Middletown transcript., 1912-09-14
FARM NEWS And VIEWS

Try Keeping lew siieep on the laFih
Sit on the milk stool-ion't pound the
COW with it.
Hot, close weather brings lots of lice to
the dirty psn.
Improved breeds of hogs are improving
the hogs profit.
Are there any dead heads in your
dairy? If so weed them out.
FIRST class fruit will command a first
cl SIS trade af2frst class prices.
Shorts are more economical feed for
sow ID growing pigs Than for cows.
A boy and dogs make poor combina-
lion to bring the COWS home from pa: :
ture.
la SPRAYING, drenching is not desired !;
stop spraying Just before dripping begins.
He who attends to the repair Of ma
clinery before using it saves both time
aud money.
When a dairy man learns to use the
BAbcock tesi he is started on the way to
his ecouomic salvation.
frequent cultivation the remainder Of
the summer will fit the stra berry bed
for its next year's work.
The best dairyman is clean, bet at,-anep
he has TO be, but because it is 10 ond ma
turs for him 20 be.
When the calf gets old emo gh to turn
out to grass be sure and continue feeding
ration OF grain or milk.
As the marketing season d ances the
patrons of C operative eleva OF COT al :
les Congratn ate themst Ives.
The dairy cow has a capac ty for grt at
amount Of food and unless this feed is
provided she cannot do her best.
NJ k may be tested for utterfat at diff
ferenL temperatures. 1t is Will 10 have
it between 80 and 81 degrees Fahrenheit
1t is hard to see where those pigs that
are gro y ing up in dry pc are going to
make very much pr, fit for their owner.
Never use crates or b xes more than
once Neat, cItan boxes sell first even
though the fruit ay not be up to the
standard in every way.
Ii you are careless or negltctful OF
spray ing and get poor results this season
don't say that spraying doesn't pay. Ii
does pay-dnd pays big interest.
L. is always safest to take no chances
with bull, no matter how good his re-
putalon beforel I'd. 1t is 50 often lh-
gentle" amin a that cause accidents.
There are two crops which cannot As q
rule be grown in the same ish, sheep
and dogs Sheep a-e no profitable bul
dogs are the favorite will. too many ia :
mers.
A great many farmers do not realize
that g IS supplies feed entir,ly differ.
ent from corn and that 1t is bad practice
10 change entirely aud suddenly from one
10 the o.her.
Never introduce new bird into the
regular yard until it has been duly quar-
an,ined. Keep IL alone fnr a week anu
note Its condition, appetite. etc. Disease
is uftem introduced into fl jck by cart
leo>nesS III this matter.
Too many forget to speak kindly t.
their horse, hence never have a kind
rorse. CT tile affection of your horse,
aud Jon have taken a most important
step toward getting lis best services.
The grower Who will sort his app les il
to two ur more gfadss, packed well, will
get mole mUhey lur his fruit than the
one WHO throws all kinds together in 8
harrel and places a layer of the best ont
on top.
The best time to kill weeds of any kind
is when they are sms l. Never let weeds
go to seed. Stop the fouLtuin of the
trouble by p'antng only dian seed. A
good tanning mill will sol e the prot len
Of clean seed.
Milk the COWS clean.
Every farm needs silo.
Give all farm animals pure water.
Stunted calves don't axe good cows.
Ii you eau raise good steer " hy raise
poor ont?
The pig eating SOW is usually the result
of bad feeding.
| Learn to handle harness fast, on and
off, it saves so much time.
The world keeps finding new uses for
corn and corn products.
A roadside filed with tall weeds is a
great harbt ring place for flies.
Get the old hens started for market a.
soon as they have laid their litter out.
The most eloquent friends the ilo ha:
are those men who have fed silage.
OAe good thing about the incubator, il
never leaves the xest before the ,b i
doue.
A little salt daily for the COWS is better
tt az the weekly sailing on Sunday morh-
ing.
Tie breeding boar should not only bt
a good individual. but be backed by gooo
ancestors.
Sunshine is ra'ure's best disinfectaul
and tile pens ahd houses cannot have tot
much of it.
Oliver is al exceptionally good cattle
rougl age, but at present prices its use IL
quite prohibitive.
Rposters of all breeds should be separs
red from hens when the mott. 1t takes
them 1nger than hens.
Pigs allowed to make their beds OF
manure piles soon become scuffy and af-
lected with dry hacking cough.
Ii the heifer doesn't chow up vel witt
ner first calf and give promise OF being
profitable COW better get rid Of her.
There is no question bit what the thin
nlsnket keeps the fl ss off, but however