Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1911-12-07

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Conditions found on the average farm
are most favorable for egg production.
and the cost per dozen has been found
to be approximately s cents.
The champion wolfhound Of Ireland.
species almost extinct. was sold the
other day to New York fancier Tor
$500 III He wa" TITLED foreigner and
The fellow who comes along with
proposition in which you are to make
a ,wad without working IL engaged IN
this very game. and It Is safe to set the
dog on him.
While fifteen pound gobbler OF
last springs hatch makes fine CEN
terpiece for the Thanksgiving table. It
is hard to beat an eight or nine pound
hen turkey Of the same age.
Land irrigated by the several gov
ernment projects produced last year
S2O.OOO.OOO worth of stuff. and 1t Is
estimated that the Increase In land
values due to this irrigation approx.
mates O5.O00.OO0.
nho ~ q
calf are often greatly decreased
through lack of just the right care
during the first few months. Once let
a youngster get the skinny. pot belly
look and it's hard matter to get rid
OF it,
On American cattle markets prime
steer fetches the highest price. In
England Erime heifer Is most sought
for local market consumption. the con-
tention Of the island butcher being that
the flesh Of heifer IL finer grained
and that the carcass dresses with less
waste.
A good housewife that the dispatches
Of chickens We're afflicted with blind
staggers. hut little investigation
nlnde clear the fact that they were
drunk from eating some fermented
crab appIp sauce which she had thrown
into the yard short time before.
While rich land IL necessary to the
production of bumper crops Of corn.
another condition equally important Ia
that the land shall produces "a perfect
stand ON rich spills capable of pro-
ducing 100 bushels Of corn per acre an
average Of between three and four ker-
nels seems 10 give maximum yield.
DR. Evans Of Chicago. recognized as
one Of the best health authorities In
the United States. gives from 90 to ~
degrees + as the temperature ut which
the home should he kept during the
winter manthS In TOO many cases
the Thermometer st:intlS above 10 de-
rrprs most Of the time. If condition that
greatly increases the likelihood Of tax
ing cold when the inmates of the
house 20 outdoors
A great point in favor of the Rural
New Yorker as n potato for late held
use IL the remarkable trait II seems to
possess of developing crop In late
summer and early fall following pc
RODS OF drought calculated to discour.
nge every growing thing. In num-
Der Of instances that have come under
the writer's, attention practically the
entire growth Of ruhers Of this variety
was made after the middle of August.
The remarkable rndiSlF stories that
have appeared frequently In many
country papers are understood when
It Ia. known thai this giant radish Is
not Of hoi,,e origin hut was introduced
from .JaIain some four years ago II
IL called the Slkurijama radish and
sometimes attslinS a weight thirty
or forty T,oun,ls and the size Of a wa
ter bucket. n IN most edible when
about -hpH grown. The aaps often
boil IL us we do turnips, or cibbage.
A rather interesting discussion has
been startesi In some Of the dairy Iti-
pevss Of the .eountry on the relative In
finence, Of the dun and sire upon the
butter fat production df their female
offspring One writer contends thaf<a
COW from low test dam follows al.
most invariably the low per cent ten
dency Of her dam. II there Ia anything