Middletown transcript., 1912-04-13
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

Guard against sun scald.
Treat tbs, dairy cow kindly.
The dairy increases the crop yield.
Not every man is cut out for a dairy
man.
Remove all ailing fowls from the flock.
Kafflr corn it splendid feed for horses.
A heifer twin with bull seldom,
ever breeds.
Keep little gas tar on hand and ap
ply it for scsly legs.
The good dairy COW is a lady and ought
to be treated as much.
Slage is not as we'll adapted to horses,
as it is to cattle, but, nevertheless, it is al
excellent roughage.
A scrub with a pedigree is a worse
scrub than a scrnb without a pedigree.
But there are not so many of them.
Never buy a sick hog.
Plow the garden deeply.
Teach the calf to eat grain.
Watch out for rotting apples and pota-
toes.
Do not tie the cattle up by the neck to
feed them.
No eve should be bred until she has
reached maturity.
poorly nouristed, stunted 2-year-olo
filly should not be bred.
There are many reasons why farmers
should keep more sheep.
Each season grass-lot should be held
in reserve for the dairy COWS.
Iu some sections farmers are recon-
mending sowing slsike with timothy.
Ga every farm poultry should not
only have place, but prominent place.
Replowing fall plowed land again in
the spring seems useless expense and
bother.
1t is common but erroneous opinion
that beets are especially hard on the land.
Let the colt have shelter from storm,
but let him have access to pasture also.
Alfalfa leaves contain most of the feed
ing value of she alfalfa plant
! Orchard grass makes a better mixture
.sAb IL
Cream for churning should be allowed
! to sour at about IS degrees F.
Calves should have daiIj outdoor exer-
else when the weather will permit.
The value of skim.milk makes the &c
parator necessary on every dairy farm.
If you are going to plant a new orchard
next spring make your selections now.
Any dairy farmer can have plenty OF
cream for sale when the COWS are on pas
ture.
Hens won't lay in such severe cold
weather unless extra good care is taken
of them.
An old sow if not too clumsy and fat.
will raise better and stronger pigs than a
young one.
Nothing ever came so near turning
December into June for dairy cattle and
sheep as the silo.
Probably the best results come from
pruning the orchard rather vigorously
every two or three years.
There is great tendency on the part OF
many to neglect the colts on the farm
during the winter.
When spraying do not work with the
bare hands. They'll be sore if you do.
Put on pair of rubber gloves.
Scrubs do not produce the best market
animals, and this is the final test for all
meat producing animals.
Field roots are an excellent feed for all
sheep during the winter months aud es-
pecialy for the eve in lamb.
The COW barn should and can be kept
50 clean that the milking will not be OBJ
jectionable to any of the farm women.
When a fowl is found to be suffering
from cold it is best to put it in warm,
well lighted coop by itself and treat it
there.
Corn is the best crop TO plant on new
land, as the constant working will put
the ground in good order for seeding IN
the fall.
Cows permitted to continue their nat
ural lactation periods, nine to ten months
will usually cease milking with very little
trouble.
II you want to make frst-class COWS
from your young heifers, fee d well while
they are carrying their first calf and don't
forget to handle them.