to generally do and enjoy |
the things which make life really worth |
living.
There is great shorsasesof cattle in the
United States. The breaking up of the
great western ranges has been contribu.
fin0 fa11na Ynvwa harda haze haas, naalnd |