Middletown transcript., 1911-03-04
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
Oats are good for poultry.
Warm the water for chickens.

with the calf.
The horse will keep itself rsspectabl,
clean If given chance.
OF the many varieties of clover th,
common red lie by far the best.
| Corn is too fattening for laying hem
whom kept in close confinement.
| Milk rapidly, bat do not rush as II yor
we're pumping water, or heaying coal.
Dust which is used for poultry should
not be left too long in the houses.
One great essential in getting winter
eggs is to make the hens entirely COM
Portable.
A COW with good digestion will almost
invariably bring generous profit to her
owner.
Maximum crops on small farms are
more profitable than minimum crops on
large farms.
The rapid growth and hardness Of the
willow makes it almost invaluable on the
prairie.
No farmer can afford to bny manure
until he has made use of every pound
produced at home.
One of the greatest developments in the
field Of winter daring and experimental
ton has been the silo.
It 10 very necessary that the dairy COW
have large, strong and we'll distended
digestive apparatus.
During the past tew years more atten-
tion has been given to seed selection and
Improvement by individual farmers.
The active laying breeds of hens must
be given more liberty and they do not
need as warm houses as We have sup
posed.
A horse should be tied to hitching post
with strong strap or rope which there is
no possibility Of its breaking.
Where there is no regular system of
ventilation, the farmer must, in venti-
lating the dairy barn, avoid direct drafts
on the dairy herd.
The average farmer who keeps two
teams of horses should at least keep one
team of good large mares, and stallion of
the draft type, available.
Growers in almost al the prominent
fruit SECTIONS are discouraging the use of
the straight pack, on account of bruising |
OF the apple.
Il is very important that the water
drunk by the COWS giving three or more
gallons OF milk daily be warmed to about
sixty degrees Fahrenheit.
To some respects COW is much like
person; she enjoys good and comfort
able place in which to eat and sleep, pos.
sibIy as we'll as the best of ns.
About seventy -flye per cent. OF all the
corn produced in the northwestern and
middle states. which are known as the
corn belt.
Give ducks place on your farm. They
are not hard TO raise and few fowls are
more profitable than great many, when
attention is given TO their needs.
Poultry as a marketable product has
become very scarce and dear the last year
or two, aud the Importance Of poultry as
a revenue-p producer on the farm needs to
be emphasized.
Geese are among the nost profitable OF
ail fowls 20 invest in, for they can be
kept several years for breeding purposes,
and when your foundation is once laid,
there is little expense.
Nothing is gained in grinding feed for
The hens. They will do their own grind
ing if there il plenty of gris available.
The trouble is on some farms grinding
naterisl lie not very plentiful.
What furnishes more matsrial for the
white of eggs than corn does? 4 bushsl
of wheat contains about one-tenth more
protein, three per cent. less fat and nearly
ihree times as much 6ber.
One of the most remunerative ways of
growing rhnbard is to grow the forced
product out of season. This can be done
a any shed, cellar or clubhouse where
he temperature can be controlled.
Plant coWpeas, but put on at least 800
pounds of phosphate fertilizer per acre
md in the fall aoW crimson clover on
'very acre of your corn, also with 800
,ounds OF fertilizer. II yon omit the fsrti.
izer you are wasting your time and
money.
Burned lime and manure should not
70 mixed above ground.
No farmer can afford to be without 3
overed storage for manure.
II necessary to feed bees In mid.winter,
letter feed candy.
Never feed scorched sugar in the win
er. as il will kill the bees.
II you do NOT own good tanning mill
ou are she loser thereby.
A silo l6 feet in diameter and 24 feet
Ugh will hold approximately So tons Of
ilage.
Il is mistake to SOW alfalfa upon land
ct containing the bacteria which live
pom its roots.
Ammonia Is nitrogen compound and
be nitrogen isths most vaIuable part Of
be manure.
II you have poor honey, say 90; never
: about your own goods nor yoaf neigh
ore.
a very large proportion Of our soils
eed to be put back in the humus condi.
on they we're in originally.
Nearly all bee-keepers advocate good
ock in bees, but there 10 diversity OF
oinion as to the best way TO get the best
ock.