Middletown transcript., 1911-07-08
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

smelling seed corn carefully by hand is
prontable. The greater the acreage plant.
ed the greater the profit. Into a shallow
pan or box each ear should be shelled se.
parately, rejecting any worm eaten or
biemlshed kernels. If the supply from
the one ear appears good and contains no
poor kernels, it is poured into the general
supply and another ear shelled in the
same way.
ANY drainage system should be planned
with reference both to the work it ia to
perform and to its future maintenance.
Young calves should be kept dry and
never allow them to become chilled.
The best thing for any dairying locality
is the organization of COW test associations.
To dip the flock the hot weather is good
practice, as this spares the lambs. Any
one of the carbolic dips is good. This
poison destroys the tick and scab parasites
by contact on the outside.
Grain should be fed roughage as then it
goes into the first stomach, and will be
recheWed. If the grain is eaten alone, it
ia apt to go to the third stomach and to
miss the rechewing. To make sure that
the feed is thoroughly chewed feed it with
roughage. The best way is to cut the hay
or straw, mix the grain feed with it; then
it will go through the whole grinding pro
cess.
1t is stated that over 10000 swine have.
been immunized against hog cholera by
the Ohio department of agriculture since
January /, 1910. The Minnesota expe ri
ment station is satisfied that "hog cholera
can be prevented; and, in recent cases, il
can even be treated with a reasonable
prospect Of cure" The methods will soon
be published and it is believed that the
long-sought discovery win be the means
OF preventing attacks which have cost
Minnesota farmers every year from a,few
thousands to over million dollars.
The stomach Of the horse is quite small
that is, it will hold about two gallons. If
the horse is fed his grain first, then hay
and then watered, the grain will be push
ed out of the stomach before it is digest.
ed.
The best way is to water first, then feed
some hay and then the grain. In case the
horse is warm it would not do to give all
the water it would take, but it should be
given little even then.
One that is used by many large potato
growers in the vicinity of New York city
is made up as follows. Nitrate of soda,
l27 pounds: high grade dried blood, 440
pounds; acid phosphate, 400 pounds; land
plaster, 80 pounds. The greatest profit
resulted " hen these fertilizers we're mix
ID and applied at the rate of 1000 paunds
per acre in some tests at the New York
experiment. station.
For short time after freshening good
COW will give mess of milk with just or
linary care, but if she is to continue the
good work it will take a careful choreman
md a good feeder TO look after her.
Anything that tends to eliminate dust
previous to, or during milking, will mini.
nize the bacteria content of the milk.
No one grade of dairy products is best
suited for all conditions.
Ten million dollars is net sum to pay
zach year for the ravages of one animal,
pet this is the figure given by the United
States Department of Agriculture as the
damage done by the pocket gophers.
A practical method of keeping animals,
rs dogs, pigs, chickens and cats from in.
uring the hotbed and its contents, is a
'ection OF wire fence cut to the size of the
bee, with detachable clasp on the four
lides.
The farmer or producer of perishabe
FOODS Who is not already equipped with
.efrigerators should certainly begin think.
ng about it, as he will without question
be compelled to supply cold storage facili.
lies in order to compete on an even basis
with others.
For washing Cruets aud like shaped bot
les nothing is better than uncooked rice.
Fill the bottle one-third full of rice and
hen fill up with warm water and shake
veil. Alkalies or cleansers may be added
% the water if necessary. Rinse in clean
water.
Peel and slice one orange and two ban.
mas. Put alternate layers of orange and
oanans In dish. Sprinkle each layer
With little sugar and cover top layer
With one fourth pint OF cream thet has
,een whipped.
To learn the value of cooking feed for
i've stock extensive trials were made at
he North Dakota experiment station in
eeding hogs and cattle raw feed and cook
ID feed 1t was found that more pounds of
,rain were made from a given amount of
eed when fed raw. Potatoes were an ex-
,eption as they gave the best returns
when cooked.
Named your farm YETI
Any shade in the pasture? Why not?
II you want to kill weeds, cultivate or
hoe them when the sun shines hot.
The trouble with the honey bee is that
/ doesn't carry honey at both ends.
Since The cost of growing an acre of
,oots is two or three times as great as that
,fgrowing an acre of corn, the yield of
Try matter being little more, it seems poor
iarm practice TO abandon the silage in fay-
or of roots.
Ten million dollars is a neat sum to
pay each year for the ravages of one ami
nal, yet this is the figure given by the
United States Department of Agriculture
Is the damage done by the pockets go-
pliers.
The farmer or producer Of perishabIs