Middletown transcript., 1911-11-04
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
Sheep are scavengers.
Don't crowd your chickens.

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Wheat responds readily to good culture
Do not be in too much OF a hurry Il
wean the pigs.
The separator should be thoroughly
washed after it is used.
Sheer require less pasture than any
other animal on the farm.
More horses are spoiled by poor drivers
than any other way.
The cream should be delivered not less
than three times a week.
You should have cooker in order to
get the best results with fall pigs.
Give the dairy COWS plenty of salt and
let them consume all the water they need.
The hen is admitted to be one of the f.
nancial factors in the country today.
Stock carrots are 9 valuable root crop
and will yield ten to fifteen tons on rich
loamy soil.
Changes in the richness OF milk cannot
alter the proportion of skim milk to cream
delivered.
The worlds herd of swine numbers
100, 900, 900, two fiiths of which belong to
the United States.
Bran is good ration for the horse, but
must not be fed too frequently or il will
cause indigestion,
The check rein is a check, not much
on the head ofthe horse upon its general
efficiency.
Where skimming is done by means Of a
centrifugal separator the richness Of the
cream may also vary.
Corn may be fed to advantage the bum
die when spread on a clean dry feeding
yard or in racks.
The greatest handicap to the egg trade
is the general store with it's custom Of bar
terirg merchandise for eggs.
After the grain is cut and stacked, sheep
are turned on the stubble to eat the weed
which otherwise would go to seed.
The length of time required to blauch
celery sufficiently for marketing will de-
pend largely upon the variety being
grown.
The dairy farmer must bring bis pro.
duct above suspicion and any other course
has in it neither profit, dignity nor good
Do not attempt to pull onions from the
soil with an iron tooth rape which will 80
iDiure the bulbs that they will become
soft and decay.
Disease turks in neglected swill bar.
rell. Scrub and scald it every week.
Seed onions should now have produced |
plants big enough for bunch onions.
Bloody milk or that from a sick COW
should never be mixed with wholesome
milk.
As chickens grow diminish the number
of meals as well as the variety of food.
1t is fatal to some plants to fertilize
hem with rich manures when the ground
g very dry.
It is well to have a trough in the hog.
house in which is kept wood ashes, salt
md copperas.
If the spring pigs are doing we'll hold
hem steady until fall and then push them
or the market.
Some cows are such persistent mixers
hat it is next to impossible to dry them
lp, even for a short time.
1t requires the work of experienced
,rower of ginseng to germinate the seed
With any degree of SUCCESS.
A hog needs all his time to make pork
md should not be expected to pend any
moments fighting lice.
It should be remembered that the milk
annot be increased in solids and in fat
" the feeding of rich food.
The individuality of each horse should
,e studied and the feeds supplied to meet
Individual requirements.
One Of the greatest needs in improving
be condition of eggs on the farm is to
'rovide not only sufficient number of
tests, but clean ones as we'll.
The sugar cane, ,and allied plants exclu-
lively in any state of Development are not
esirable food for horses, nor for any of
be domestic animals.
Many farmers are giving their cows a
God grain ration, but few minutes
rushing every day would be better than
be last two pounds OF grain that is fed.
The bane of most poultry yards today,
nd this applies not only to those on the
rms but also to many exclusive poultry
lantE, is makeshift equipments.
The colt in the pasture should have it's
et cared for as closely as the matured !
nimal in order that be may grow to ma. !
lrity with feet in q healthy condition. II
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