Middletown transcript., 1911-06-24
FARM NEWS And VIEWS

thy development of your animals.
In the fattenipg pen give the pigs all
they will readily clean up but no more
N ny farmers use boar of different
brye,. uf that of their sows to produce 9
Cruss.
Sound healthy cows can only be had by
good stabling, careful feeding and good
water.
Leave it to the old hen to pick out the
best nest to lay in.
To improve live stock it itrequires intelli-
genee and thought.
Among all dwarf-growing trees the ia.
panese naples stand first.
The horse can be made to masticate his
food by putting finely cut hay with the
grain. A ration of half prairie grass hay
and half alfalfa will give almost as good
gains as a ration of alfalfa alone.
Horses that are clipped dry OFF last
night. This is better than having them
stand around in heavy wet coat.
A once lively faith in the existence and
possibilities of strains of hens which
would produce 300 eggs year has decay
ed.
At the end of five to eight days remove
the calf to roomy, clean box stall and
give clean dry bed OF wheat or oat straw.
The feeding and management of the
young calves should be in the hands Of a
competent hand and not left to the boys
or careless help.
A Virginia man writes that for years
he has sown small patch of buckWheat
for his hens and he says be is quite GER.
tain that they thrive better and lay more
eggs than they did without this grain.
Many a man has been surprised at the
effect OF one load Of barnyard manure
scattered about under tree. 1t gives new
life and fruitfulness.
The only way to make profit with
poultry is to attend closely to business
and not leave the feeding and manage.
ment OF the flock to hired help.
Extreme care must be taken of the tiny
seedlings, for if allowed to get dry they
will almost surely die and if kept too
moist they incline to damp off"
The great secret in successful root cul-
ture is clean, mellow deep soil, liberal fer
tilizing, early sowing and early culture as
soon as the plants can be distinctly seen.
A light sandy coil will be rather bene.
fited by working it when moist, as such
will have a tendency to make it more
compact and consequently more retentive
of moistrrs.
Rhubarb is of easy cultivation, and
when once planted, theground kept clean
mellow and heavily manured, will fur.
nish generous supply of juicy stalks for
eight to ten years without removal.
It takes tWo-thirds of all the good COW
eats to keep her alive and without loss Of
flesh and the other third of ordinary good
rations to enable her to give milk. The
expense OF two.tbirds OF the money earn.
ing rations has to be incurred when the
COW is earning nothing.
Timothy hay is better than nothing as
a feed for dairy COWS, but it is worth
more to sell on the market.
A good supply Of alfalfa will cut down
the bran bills.
If the cows teats are made sore from
exposure to cold or wet weather an ap'
plication of carbolized vaseline after each
milking will renely the trouble if used
when it first appears.
The best hay feeds for dairy COWS are
clover, alfalfa, cowpeas and soy beans.
They contain large percentage of protein
which is great milk producing element.
The worlds champion milk COW pro-
duced nearly niue tons of milk last year,
and advocates of dairyiDg in preference to
beef production call attention to the fact
that this COW is prepared to repeat such
performances for many years, while the
beef animal must go to the block to pro.
duce cash for its owner.
Bran and meat meal help to supply the
young sows with muscle and bone.
By putting little fine hay in the caIf's
mouth daily she will soon learn to eat.
Parsley is next to lettuce in winter
proftable-when well
grown.
One of the most important problems
of the farmer is to feed his animals econo.
mically.
If the orchard is young it should, of
course be headed low. In this case work
under the trees with an extension frame
harrow. This harrow has frame which
may be extended SO as to throw the discs
out to the sides. This tool may be used
as an ordinary harrow or may be used to
straddle rows and is very useful tool for
the horticulturalist.
Look for beers in the trunks of the
young peach trees. II you find holes with
gum excluding either dig out the borer or
kill him by thrustiDg piece of wire in
10 the hole and twisting il around. Ex-
anime all gratis and remove any branches
which might switch them loose. II
ihe scion are growing cut away all the
suckers which have started around the
edges Of the cut.
The more corn the more stock; the
more stock the richer the land; the rich.
sr the land the more corn-and there you
have the secret Of a rotation that is sure
10 bring success.
The calf should be kept in the pen and
not tied out on grass until the weather is
warm and the ground is dry.
Don't forget to give the little ducks
plenty Of drinking water and after one
week old they want tito swim in, too.
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