The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-05-19


day is coming very soon, when
butter won't sell as rapidly and at as
high prices as it was bringing former
ly. And when that day comes, the
question of quality in determining
sales is going to be more important.
Paint the outside of the buildings in
the autumn after the hot weather is
LAST, or in the winter. Oil paint, I'M
Ter cold, hardens so as to be much
more durable than when it dries I'M
Ter heat.
The diSpOSitien-the likes and dis
likes of each CONWAY be studied
carefully while the animals are
around their keeper, and one can then
feed and care for them accordingly.
1t will not do to allow ducks to
share the common lot of poultry in
general; not that they require more
attention, but rather a different man.
ner of handling and feeding.
There is one thing which vermin
cannot stand, and that is fire. The
nest-boXes ard roosts held over a big
blaze for a moment or two will be
entirely rid of the pests.
Build your barns a little larger than
you need at the present moment. Few
men ever get too much barn room.
Plan for future growth, and then see
to it that you grow.
Drafts of air cause bad colds, and
that means a cessation CT egg making.
/ To stop all cracks and crevices with
paper and rags - ---'-H-,- on the part
of the poultryman.
Sheep are extremely sensitive to
heat. In hot weather their fleece is
burden to them. They are a cold
country animal under the most nat
ural conditions.
The profit in poultry raising for
market lies in Matching early, pushing
the chickens forward as rapidly as
possible, and marketing them early
in the season.
Do not wash eggs before packing
! them. Washing removes from the
shell the mucilagenous coating which
i nature provides for their temporary
! preservation.
! Among the essentials of the sue
cessful management of a farm flock
of mutton sheep are that we treat
them in a manner adapted to their
nature.
Make a feeding platform for the
hogs eight inches high with a two
inch protecting board all around to
keep the feed out of the winters mud
There is no kind of animal breed.
ing that will pay better than the
breeding of horses, but horses that
will sell, not dunghills or insists.
The increase in flock of sheep rep
resents almost entire profit to the man
who has no rentals TO pay and keeps
his sheep On government land.
Nest eggs are not needed to induce
hens to lay They have no influence
whatever over the hens, and have
been discarded on most farms.
stop TIE ravages of what is now
known to be the bacteria that so soon
work injury to new milk.
Pregnant ewes should never be KEEP
In the enclosure with the rest of the
flock, because accidents are liable t.
cause loss of the lambs.
The mare should be fed at all times
with liberal ration of clean and nour
fishing feeds, and should have an album
dance of pure water.
Remove the harness and heavy col
lars during the noon hour. To gC
over the horses with a stiff brush a
noon revives them
Keep the egg record up every day
, IF you skip one day, even, the res
will all be a guess, and guessing ism
like business.
The three great constituents which
plants remove from the soil are nitro
gen, phosphoric acid and potash.
Selling the younger heifers that tn,
other dairyman wishes most to blu,
Is grading the herd downhill.
Clean away the droppings eacl
morning and lice and disease are no
apt to bother the biddies.
In the last hundred years wonderful
advancement has been made In til,
breeding of live stock.