Middletown transcript., 1911-03-11
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

. beis apt to become crank.
The experienced shepherd alway prt
yides his animals with an abundance
salt.
Potat. : may be fed to the cows an
hogs wl.e.. the market price is compars
lively low.
There is considerable danger in feedin
well-fed ewes too highly on wheat, corr
and alfalfa hay.
/ Blue grass makes an excellent fall ant
winter pasture If the farmer lets it grow
rank early in the season.
II the young ewes are not in good con
dition there is likely to be great deal O.
trouble about Iambiug time.
one thing very noticeable in concrete
barns is lack of dust and barn vermir
which includes mice and rats.
Success in pork production is largely
affected by the attention given to the
health and comfort of the brood SOW.
All farm animals get hungry for a
change of diet about this time of year.
Here is where the roots come in handy.
All beef and mutton will hereafter be
raised on the small farms and farmerp
must learn how to meet the new condi-
tions.
Every flock has a few hens that seem
to be just little above the ordinary run
of the flock. These are bright, active,
happy and healthy and moult earlier and
quicker than the remainder of the flock.
They begin to lay before the others, and
keep it up all winter and spring when
eggs are worth the most. These are the
hens to use as breeders, and this should
be done by all means.
A variety of feed does not necessarily
mean that you must have a great many
kinds of food, but that you should not
feed the same kind at every meal. A
little sunfower seed among other grain
is a great appetizer.
Do not inbred unless you have some
definite object in view. It is so easy to
get fresh blood that it does not pay the
average farmer or village poultry raiser to
use his own males. Buy pure-bred birds
and do not cross breeds.
Once farmers were col ' need th {
cattle feeding would pay, they would then
commence to improveth their breed. There
are many good cattle in this country now,
but great many more scrubs which
would never pay any man to feed.
For farmer who can easily secure
large quantities of fresh eggs it does not
pay to run an incubator of less than from
100 to 200 egg capacity, as it requires little |
more work than to operate a 20 egg ma
chine.
The more corn the more stock; the |
more stock the richer the land; the richer
The land the more corn-and there You
have the secret of rotation that is sure
to bring success.
Entirely too many people in this world
are making themselves cross-eyed looking
ior the street of easy money. This is as
vain and foolish as hunting for the pot of
gold at the rainbow.
Just as soon as the frost is ont of the
yround it will do to SOW onion seed and
,eas. Beets, early potatoes. spinach, rad
shes and lettuce may be planted early,
90. Tender vegetables should wait un.
il April or May.
1t is mistake to plant the same type
# vegetables in the same spot year after
ear; keep them moving to prevent in
ects and diseases from getting footbold
nd it is mistake to forget that a garden
leeds plant food in order to nourish
egetables properly. Stable manure and
sprinkle of bcne-meal will do, nicely.
The March-batched pullets will be the
arly fall layers.
Many incubator chicks are killed with /
indness by being overfed and kept too
arm. III
You need not be afraid the hens will 4
1t too much crushed shells. Let them
ave all they want.
Make it rule to count the biddies
rery day. Some folks never do this.
hey might be robbed and never know il.
/ bave heard the advice given to feed :.
le chicks all they will eat up clean 1.-THE
ret week or tWo) more than they have
ly business eating.
Hard enough to sit for three weeks,
ithout having to be enawed all the time q
! insect pests. Look at your sitting q
ms once in while and be sure they Q
. free from enemies of this kind. Y
You can make money by getting good z
osteF right now. Mate him with some y
your best hensand set the eggs. Your Z Z
sket viii get fuIl lot faster after those :
llsts get TO laying. =
Particularly at this season Of the year, 3,
not set hen until it is positive that =,
} is thoroughly broody. II she does not =
We the full fever, she is apt to desert
! charge, often hayiRg sitting week or :
..
Is the weather is still cold, not more
IN tlesen eggs should be given a ben.
hen large number is allowed. the eggs
not sufficiently covered. and those
the outer edges Of the clutch are likely
become chilled.
1.-THE farmhonses could be reconstructed
ng ths lines Of the modern city homes.
u Of the class that are occupied by
rks and laborers on small salaries, the
Of the farm vile would be made In.
mably easier.
1or $3.50 thefarm kitchen could be
piled with water heater. porcelain
ID sinks and Naste pipes. Tbs saving
irudgery aud time and the increased
lfort can Be appreciated only BY those
0 have worked without these con-
fences
ne deposition of an unpr0ftable col