Middletown transcript., 1910-07-02
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

II you want early tomatoes prune on
the surplus foliage severely and tie the
vines on stakes. A bunch Of raffia is ex
cellent for this purpose. as il does not cui
the vines as strings will.
Onion seed terminates slowly and needs
constant wedding.
Spinach and beets contain large guam.
titles of iron, and this fact alone would
seem to justify q generous consumption
OF them in the shape of greens by those
whose blood needs toning up. Inciden-
tally, too, when cooked with nice piecs
of salt pork they make mighty tooth
some ration for fellow whose blood
doesn't need any tonic.
The burdock, one Of the most common
and sturdy of weeds known to every
property owner, is a biennial-that is,
lives two years. The young plants may
be killed easily with the hoe, while those
that are in their second year may be put
out of business by running the root
through with spade a couple of inches
below the crown.
Eggs with thin shells are not tie best
for Matching purposes.
In feeding your chicks grain feed don't
make the mistake OF offeeding cracked corn
alone. Use variety.
Broilers must have full plump breasts
and soft tender flesh. If you want to
grow broilers use broiler breed.
Nearly all poultry diseases are caused
by cold, wet, lack of cleanliness or bad
feeding. In other words neglect some
where.
Do not give horses water Immediately
after eating. An hour after they have
finished their meal is soon enough TO
water them.
It is q fine plan to SOW Soma rape, rye
or yetches for she sheep after the flush of
pasture has gone by.
Give every calf chance to drink pure,
fresh water every day. It may take only
few swallows, but it needs it.
The spring calves should be kept in
roomy box stalls the first summer, so
they can be protected from the scalding
sun and bothering flies.
There are two important essentials to
success in the dairy business. One is to
make sure you are not feeding an un-
profitable COW, and the other is to see to
it that you get all that is coming to you
when you sell her products.
Spraying is q preventive and not REM
edy. There are q few fungous diseases
that can be destroyed by spraying, but
they can also be prevented by the same
operation. The damage done by disease
or an insect can be repaired only by the
plant itself. Spraying should be done
early and the protection made more com.
piete before the diseases and insects ap.
pear.
A candy loan is the best soil for muck.
melons. Scatter over ii barnyard man
ure. pillow and harrow to pulveTise thor
oughly. When the weather is quite
warm and the trees are fully leafed out
the hills are generally prepared for the
seed. When the melons begin to ripen a
bunch OF straw placed under them will
prevent the fruit from cracking.
Hogs in England are giyea a great va.
riety Of feeds-potatoes, turnips, carrots,
6ee.s, peas. beans, barley aud oats The
grain is either steamed or ground aud the
vegetables usually cooked aud mixed with
swiil. Grasses and clovers are cut and
fed during she summer time. English
hogs tend more to the bacon type than
do those raised in America. If lean meat
is wanted We must feed greater variety
and select mnscle.lorming foods.
The oybean vines make tue best hay
if cut when the podssh have formed and
the lowest leaves have turned yellow; but |
for seed the cutting should not begin until |
half the leaves have turned yellow. Even
the soybean hay is valuable feed. AMI
mails relish the hay and thrive upon it.
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