Middletown transcript., 1912-11-02
Farm NEWS And E.

The crop is Tor hog and then senls 4
Keep the sleeping places dry and cleo
Kindness + ais graiiness IN getting
work ont Of horses
aeonrs ia pigs Is All indieaiion u indl-
gession in the Aother.
Your horse may intend 10 Please you,
but does not understand our wishes.
Try to arrange to gi,s cas- horse ~
the farm three weeks vacation on
grass.
Farming ona business basis eliminates
small mules just as It dispiaces small
horses.
Sheen, il given half chance. and if Of
good. healthy stock are sure to pay their
way.
The leveIne ilIi which horse walks
Is one Of the b4st evidences shat lis legs
work in harmeirY
Sweet clover sad alfalfa feed heavily on
the lime which aecoun,s for the larger
growth Of young stock
Alter day's work clean the work
horse Thoroughly wash their legs fFonr
The knees do@a and rub dry.
Don pave The sheep ia a dry, shore
pastnfr Tive them chance in fresh
pasture. er give good grain ration.
The past season has seen more silsgs
beef on the market than ever before, as
the feeder has recently taken up thssilo.
Beginning in the ia l, the hogs may be
run on winter wheat and oats, followed
by alfalfa, and vetches in the early
spriuG
A small hock Of vigorous sheep on the
farm if given good care cannot help but
yield good returns for the Toney invest
ed.
The most successful hoq-growers of to-
day are tie neu who real the great
value Of pasture crops as a supplement to
grainin er Siug and fattening hogs.
Whey Is not good feed for c.lses and
can be tssd only in limited way.
Look out for those cold fall rains, put
the cows mp. This applies TO calves as
we'll
Lighting, vsnIilation and eleanluess
must be practiced before best results can
be secured in the dairy,
Danish experiments show that 600
pounds OF skim milk equal in feeding
value 600 pounds of corn meal,
breed Of dairy cows can continue as
ffa-elss daily animals if the calves are
sIlo q fnn with the COVE;
from four to six months old fire.
qoensly bloat if allowed to run on young
green clover, especially if the clover is
CoVain good condition and running iq
a good pasture require no grain feed 70
put Sen ID good condition for the win:
6hsb the stancbions; they have bsep
IL possible for many injured uddere.
When the Gov is confined ia :he stall
she needs solid comfort
The few flies that have managed to
keep their feet warm are very annoying.
They stick like a burr to dogs tail and
bite with dying ferocity during the heat
of the day.
Stanchions are all right for the dairy
calf when it Is being fed! The rest of the
time it should be given liberty. where
the ventilation is good and sunshine is
prevalent
Rush the blowing.
Prepare Tor the fall rains.
The onion thrips is bad pest.
Slack fence wire is slack farming.
Rhubarb is an easy crop to grow.
The crop Of potato bugs was light this
year.
Potatoes infested with rot are poor
holding proposition. T.
Joint grass may be killed out In
beet fields by clean cultivation.
As rule, we do not make as good use
of our pasture lands as we'might.
1t is important THAT an alfslfa field
where seed lie grown be free Of weeds.
It will pay to battenthe cracks in the
barn before coming of cold weather.
The state and county agricultural fairs
are of value to every farmer in the coun-
try.
1.-THE pasture is not available, silage or
a good sOiling crop will be absolutely in
dispepsable.
Before you fill yonr stave silo it should
be painted on the inside with coal tar
thinned with gasoline.
Improvement in the quality and CON
dition of wheat is not the only benefit de-
rived from stacking the crop.
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