Middletown transcript., 1912-10-05
FARM NEWS And VIEWS

rAe5 anu not Weatner cut down 0alry
profits.
Alfalfa pasture and hogs is a great COM
bination.
Rape is one ofthe best crops for temper
ary hog pasture.
1t is as easy to teach a colt good man.
ners as faulty ones.
The quack grass problem is largely a
matter of poor drainage.
The separator should never be allowed
in the barn or near it.
The horses should be given at least one
feed OF mixed hay once day.
Trees should not be planted on 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.
Itis a mistake to keep young turkey
hens every year, particularly those hatch
ed late.
Do away with blinders on the horse.
Their use is a cruel practice and cause
many eye defects.
See that your brood sows get plenty of
exercise, so that thsy may produce large,
healthy litters.
The hens simply cannot and will not
fill the egg basket and feed lice and mites
on their bodies.
The man who is trying to keep hogs
without pasture and forage crops is fifty
years behind the times.
A 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 during the third year.
Corn siage is just as valuable for carry
ing over stockers and feeders as it is for
fattening and finishing the beeves.
Demand for good, productive farm
is steadily increasing. Some
very high prices are paid for we'll i'm
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
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 gen.
orally used than any other implement to
alfalfa, and when properly ad-
usted does good work.
Cowpeas have value in crop rotation
because they serve tine double purpose of
a crop of feed and fertilizing
he soil at the same time.
The great majority of diseases are due
o bad management and housing, includ-
ng cold, damp and lll-ventilated houses;
ich feeding, impure water and lack of
exercise:
1t requires three months or more to
row broiler, much depending upon the
weight desired, the stock and the care.
3roilers shrink about half pound each
when dressed.
Exercise the stallion.
DO not neglect the heifers.
pony for the boy is handy.
Clean chicken coops mean health,
Look out now for the mare and colt.
Now is the time to begin dipping the
poultry.
Separate out the young roosters. Eat
be old hens.
Water, the necessity of life, is too often
Ienied live stock.
A night pasture should always be ar
anged near the barn.
In handling colts there is more profit
coaxing than in kicking.
Keep the manger sweet. Scalding water
7ill correct this trouble.
Choice heifers make choice mixers
ave the choicest for the dairy.
Be sure the mares aud colts in pasture
ave shelter from the hot sun.
Keep the sweet potato vines clipped
ack to not over two feet in length.
The hotter the water the better job it
oes in cleansing the milk utensils.
The old-fashioned straw shed is a cheap
nd satisfactory shelter for the stock.
Lime does not take the place of fertili-
sr, but makes it more effective.
A little sand on the floors of tbe hen
ouse will do away with dampness.
Turn the horses out TO pasture it will
clip to cool their blood.
A bit of grain in the manger at milking !
me can call the COWS farther than you
IN.
Do not neglect to give the calves eoch G
~ some fresh locks of clover or alfalfa '
~.
Success does not lie in the number of
'ws man keeps, but rather in the kind b
! keeps. a
Notice now closely the flies stick to the
iws cool mornings. They need little
a
To allow the eve and lamb to run to- g
ther without thought Of weaving is a
,or sort of policy.