Middletown transcript., 1911-09-02
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

shows lack of common sense when
dairyman discards all recent inVestiga
tions.
Laying hens should have a cOntinua
supply Of clean, fresh water to drink, ant
the little chicks should never be Withou
it from the time they are matched unit
fully grown.
It has been demonstrated that ligh
frost does not injure the quality OF the sil
age, provided the corn goes into the sol
before the leaf and stalk has lost much o.
its moisture.
D1n't be in too great hurry to assis
eve to deliver her lamb; you may d.
more harm than goodj be quite sure thai
she has absolutely given up before tryinf
to help her.
As long as horses that have weak or de-
fective feet are used for breeding pur'
poses, just 60 long will there be horses with
prediaposition to these things, and money
will accordingly be lost on them.
There is so much difference in the com
position of milk from different COWS that
many large butter and cheese factories
now test all the milk they buy and pay
for it according to its butter fat content.
Alfalfa should be cut when the new
sprouts are starting on the crown. This
10 an entirely safe rule to follow. Usually
this will occur when the first crop is com.
ing into bloom. Alfalfa soYn this season
should be clipped and the clipping left to
form mulching about. the young plants.
It may be necessary to clip second time,
but the fall growth should remain to hold
the snow and thus prevent winter killing.
Dc not forget the shady hooks. The
fowls need them.
Houses aust be kept sanitary and the
fowls free from vermin.
It is the even, steady thrift Of our stock
that makes them pay profit.
The comb not only denotes egg laying,
but the general condition of the hen.
Lice are working havoc, and too severe
measures cannot be adopted to destroy
them.
Already the fowls are assuming a rusty
appearance. It lie getting near their
melting; EEassitiasgG; : zee sseeaasseeEss. --
Itshould be remembered that chicks dc
not need any feed for the first IL to 81
hours after Matching.
1t is preferable to keep box Of dry
chaff constantly before the fowls, allow
ing them to eat all they wish.
To insure fertile eggs it is most essentia
that the breeding stock should be as vel
fed as timely mated.
The growing cockerels should now b.
separated from she pullets, and the form
er given an extra allowance offeed.
Three-fo -fourths of the diseases could bt
traced to impure air, dampness, improper
food, close breeding and ill-chosen condi
tions.
A hen that goes around with her moutt
open is not a comfortable hen; she is tor
warm. Give her place to sit down ant
cool off.
Throw open the windows every night
but tack some wide meshed cloth of some
kind over them to keep out things tha
have no business in the house.
If farmers would use the same iudg
ment in feeding their poultry that they
use in feeding their dairy cows they
would soon find the results quite sstisfac
tory.
AS much poultry feed as possible should
be grown on the farm, but additiona
feeds may be bought as necessary, suck
as bran middlings, gluten meal or bee
scraps.
All single wheel horse cultivatorl
should have wheels. The wheel makes il
possible to turn at the ends OF the rows
with less annoyance to the horses and
man and also with less damage to the
plants. It is also means of regulating
the depth at which the cuItivator teeth
will run.
Peas like clover and alfalfa, improve
the soil.
Diversified farming and intensive think
ing 60 hand in hand.
A leak in the roof is far more expensive
than the shingles necessary to repair it.
Plant a tree at the end of the wire
fence; it will make a post in time that
will last.
Very few farmers take enough time in
fitting the field for planting either corn
or potatoes.
Running the mower along the sides ol
the bitches will make it easier keeping
them clear Of weeds.
When clover can be sown, profitable
crops can be grown, and the land kept ur
by clover and lime.
The only way TO decrease the amount
Of smut in corn is to pluck off the smut.
balls and burn them.
Good seed, good cultivation, good, com
mon sense are pretty good combination
if good crops are desired.
Keep up the warfare on weeks in the
corntields these bot days, when soil mois
ture needs to be conserved to its utmost
limit.
Clean up, pull up, burn up, all useless
vegetation in the garden, and thus help tt
prevent the spread Of fungus and insec
enemies.
Agricultural experiments show that i
it is necessary to fertilize the soil to secure
Q crop Of twenty bushels OF wheat pei
acre, it is even more necessary to fertiIizt
the soil to secure a crop Of twenty bushell
Of wheat per acre, it is even more neces
sary to fertilize for a good crop Of fruit.
If the soil ia wet In the cornfieId use al
implement for cultivation that will mo-
pack the ground but will leave it ss loost
% possible. When the soil is dry pack i
tight.
II your farm is fenced off into fields. i
will pay you 70 SOW little rape. If yor
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