Middletown transcript., 1912-06-22
FARM NEWS and, VIEWS

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bad as too little.
e The manager must supply the Brain
for the COW machine.
D Don't wait for the weeds to app-ar bt
? fore you begin cultivating.
Have everything neat and sweet abou
your milk and butter business.
The owner of the small farm flock is the
man most likely to neglect dipping.
An alert carriage and a bright eye are
necessary in perfect carriage or saddle
horse.
To teach chicks to drink, sprinkle few
, grains of feed on the water for them to
pick at. .f...
The great majority of farmers do not
know the value of the harrow, or it they
do, they do not use it.
Teach the lambs as early as possible to
eat grain in lamb creep to fit them for
the early market.
If horse sweats easily take particular
pains not to let him stand out in draft
or drink too heartily.
1t is expensive economy to do without
a separator where cream is sold or butter
made from five or more COWS.
The best way to get rid of tuberculosis
in dairy cattle is to follow the old precept
about an ounce Of prevention.
The little pigs seem to be wonderfully
keen in detecting the small holes in the
fence through which they can escape.
Success in the dairy seems to be most
all "s"; separator, silo, scales-then the
following letter, ''t'' test, is a close sec
ond.
Have all cattle that come into the herd
tuberculin tested aud then have well
ventilated barn that is kept sGrupously
clean.
III q SOW that has lost the use Of her legs
is in good flesh, it would be best to
slaughter her for meat, as chances of re-
cOvery are poor.
The poultry business requires study and
constant attention, the same as any other
business. First efforts are rarely ever
successful.
One of the silo arguments that appeals
to every stock owner is that there is no
such thing as cornstalk disease to worry
the silage feeder.
The stomach of the little calf is very
sensitive and easily ruined. Nothing will
do it quicker than keeping the animal
confined in wet dirty pen.
One of our readers recommends cream
of tarter for chickenpox; one tablespoon
full in soft feed for each twelve fowls, two
or three times week.
In growing heifer for the dairy mus
cular vitality is wanted rather than fat,
and is obtained very largely from the
skim milk portion of its diet.
Filth on eggs under the sitting hen
should be washed off as soon as noticed.
This is one of the little things that helps
toward getting good hatch.
This is the time of year when corn
should be fed sparingly to keep hens lay
ing and to ward off diseases to which the
overfat bird is susceptible in warm
weather.
Keep the best calves.
The silo spells success.
1t is never too late to prune.
The Jersey is a popular breed.
1t takes brains to raise dairy COWS.
Beware of frauds in buying trees and |
bushes.
Half way business doesn't pay in breed
ing stock.
No animal suffers so much from neglect
as the sheep.
There should be good scratching post
in every pig pen.
Eternal vigilance is the price of every
thing good in the stock line.
See to it that the work horse is we'll
o1rrieta during during He He heapyy springg work
Comparatively few people realize the
importance of drinking water for hogs.
Clean she calf pen often and bed it with
a liberal supply of dry straw Oftener.
The silo seems to be edgiHg mighty
near the cornerstone of successful dairy
ing.
If you can't afford to buy good bull
get one with your neighbor, each paying
half.
Fresh pasture is so relaxing that care
must be taken that the COWS do not lose
flesh.
Many farmer has drawn the greatest
measure Of prosperity from the dairy COW.
When spraying, if showers come and
wash off the poison, spray those trees a
second time.
Careful selection OF the stallion is es-
sentiaI to the production Of uniform har-
vest of colts.
A Iumigation with burning sulphur
will get rid OF both vermin a4d disease
germs in the poultry.
The chickens like rape. A little patch
of it near the barDyard will keep them
busy and contented.
Chickens will not die of g4pes if they
are fed proper food and plenty Of it, and
are kept free from lice.
Not only the favor, but the keeping
quality of butter is injured by keeping
the cream until it gets very sour.
Usually, a careful dressing of market
fowls will draw little premium FROM the
buyers. Ii pays in the long run.
The quality of the egg can readily be
established by ration that will add
sweetness aud good favor to the contents.
The SOW should be in moderate flesh
when bred but when safely in pig she
should have a strong ration to build her