Middletown transcript., 1911-11-18
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
Raise more hogs.

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Stock always prefer to drink water thai
is clean.
Ducks as rule are hardy. They do
not haYe gapes.
Burr cloVercan be sown broadcast in
permanent pasture.
You may like skim milk cold, but that
don't change the mind of the calf or pig,
They want it warm like nature meaus
them to have it.
More attention is being given to COW
peas as farm crop.
Dairy cows should have rich and liber.
al feeding every day.
Salt is essential for a COW and she should
have all she wants.
Crowded poultry will not Iay-feed and
care for them as We may.
The Caulifowers must have q rather
dry air, and free ventilation.
For fattening purposes "Indian corn''
supersedes all the other cereals.
The oily nature of the feathers makes
the duckling vermin proof.
Onions sell best when graded by run.
ming them over potato sorter.
II we'll grown capon will weigh from
10 to IL poudds at one year of age.
Sheep should be kept oD the average
farm to aid in keeping down weed life.
A mule will do as much work as a horse
on about twothirds as much feed.
Australia and Argentina lead the world
in the number of horses and cattle.
Hogging off corn is far the cheapest
method of feelings as the hogs do all the
work.
Hogs like cornstalks.
Hovine tuberculosis is not beretary.
The weakest part OF duck is its legs.
The disk will never take the place OF
the plow.
Pride yourselfon having fancy and we'll
bred stock.
The result of care from start to finish is
frst-class butter. + :
The cheapest egg food is that which
gives US the most eggs. Is: III
In this day when pure food laws are
pretty strictly enforced, bad EGGS are
loss.
All root crops should be planted as a
good season is in the ground.
The seed corn must be we'll cared for
after it is harvested if the best results are
expected.
Rapid growth from hogs cannot be SO:
cured on even the best pasture without
some grain.
When weeds are young aud sappy the
sheep are in sense Unsuitable devourers
OF the same.
Where timothy is sown f,r seed four to
six quarts is sufficient for good stand of
plants.
Alfalfa is the only known plant that
will supply nearly perfect balanced ra.
ton with corn alone.
The market demand for mules is always
steady and the farmer can make no mis-.
take in raising them.
Salt causes the animal to drink water,
and large amount OF water is necessary
for flow of milk.
In treating wire cut, the wound should
be kept absolutely clean and exposed to
the air and sunshine.
Cows like variety and this should be
supplied them. being careful, however,
not to make sudden changes.
Lend your crops to your live stock aud
see what big interest they will pay and
how promptly they pay it.
Potatoes not to be used or marketed
should be left in the ground
as long as the ground is dry.
The first thing after the SOW has farroW-
ed she should be supplied with all the
pure cold water she will drink.
The fall planting of such fruits as are
adapted to planting at that season, is, as
rule, better than spring planting.
1t is said that 20 scres OF corn put into
the silo is worth more in feeding a dairy
herd than 80 acres in the crib.
After the fruit harvest in the orchard,
90 over the trees and grounds and pick
up and destroy all worthless, rotten and
Wormy fruit.
good fence is absolutely necessary on
q farm where live stock is kept, and there
should be no farms on which live stock
is not kept.
Capons neither crow nor 6ght and are
despised by other fowls. They often show
great fondness for little chicks, and in.
stances are not uncommon where they
have been utilized in rearing broods Of
chickens.