Middletown transcript., 1911-09-09
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

seldom 1--WE IN the satns bnt
Orchards in full bearing may be seeded
to grass and pastured with sheep.
The dairy COW is worth more than th'
beef steer whatever way you look at herr
Cows do not enjoy being MIXED by one
whose finger nails are long and sharp.
whenever you discover sheep limpinl
along catch him and examine bis feet fol
rot.
The old spring houses that are found
on many farms tell Of the early expert.
ences in dairying.
Cantaloupes, watermelons and citron
can only be proftably grown in a>deep
mellow loan soil.
By sowing pinch Of lettuce seed every
ten days there will always be lender salad
on che table.
The winter dairyman is the coming
man, but he cannot afford to milk in 3
cold, dirty stable or barn.
Train the colt before heiasix months
old and you can control bis disposition
when heisolder.
Breeding ewes should not be too fat; see
that they are in strong, healthy and
vigorous condition.
Pick out the breed you like best and
stick to it; study up everything you can
about that particular breed.
One Of the different problems for the
poultryman to solve is how to easily pro-
vide pure, fresh water for his fowls.
Few dairymen realize the tremendous
significance Of the cream trade that has
been developed during the past few years.
If you want to raise good crop Of mice
and insects that will damage the orchard
trees, let the weeds and grass lie thick on
the ground.
Watch weak places in the fences. Makes
one feel mean and it is provoking besides
to have COWS break into the field of a
neighbor.
The COWS should be MIXED in the barn
during the summer, but the barn should
| be kept just as clean as it is in the winter
time.
Keep the cnltivator busy. Don't lei the
weeds get ahead Of you. Remember that
they use the plant food that should go in.
to your crops.
Be sure that you furnish proper quar-
] ters for the farroWing SOW. You cant
afford to lose a single one of the little
"squealers" this season.
Never give drugs TO horse any more
than you would to baby unless be il
downright sick. Shutting off his feed viii
| cure all minor ills.
No COW can do her best or even keeT
up normal flow milk when compelled tC
stand out in the hot midday sun Of Aug
ust and fight the flies.
One of the most Important things in
running q dairy successfully is brains
Brains must be applied by every branch
| Of work if the best profit is4o follow.
The weak and Wabbly fence is an invi
tation to the cattle to try the other sidf
and it always works a hardship, especial
" so during The busy season of the year.
No farm should be without some sheep
they clean up the weeds, make fine fertili
zers and wool, and produce lambs, all ol
which may be turned into good profit.
Diversified farming is adapted to the
man who does intensified thinking. The
intensive thinker is always success as a
farmer or any other occupation where tai
ents lead him.
The pig that has been supplied with an
abundance Of pasture and small grain
ration during the summer should weigh
from $50 to 175 pounds by the latter part
of September.
Alton farm, at Ysrdly, Pa, markets
about 20, 600 green ducks annually. Tbs
ducks are dressed. dry picked and shipp-
ed to market in barrels at ten weeks old,
The chicken plant is larger than the duck
farm.
Early maturing pnlIets should be extra
we'll fed; they are making growth as well
as eggs, so don't stint them, and il they
don't lay quite as soon as you think they
should, remember that the food eaten is
making flesh ami bone, and that they
will be better size than il they are to be
precocious.
Encourage the boy to fit some live stock
to show at the local fair.
The operation Of narrowing is next in
Importance to that Of blowing.
For heavy sod ground the improved
dish harrow il much the best harrow.
i Cloverseed is a profitable crop on land
that Is well fitted for its culture.
1 The cloyerseed crop depends largely
upon the condition Of the ground and the
weather.
Training tomatoes on wires to run from
five to ten feet high Is becoming common
practice.
II wood ashes are applied to the potato
crop il produces conditions favorable Il
potato scab.
Kafir kernel ranks close to corn as /
food ,as shown by the analysis Of the proxi
mate constituents.
For pulverizing land for planting o.
drilling, the spring tooth, sled-runner
lever harrow is the popular implement.
4 Grass and clover pastufe, with thick
slightly fermented slop given morning
and evening, win make healthy eroWtl
and the best pork for family use.
This milk foW should be- large to star
With. a COW that Il sick or unthrifty al
calving time starts with q small flow o
milk and is handicapped she balance o
the season.
In grading up the chickens cula all bu
the most vigorous
Mutton bred lambs should Feceiv
grain - earl as possible.
Women ere better lifted By nature thai
men for poultry keeping.
MOI enough attention has basn given {
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