Middletown transcript., 1911-02-11
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

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The community proposition has much
to commend il.
Keep the paint brush going until every
implement on the place is covered.
II an agent tries to sell You tree paint
chase hia, off the place. Trees do not
need paint.
A pound or two Of nails will make the
fences all tight and save loss and hard
feeling between neighbors.
Is the harness tied up with string any.
where? Take them off and do the beat
job Of repairing you ever did.
Get out some stuff for whifflstrees.
Keep little on hand all the time, for You
may need it.
II you have no silo, get feed cutter
and gasoline engine, at any rate, They
will pay for themselves in single season
if you have any animals to feed.
Have a bottle Of rubber cement on
hand and some good glue. Fix things,
and do il while the other work is not
pressing.
Disorder of the digestive functions af1ict
lambs most severely. White scour affects
the unweaned lamb. This appears to be
the passing of undigested milk. Change
the ewes feed, providing poorer hay with
ground oats and corn with sprinkling OF
Iinseed-meal.
If a COW has an apple or similar obstruc.
ton lodged in her throat, 1t can be remov-
ed by pouring pint of melted lard down
her throat. This will make the animal
strangle and cough, and in the struggle
the obstruction will be dislodged.
The common opinion that sheep should
be kept as scavsngers and that they will
thrive best on the farm that is too poor
for other kinds Of live stock is twin brother
to the opinion that white beans thrive
best on poor, thin soil.
Il is scarcely necessary to suggest that
it is good policy to make close examine
ton of any newly purchased hogs and be
assured that they are absolutely free from
lice before they they are turned with the
other hogs,
lis much better practice to raise heifer
calyed from the best cows in the herd to
keep up the number OF probable mixers
than to depend upon buying the mature
animals as needed.
Start the trap nests SO il can be known
which are the best winter layers. Almost
any old ben will lay in spring and sum-
mer; it takes a good hen to lay in late
fall and winter.
The use Of she separator is no longer an
experiment. with the farmers and dairy.
mes, as most every farmer keeping two "r
Eeors cows is using one at the present
time.
Flowing not only loosens mp the soil
but more of it is thus exposed to the &C.
ton OF the sun, air and frost. Stubble,
weeds, ETC., are buried and 80 changed
into humus.
Milking must be done quickly. Quickly
and thoroughly. Anything that irritases
the cows such as roughness, or slow milk.
ing will shorten the milk flow.
An acre OF land which produces ton
of dry hay must contain moisture enough
so that the growing crop can pump up ap-
proximateIy 500 tons of water.
Gold-frames, hot beds, greenhouses and
mushroom caves are sill used for forcing
rhubarb, but lacking these, one may uti-
lizs an ordinary root cellar.
Some folks are still housing their hens
under the barn, where the wind sweeps
through, fearfully cold. These are the
folks who are sure hens don't pay.
Use low, wide-tired wagon in the or
chard, and thus avoid cutting up the sod
and dragging the lower limbs over the
bed. peeling and breaking them.
A properly conditioned draft horse,
with its necessary education largely COM
plsted, is one of the most perfectly finish
ed products of the farm.
There is solid satisfaction and encour.
agement for 3 man to do bis best in driv.
ing WelI-mated team that responds TO
good horsemanship.
The time ID here when thought must be
given to the comfort of the cows il their
owners expect to sleep with no twinge OF
conscience.
Some few exact conditions are necessary
ID the production ofducks for either mar
ketor breeding purposes for best possible
results.
Il is one thing to buy big gasoline en-
gine Of the most approved make and
quiet another thing to start it in very cold
weather.
Ourrants need little protecsien except
from deep SHOWS, which sometinae break
down the branches when setting in the
spring.
The sooner people divest themselves of
ihe deaahat they must be always dosing
,hickens with medicine, the sooner will |
hey be enabled to breed hardy race Of
owls, that are roup cholera proof.
See that the nest OF the early sitter ia
lir-light. This can be accomplished By |
olacing sheet Of heavy paper in sIe bot
iom. Sprinkle the paper well with coal.
ii TO discourage lice and nss plenty Of
Itraw.
Don't trnst the feeding and watering Of |
he chickens entirely to the children.
Keep ID touch With tne feeding ana The
,oudition Of ths horses 80 we'll. a child
,au not Be expected TO nota the frss
igna Of trouble
Take 4 lev of pour bsst Layers out 81