Middletown transcript., 1912-10-19
FARM NEWS AND lERS

4 Cspanlzing is profitable,
Rsags G ehioks shest
Sheep must have some sheItsr
Keep the horse mapgrr clean.
Separate che pullets ana aocs ersls.
stock.
Some cows are better bred ,haa their
owners
Do not putths colts ii ! pasture fenced
by barbed wi,e.
Do you have lot Of young roostsrsf
Sell them for irys.
lis . mighty easy matter to OvercroWd
the chick coops now.
1t may be wise to protect the colts
from the flies dnrrng the day.
Hill culture produces earlier strawber-
ries than matted row culture.
Unless man has great love for a
horse be should aot handle colts.
A sheep Or calf stsked in the front ward
is spleudid lawn mower.
Warm skim milk for feeding purposes
soon pays The cost Of farm separator.
MOst of the fly dopes are fairly good
but fgr results they have to be applied
every day.
Sheep have just as Important a place
upon the average farm as a6y other live
stock.
Drink is all right for the hogs, but they
need some grain and.vegetables to 90 with
their milk.
There is plenty OF farm talk in the air.
but it is farm work that counts in the
bank balance.
A good plan is to make the lots long
and narrow and SOW then. 80 pasture, plow
ing up alternately.
Remember, chick coops are very apt to
become foul and unhealthy while the
weather is suliry.
It will only take about half as much
grain aud other feed to raise a litter of
pigs if they be givn pasture.
There are about dozen different breed
of dairy cattle and best of them all is the
kind that suits you best.
Roughness cannot be made to entirely
take the place of grain, but heavy crop
of roughuess is not to be despised.
The best favored butter is obtained by
ripening or souring cream until 5 to 8 per
cent. acid has been developed.
Ground limestone is preferable to
burnt lime unless two tons of the former
cost considerably more than one ton of
the latter.
There are very few farmer on which
additional labor expended in preparing
the seed bed would not yield handsome
returns.
A wide raDgs and frequent exchange of
pasture will reduce the ravsges Of the
stomach worm, that fearful enemy of tlfs
sheep.
An enterprising farmer living near a
town of 5000 or more can sell every
pound of his butter at full retail prices or
little above the year round.
The man who is trying to raise h0es
without pasture and forage crops is like
puppy chasing his tail. He gets plenty
Of exercise, but nothing else.
Sore shoulders on a horse are nothing
ess than shameful, and no man should
consider himself worthy who permits
hem to appear upon his work animals.
If horses are inclined to nab at each
'ther between the stalls, put up some
light wire as partition. They can see
brough this all right and still not reach
zach other.
An old meadow is the worst place for
many white grubs. It
nay take three years of thorough culture
o get rid of the grubs. A drove of active
,igs will do it in one season.
1t is rarely profitable or advisable to
reat fowl which gives evidence of being
eriously ill. Better use the axe, unless
be bird is most valuable. Generally
psakiDg drugs affect fowls the same as
hey do Us, and may be given according
y.
Glover silage is excellent.
Never whip a shying horse.
Keep all young stock growing.