Middletown transcript., 1911-10-21
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
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Never sacrifice good mother or pro
life SOW.
It costs no more to raise good hog
than poor one.
OvercroWding is the cause of many
death in the broodeF.
Give plenty of oats or barley with
some corn and good pasture.
Push the shoats and early spring pigs
and get them to market early.
To maintain normal soil fertility she
supply of humus must be conserved.
The most expert judge cannot select q
dairy bull by appearances alone.
Great care should be used in watering
horses. A little and often is the besi
way.
There is no question that beef cattle
relish silage just as well as dairy cattle
do.
In grading up the chickens, only those
that are most vigorous should be consid-
cred.
Early matches do better than those
brought off after the heat of the simmer
has begun.
A cheap" harness is really about the
most expensive thing on the farm, as il
sometimes costs life.
Whatever material is used for bedding,
it should be changed sufficiently often to
insure cleanliness.
1t is nearly always best to save some oI
the old soWs, especially to farroW the
early spring litters.
Sweet corn is one of the very best crops
to grow to feed as a soiling crop to the
dairy COWS in summer.
Green fodder at the tail end of the sum.
mer is relished by the COWS as ice cream
is relished by the school children.
The morning ration of the farm horse
should contain about one.fourth Of bis
daily ration. At noon another fourth
should be given and at night the remain.
ing heaviest feed. Most of the hay should
be given at night and before the grain is
given.
Sheep are comfort lovers and the man
who neglects to provide them with good,
dry shelter makes costly error.
When teams are working in the fields
water should always be offered several
times during the working hours.
Grinding the grain makes it more diges.
tible, and the more digestible the feed the
more milk from given amount.
Itis a mistake to treat the herd collec.
lively.
The poultry house should be ventilated
thoroughly.
Feed goes farther with a young animal
than an older one.
The individual COW must be considered
and reckoned with.
Wrap your butter in parchment paper
and keep it in cool place.
Shorts and bran make an excellent ra.
ton for soWs that are sucking pigs.
You can hardly push pigs too fast, pro.
viding you use the right kind Of food.
The cleaner the feed and feeding places
the better the quality of the pork in all.
Less grain is needed for fowls when
bone and vegetables are fed in abundance.
Sheep do not drink much water, but
what little there is drunk must be abso.
Iutely clean.
Aim to get the top price for the best,
and if prices are cut, let it be for the cul.
lings.
Chilled or long-laid eggs will not pro-
duce as strong chicks as fresh, WeIl-carsd.
for eggs.
It is conductive to health TO feed hogs
when they can have the range Of the pas
ture field.
The successful dairyman endsavors to
raise all the feed needed for his COWS on
his own farm.
The dry season will emphasize still more
strongly the need Of preparing more food
for the stock.
Turkey raisers find it profitable to have
Guinea fowls with the turkey flock. They
act as police.
Feeding hay will have tendency Il
increase rather than decrease the mill
flow next winter.
The fleece of the ram should be dense
even in quality, and of strong, cleal
white fiber throughout.
The farmer has not yet discovered I
more efficient fertilizer and humus for thI
soil than animal manure.
There is nothing like silage to keep th'
dairy cows's appetite on edge Throughout
the long winter period.
The separator should be placed wherl
the light is good. WorkiRg in dark placI
is always disadvantage.
Farmers will soon be feeding new hal
and new grain. Change from the old t.
the new should be made gradually.
After the hsying and harvesting il
completed it is often desirable to changt
the sheep from the regular pasture.
The shortage in the hay crop in man!
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