Middletown transcript., 1911-10-14
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
Try a patch Of alfalfa.

Try patch Of alfalfa.
Gentleness pays best with the colt or
horse,
There is a great deal of humanity in
axle grease.
The pigs aud light porkers should go to
market early.
The boar should be well fed but not al
lowed to get too fat.
A draft horse should have large chest
and square shoulders.
Soils destitute Of humus ard nitrogen
are important to produce clover.
Hogs should have clean pastures, beds
and water, and variety of food.
Old ewes and poor breeders should be
fattened now, and sent to the butcher.
Always and with any variety of hens
variety in feed brings the best egg results.
Pork production appeals strongly to
man Of limited means who desires quick
returns.
The busy bacteria gets busy in the milk
almost at the moment it is drawn from
the COW.
II too many rich table scraps are fed to
the hens in confinement look out for soft
shelled eggs.
Sell to private customers and deliver on
certain day. Never fail to be there at
the appointed time.
Many bunch Of promising feeders 60
to the country and return with indication
of being half starved.
The fairs give good opportunity to
compare breeds, and farmers should use
this opportunity intelligently.
The point of keeping the COWS clean has
been proven to be eaving in feed as we'll
as an increase in milk.
1t requires two-thirds of a full ration
to keep a COW in fair condition before
there is any milk production.
Teach the colt to draw loads by degrees.
About ten weeks after shearing dip the
lambs.
A horse suffering from collie should be
kept quiet.
Keep the ewes in the stable on dry feed
for day or two.
The boar should be of good type and
character and of pure blood.
Blood-meal is better for ducks thar
meat scraps, and it works into mash
fine.
Persistency in milk flow is one of the
qualities which makes profitable dairy
COW.
On every farm, where soil and climatic
conditions are favorable. corn should be
grown for fodder purposes.
Locate vines of bitter-sweet and fruiting
grapes, that you wish to move from the
woods to that porch or arbor next spring.
Work horses should be allowed to run
out of in the pastures at nights in all
weather except during very severe cold
and storms.
The man who feels that he is bigger
than his job is generally mistaken. If he
was he would quickly get job that would
fit him.
Homogenized milk is milk treated in
such manner as to disrupt the fat globules
81 that they will NOT rise in the form of
cream.
The vigorus hen and her rooster will
start off chick that will stand much
wear and tear than immature of weakly
parents.
Alfalfa is a lime plant, and dressing
OF 60 bushels of Stacked oyster shells or 80
bushels of Stacked stone lime to the acre
should be given.
A simple way of finding the value of
each COW is by keeping daily record of
the quality OF milk given by each COW
and testing it at intervals.
Humus was intended by nature to create
and conserve the fertility of the soil for
the production of the necessities to con-
serve the human race.
In feeding value silage compare favor
ably with other crops although this will
vary with the kind CT stock and the grain
Tations with which it is used.
II the swine are in the fattening stage
they should have all they will eat up
clean, but growing animals should have
jnst enough to keep them in a thrifty
growing condition.
II your COW has obstrueted teats, be
very cautious about inserting milk tubes,
probes, or quills. Nothing Of the kind
should be inserted in cows teat, except
ing as last resort; and then only with
the most extreme care and cleanliness.
Soils that are heavily manured for cab.
bage, lettuce, celery and other crops will
not need very much manure the following
year, when planted with tomatoes, pep.
pers and root Crops, especially if fair
amount Of commercial fertilizer is used.