Middletown transcript., 1911-04-01
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

!. The early garden is usually the bes
and most satisfactory.
n A silo does not greatly change the char
acter of the nutrients in the corn plant.
# Surely the farmer who begrudges bi
8 bees little time and care is uDerateful.
T Small grains will do well when seeded
c on fields preceded by sugar beets the yeal
D before.
Better and cleaner seed is good maxim
get tanning mill. They save their
cost in one season.
When you are thinking of buying a
farm remember the water is an important
item for your live stock.
When you are manuriDg don't be stingy
agood manure spleadsr is putting money
in the bank later on,
When the corn crop is cut and put into
the silo the field is cleared and made ready
for fall wheat or rye.
Sow wood ashes broadcast in the orch.
ard.
Norway mapls grows very readily from
seed.
A warm, rich, we'll drained soil is best
for the grape.
Almost all vines should be planted at
least eight feet apart.
The disk is better than the ploW in the
orchard for breaking up sod.
Under favorable condition the black
walnut is a tree that is easily grown.
It is mistake to neglect an orchard
when it is not producing a crop of fruit.
In grading up the chickens, only those
that are most vigorous should be consid-
cred.
Rub off the water sprouts of tree as
soon as they appear. You can do it with
your fingers.
The man who makes success Of poultry
keeping is the man who starts with the
right aim.
A variety of vegetables may be grown
between the rows of apple trees if the
owner so desires.
Do not allow the water in which plants
and bulbs are grown to become sour or
they will suffer. Change it often and
keep few pieces of charcoal in it.
Officials OF the forest service are author
ity for the statement that injury to forest
trees bp insects cause the people of the
United States an annual loss OF $780,
600, 1000.
A good celery fertilizer must be rich in
nitrogen and potash.
Burned lime and manure should not be
mixed above ground.
If you do not own a good tanning mill
you are the loser thereby.
A siIo l6 feet in diameter and "a feet
high will hold approximately So tons of
silage.
1t IS mistake to SOW alfalfa upon land
not containing the bacteria which live up.
on its roots.
Ammonia is a nitrogen compound and
the nitrogen is the most valuable part of
the manure.
II you have poor honey, say SO; never
lie about your own goods nor about your
neighbor's.
A very large proportion of our soils
need to be put back in the humus condi.
tion they were in originally.
Nearly all bee-keepers advocate good
stock in bees, but there is a diversity OF
opinion as to the best way to gst the best
/ stock.
If manure is left in piles about the barn
it soon begins to heat, even in winter, es.
pecialIy il it contains any large proportion
Of horse manure.
While the loss of ammonia from the
manure heap can be materially reduced
by tight packing, more or less is bound to
be formed under the best packing possible.
If the manure can be hauled upon
ground where there is no danger of its be-
ing washed awsy, the most economical
plan is to spread it upon the land as
quickly as il is produced.
A littIe moisture is needed to facilitate |
winter blowing.
The community proposition has much
to commend it,.
Keep the paint brush going until every |
implement Oh the place is covered.
If an agent tries to sell you tree paint
chase him off the place. Trees do not
need paint. !
A pound or two of nails Will make the
fences all tight and save loss and hard |
feeling between neighbors.
Is the harness tied up with string any
where? Take them off aud do the best |
job OF repairing you ever did.
Get out some stuff for Whiff1etrees. |
Keepa little on hand all the time, for
you may need them before you know it.
If you have no silo, get feed cutter
and gasoline engine, at any rate. They
will pay for themselves in a single season |
ifyou have any animals to feed.
Have bottle of rubber cement on hand |
and some good glue. Fix things, and do
it while the other work is not pressing.
Il ia well TO kaen market faeilitiea in |
mind in buying land in neg locality.
We learned of an instance not long ago in |
which the purchaser failed to do this.
The land bought was recommended by |
ths agents as especially adapted to fruit
raising when the tract being sold was all |
of eighty miles from q railroad. It makes
one smile to think what apples, pears or
peaches would look like after they bad |
been packed over that distance. The
pulp might be good for marmalade, bus
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