Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-01-18

The feed and feeding is the first i'm.
portant point In successful dairying.
One OF the most successful pigeon
ralsers feeds his birds nothing but
whole corn.
Never feed souIcd or tainted food or
any kind to the chicks, or TO the old
fowls. either.
II takes good manager to make
a profit of 81 per herd each year from
single pair of br, cders
The sheep industry cannot reach
perfection until every mongrel dog IN
the land IL exterminated
There is one rule always TO be re-
membered: Never mate birds that
are Matched in the same nest
II is best not to put sawdust in the
poultry house. as Il gathers too much
moisture and causes dampness
1t 10 fact that the dogs destroy
more sheep In some certain states
than all the diseases combined.
Keen COWS and Pigs away from fat.
tening hogs, and give them feeds that
produce flesh and bone rather than
fat
Thoroughly clean ard wh'tewash
the inside OF the hen house and It VIII
be lighter and cleaner during the en-
tire winter
Cabbage is one Of the very best
vegetables to feed to poultry as II
keeps green long time and the chick
ems enjoy picking at It
An egg, to belong TO the strictly
fresh egg class. shonld moi be over
three days old In summer weather.
and week old during winter
ia man allows his chickens to roam
amid the mud and slush OF the yards
in the fall he Is preparing the way
for some sick fowls this winter
He who makes a success in the
chicken business from the start will
be the man who does things. not he
who waits for a favorable opportunity
Get rid OF the cockere!s as rapidly
as they get large enough and thus cut
of the feed bill and protect the others
OF the flock from these scrappy young
sters.
II good. clean. sound grain In abun.
dance. and a variety, with pure water.
grit oyster shell and meat In some
form. will not produce eggs. nothing
else will
Only an expert Is able to tell BY
the smell Just when the cream Is right
for churning II then has clean.
sour taste and smells like nuts fresh
from the woods
Impure air. as well as dampness.
are a danger to any flock Separate
the f,ocks In punches OF rs or 80 and
feed them separately and they will
make much better gains
Always make th' nest boves easily
removable 20 that they may be FIRE.
uuently taken ont OF the house and
cleaned dirinfected and treated for
the destruction OF vermin
The dairy farmer who does not build
n silo usually has some reason when
Is satisfactory to him. but he cannot
longer use the excuse that silage has
a detrimental effect on milk quality
II is a mistake to discard breed
on the supposltion that II Is no; a
hardy one Hardness ran be instilled
in any breed by proper housing prop
er food, proper attention and syste
matte breeding
The time of milk giving is largely
Influenced by the period OF CESSATION
as usually the COWS will be ready to
dry up from six to four weeks before
calving. no matter how long she has
been giving milk.
The scales and a Babcock tester
when rightly used, will accurately de-
termine whether any OF your cows
are "grafters" just az surely as a pair
of farm scales will show the exact
yield Of corn.
The olo hen. the carelessly inbred
hen, the mongrei without a well. bred
ancestry. keen the reproduction OF
this country down t" seventy five eggs
average per year A little more care
In feeding and breeding would double
this and double the revenue from the
poultry yards of this country.
To the up-to-uate ana progressive
dairyman and to the most advanced
cattle feeders. the use Of the silo and
the feeding of ensilage Is recognized
as being necessar. to the greatest sue
cess In their respective lines OF bust
ness.
The farmer ought to be able to pro
duce eggs at feed cost OF abou,
eight cents dozen To do this he
must keep the hens which win make
the best showing. instead of a lot OIL
mongrels OF no breeding and without