Middletown transcript., 1912-12-14
FARM NEWS And VIEWS

The best cows are never cheap.
Get the cows started right for winter.
A bushel of seed corn will plant six {
eight acres of land.
A hog cannot sleep comfortably in
draft or wind, he catches cold very easily
In proportion to his size. hog need
twice the air space that a COW or hors
does.
Frozen alfalfa will kill hog as quickl,
as it does COW or horse it is usual in
digestible.
A bunch of ripe grapes will hang in
hive of bees until it dries up and the bee
will not touch it.
Corn meal, meat and potatoes are thret
of the most valuable ingredients of The
fattening bill of fare.
There is only one way of positively di
agnosing hog cholera, and that is by 6
postmortem examination.
After pigs are weaned, one of the most
common causes of runts is the feeding ul
asr ght corn diet.
There are many troubles of swine that
are called hog cholera and yet they have
very little resemblance to that disease.
The capons when mature will average
to weigh between 8 and IL pounds, de-
pending Of course on the variety of fowls
capOnized.
If hog misses feed, watch him; if be
misses the second feed, remove him from
the herd and thoroughly disinfect where
he has been.
Prepare warm, dry, but ventilated
quarters for the brood sows, and do it
now. Cold storms will be here before
we are ready for them.
Breeding stock should never be saved
from the litter of vicious cid brood SOW,
which is always restless and chasing about
the pasture.
Composted or we'll decayed n anures
serve their best purpose when applied to
the surface of the garden and thoroughly
disked irto the soil.
Fowls in confinement must have light
feed and plenty of grit, oyster shell, and
little bone cut green; A little chopped
onion is fine about once day.
Corn silage is an excellent feed for
steers on account of its succulence and
paatability, and because of its compara-
tive richness in carbohydrates and fat.
Baby beef is term applied to steers or
heifers trom fifteen to twenty-five months
of age that show sufficient thickness of
flesh and quality ty be used as block beef.
Eastern farmers owing rough pasture
lands valued at SIS to $50 per acre, are
stocking them with sheep and the mutton
industry in that section is being rapidly
revived.
Hogs that are allowed considerable
amount Of room for exercise, given plenty
of water and good sleeping quarters in a
well-drained area are not very liable to
develop disease.
Fall ploWiug is cheapest.
A dairy thermometer pays.
No trade excells the Bartlett pear.
Sanitary milk strainers are best.
Neglected fruit trees are worthless.
Dryness is the main requirement. in
sheep shed.
There is little likelihood of saving too
much seed corn.
You cannot keep the milk pail full un
less you feed the COW.
1t is often a good plan to turn wean-
ling lambs into the cornfeld.
All tender shrubbery in the fruit gar
den should be given winter protection.
Water cisterns and tanks should be
covered and banked before freezing
weathnr.
The milch cows and young stock should
be put into their stables every cold night.
All root crops should be harvested and
put into winter storrge before they freeze
Seed corn of high productive qualities
should not be allowed to freeze at any
time.
Keep the salt in a sheltered box in
every sheep pasture. Sdasmodic sailing
is very dangerous.
Roots are used to quite an extent in
parts of Canada and in England in the
fattening of steers.
Begin now to assure next harvest
plow deep, save the moisture scatter the
manure.
The capacity of the silo must be judged
according to the number of ANIMALS
which we have in our herd.
Corn, even in the soft dough stage of
maturity, when carefully curd, makes
excellent strong growing seed.
The big tree is a doubtful shelter for
the farm implements, even if the imple-
ment dealer says it is all right.
Do not despise well bred poultry. No
territory has ever been noted for it's poul-
try products unless well-bred fowls were
the rule.
About the best remedy for "scaly legs''
which is the work of miniature parasites
is an application of sulphur and melted
lard once a week.
A close study OF the breed is not only
interesting but profitable. Get acuuaint-
ed with your fowls and LET them get &C.
quainted with you.
The loss incurred from plant diseases is
often underestimate by the farmer, pas
ses unrecognized or is regarded as natural
and inevitable.
In order to get the greatest profit from
the Digs on the farm IL is nacassorr, 60 or,