Middletown transcript., 1912-09-21
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

Flies and hot weather cut down dairl
profits.
Alfalfa pasture and hogs is a great con
bination.
Rape is one of the best crops for TEN
porary hog pasture.
1t is as easy to teach a colt good man
ners as faulty ones.
The quack grass problem is largely
matter of your drainage.
The separator should never be allowed
in the barn or near it.
Never raise colts from a vicious mare
Like often produces like.
The horses shonlI be given at least one
feed of mixed hay once day.
Many stations are used too much tc
produce large Pc. cent of colts.
Trees should not be planted on a high
slope, for the soil is likely to be too thin.
Never attempt to keep summer butter
for early fall prices because it will not
keep.
The horses cannot rest while fighting
flies, Better shade or screen the barn
windows.
1t is mistake to keep young tnrke,
hens every year, particularly those
Matched late.
Do away with binders on the horse.
Their use is a crutl practice aud cause
many eye defects.
See that our brood sows get plenty OF
exercise, so that they may produce large,
healthy litters.
The hens simply cannot, and will not
fill the egg basket and feed lice and mites
Oh their brdies.
Don't expect and old horse that ha-
worked all his life time to do as much as
he did when he was young.
man should be kept in the silo
Spreading and packing the corn as fast
as it comes from the cutter.
In training mules for use on the farm
it is best to begin BY using them for light
work dnring the third year,
Corn silsge is just as valuable for Try
ing over stockers and feeders as it is for
fattening and finishing the beeves.
Sell your wool on rising market. Nine
times out of TIN you will miss it if you
try to keep it for something better.
Demand for good, productive farm
property is steadily increasing. Some
very high prices are paid for wel-im-
proved farms.
Sheep will live and thrive on much
feed that is OF little value for other stock,
but that does not imply that they Can do
without.
Frequently put little cayenne pepper
in the dry mash. 1t will serve to keep
them in condition. A little salt should
also be given.
The sooner manure is spread in the
field the smaller the loss of fertility incur
red and the smaller the amount of labor
required to handle it.
The common disk harrow is more gem
era'iy used than any other implement to
cultivate alfalfa, and when properly ad-
iusted does good work.
Cowpeas have value in crop rotation
because they serve the double purpose of
producing a crop of feed and fe:tilizing
the soil at the same time.
Don't slam the three-lays-old calf
around because he does Mt drink readily.
To get kick in the ribs for something he
can't understand is bit tough on him.
The great majority of diseases are due
to bad management and housing, includ-
ing cold. damp and il,-ventilated houses;
rich feeding,i impure water and lack of ex-
ercise.
The beginner who has a nice flock of
pullets to winter over will find it more
profitable to avoid forcing fer high-priced
winter eggs if such birds are to be used as
breeders next spring.
Exercise the stallion.
Do not neglec; the heifers.
A pony for the boy is handy.
Look out now for the mare and colt.
Now is the time to begin dipping the
poultry,
Separate out the young roosters. Eat
the old hens.
Water, the necessity of life, is too often
denied live stock.
A night pasture should always be ar
ranged near the barn.
In handling colts there is more profit
in coaxing than in kicking.
Keep the msnger sweet. ScAIdng
water will correct this trouble.
Choice heifers make choice milkers-
save the choicest for the dairy.
Be sure the mares and colts in pasture
have shelter from the hot sun.
Keep the sweet potato vines clipped
back to not over two feet in length.
The hotter the water the better job it
loe+ in cleansing the milk utensils.
The old fashioned straw shed is cheap
md satisfactorysshelter for the stock.
The American farmer has nearly $40,-
700, ,OOO, 900 invested in his business.
Lime does not take the place of fertili-
ser, but makes it more effective.
A little sand Oh the floors of the hen
rouse will do away with dampness.
Turn the horses out to pasture these
lot nights; it will help cool their blood.
A bit of grain in the manger at milk
ng time can call the COWS farther than
,ou can.
Do not neglect to give the calves each
lay some fresh locks of clover or alfalfa
lay.