Middletown transcript., 1911-12-23
Farm NEWS And

Make note OF desirable
plant extseasor.
Allow only perfectly HEALTHY
the breeding pens.
| Cleanliness is the hand maidl
cess in poultry keeping.
ST. ~ your cockerls to short G
yonr hers.
just because fat hens are not
ers, do not starye your fowls.
The farmer who diversifies is
who has money IN the bank.
As soon as the foliage is eff gra
may be trimmed ready to lay do
Develop your heifers. Max
strong and thrifty aud matur
breeding
Good shelter goes long ways
keeping stock Of any kind in goo
ton.
All meat that is to go into 81
vessel must be thoroughly cool
it is packed.
knowledge is power, and 90
line engine. Both must be Us
the most good out Of them.
The Mexican cotton boli wee,
spreading rapidly into AIabam
the line reached by 1t in 1910.
Pork may be dry salted or
brine, the latter being the most
for average farm conditions bees
quires lees attention and takei
room.
Hens cannot lay and grow e
the same time.
In.breeding too much miIlsca
to go eight.
There is positively no q
ofany value for tuberculois 6lsl
The best time to sell chickens
the first Of January to the first
ber.
PROBABLY no subject In poultry
been treated in the press so muc
Of cleanliness.
Turkeys breathe much faster .l4an tns
average farm animal and, ,theretofPre need
more fresh air.
To fatteling hog that is receiving
plenty of buttermilk it is impossible to
feed too much corn.
The poultry must be brought ia from
the fields and trees aud made acquainted
with loosts and houses.
When the turkeys fret begin to run at
the nostris treatment with coal oil will
often stop the dieease.
Scrub poultry may serve a good pur-
pose in the pot, but they should not be
permitted to propagate their kind.
The bright eye, red comb, smooth,
bright welI.kept plumage, activity, and
a keen appetite, indicate the healthy
iowl.
Cows that are expected to return profit
must have liberal ratiens OF the kinds of /
ioods adapted to their needs.
An important item in feeding dairy
lows is to have good, tight managers
where the iced will not be soiled or Sas.
ed.
It is claimed that early soBn fall wheat
8 benefited when pastured with sheep to
Leep down tte rank 4 growth growth.
Pedigreed scrubs are the bane OF the
took breeding business, and need the at.
ention Of honest breeders of all classes of
took.
See that they are not over.crowded at
light, for the some times get hot and
Weaty and when let out in the morning
ateh Geld, which develops into roup.
If yoY are beginner with sheep 20
low until you have mastered the indus
y. As in poultrying or any other like
usiness, experience is the safe, sure /
sacher. h
If taken at a very early age chickens
IN be be taught te te eeEae and at certain
mes fed in way and do other things
1at will save time and annoyance.
The chicken does not refuse to lay eggs c
r get fat through perverseness Of charac- a
sr. II is simply because the owner does a
OF know how to bring about desired re. t
1lts.
A well-filled crib Of we'll matufed corn,
-hich generally means good yield per. q
ere, is much more satisfactory and to be.i =
esired than many first prizes at the 8
Iir. q
Is the seed corn safe7
Let the wiud or gasoline pump the
ater. I
With no cellar available, roots may be
ored in pits. i
City people, not re-enforced from the o
rms, will soon run out.
When alfalfa is used properly in the ro. a
tion tis beneficial to the soil. h
According to those who have used h
em, the machine husker is success. h
Alfalfa from northern grown seed is 81
.rdy yet it needs winter protection. q
See that the winter grain ia not pastur.
too close. Winter killing is the result. "
Alfalfa viii produde more digestible nu- o
tents per acre than any other ag,icultur- o.
crop.
1t is cheaper to keep three or four cats y y
ound the premises than 800 or 400 rats a. .,
ID mice. K
The best method of storing roots for =
inter use is in a cellar to which daily II
cess may be had.
Plum trees at ten years should produce e
Ie bushel. OF