Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

Keep the pigs gFuHina
Chicks must have fresh water.

| done after harvest.
Grind the corn you feed the old sheep
| Their teeth may be poor.
/ Young chicks still with the hens thirty
better on variety Of foods.
The disk is the tool to prepare the corr
stubble for the smalfgrain.
Horses enjoy a good drink, but the.
don't have to go TO town to getit.
Never throw fruit of any kind into
basket or box. Lay it in gently.
The production Of a COW above certain
standard constitutes the profit.
| Manure, sod and lime are three bes
ways Of increasing the humus in the soil
Keep the hedges clipped. Buckthorl
is one Of the easiest hedges handled.
There is hardly limit to the resources
OF the rat to exterminate chicks.
Sheep suffer the least from deficiency
of drinking water, and horses and cattle
the most.
1t is well worth while to exert every
energy possible to keep your crescent sup
ply of live stock.
When the pigs tails begin to hant
down straight it ia time to get out the
worm medicine.
A good colt bred for purpose, and fee
and trained for a purpose, is never a drui
on the market.
Spray pumps and spray materials are
now the main topic of conversation among
fruit growers.
Provide the hogs with Wallow.
The cement silo is growing steadily in
favor.
The A-shaped pig pen is too hot fol
summer.
Many weeds interfere with the rotation
Of crops.
ssilage may be cut in almost any size
desired.
Watch the sWill barrel. Keep 1t sweet
and clean.
Hogs thrive much better on ration
rich in nitrogen.
There are few who save'some OF their
own seed from the garden.
Hogs enjoy tank Of clean water to
battle in during the hot days.
Never allow roses to remain on the bush
until the pedals begin to fall.
The common and cut.leaf elders have
proved good lawn plants this year.
One Of the best foods for growing chick
ems is the curd from skinned milk.
A majority of poorly formed draft
horses have shoulders which are too steep.
Get good variety Of Lima and bush
beans and save the first to ripen.
Too many farmers have failed to appre-
ciate the possibilities of rye as hog pas.
ture.
Second crop alfalfa is fine for the pig,
but if pastured very closely it will soon
run out.
Astraw .coIored open shed for the stock
is much needed thing on the treeless
farm.
Rotted manure should be spread or the
ploWed ground and well worked in with
the harrow.
Even if we can not get fancy prices for
our horses, there are good profits in grow
ing colts.
A good sized horse has a wider field o
usefulness than a small one, and lie worth
more accordingly.
Uniformity in the size of bunch o
hogs has a great deal to do with the
price they will bring.
II you have your hogs on sour milk
keep them there. To change tosweet may
upset their digestion.
The large farm is more profitable th ar
the small farm il managers of the proper
ability can be had.
There is no feed better for young pigs
and calves than sweet skim milk right
from the separator.
The best use of stable manure ia to haul
il out as fast as made and spread it broad
cast over rod ground.
The present shortage of forage crops
should emphasize the necessity for re-
serve supply in silos.
More small hogs have probably been
marketed in the last two years than ever
before during the same time.
For the production Of dairy stock, as
we'll as for live stock generally, wind
breaks and tree shorter are invaluable.
A little salt sprinkled with coal ashes 10
as much relished by the hogs as "CracEer
Jack" is relished by the boys.
The first step in better cream quality in
hot weather is TO separate the milk inn
mediately, as soon as il is MIXED.
The full feed to the idle horse has cost
the life of many good horse. Adjust
the feed to the work the horse does.
When the early peas ripen stake off the
finest part of row and do not pick any
Of them, but save them for seed.
Keep the new strawb berry bed clean cul.
tiyated until the runners are matted too
much to permit the cultiyator TO 60
through.
Those farmers who kept up their cult
walton of the soil not only kept the corn
over the dry spell but increased the yield.
If a poultryman or farmer does not
take an interest in poultry, be had better
not keep any at all.
Keep the sweet peas picked. Il is bet
ter for the plants and the house can be
made more attractive by their use.
Save seeds Of trees and shrubs, as they
ripen, and plant them. This 10 one way
to multiply your ornamental plants.