Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-01-25

hatch spring chicks In some sections.
Shorts are more economical feed
for sows and growing pigs than corn
The deepest mudhole and steepest
hill measure the real distance to mar.
ket.
Turkeys will soon become weak and
subject to disease where inbrseding 10
practiced.
Where there Is plenty Of skinned
milk, beef scraps for hens need not
tie bought.
When the hogs fail to gain at least
4 round a day 1t Is time to say good
BY to them.
Get your cows started right for the
coming cold weather and they will do
well all winter
Build a warm, dry and otherwise
comfortable room for the calves Tor
the cold heather.
When selecting a COW for the dairy
look and see If the eye Of the ami
NAL Is large and full.
This Is the time OF the year when
Ani, L. hattap and
more liberal feeding
To thoroughly clean milk utensils
they first should be rinsed with cold
water. to remove all particles Of
milk
The successful feeding Of lambs de-
ponds iar2e'y on their Icing offered
g'eat variety OF food while In the
yards
Peach trees can he planted any
time between last and first frost: the
earlier in the win,e r they are planted
the better.
Keep all the rotten fruit well
cleaned up around The orchard. as
these constitute the winter quarters
OF numerous orchard pests
II all Of the garden space Ia to
grow profitable crops, no large trees
must stand closer than thirty TO fifty
feet from the garden fence
The calf that is expected TO develop
into strong and profitable COW
should be given all the chance posi-.
Bile during Its early period OF growth
The best results are usually obtain
ed from the work that is systematized
and most carefully planned This ID
not always the hardest work on the
farm,
The best way to stop hog from
eating chickens is to put II on the
market as soon as possible. since II
will soon lead other hogs into the bad
habit
The best milking pail is the one so
constructed that II will reduce to q
minimum the amount OF dirt falling
into the milk during the process Of
milking
An old horseman says that the chief
cause of collie In horses. or the cause
or the largest per cent OF these cases.
Is brought through long abstinence
from water
DO no, neglect TO secure a good
supply Of fine dust for the fowls dur.
ing the coming winier. while the
ground is yet dry and there is dust
In the road
There Is much difference in the in.
dividuality of COVE and their powers
to 1rt duce milk az there Is In men
and their powers to perform certain
kinds of work
The profit In a COW comes from the
extra amount Of milk she will yield
over what she ordinarily gives on
common pasture or the coarse feeds
usually given her
The poultry raiser who notes his
mock carefully, taking into account
hot Hntnp md Al ~
doing, ought to know more how to
feed and what to feed. than anyone
advising at long range.
1t Is very dangerous to pasture
stock on second growth sorghum or
Johnson grass. as this year has been
dry In many sections and these crops
have heen grown under unfavora BILE
conditions.
Skim milk is good food for poul-
try The fat has been taken from 1t
and leaves II proportionately. rich in
protein. which is very desirable ele-
nent in poultry foor Use II to mix
mash for the chickens You may
also give them all the milk they will
drink
With eggs bringing an average Of
over 20 cents dozen and market poul-
try AZ Ii cer> pound and over, II 10
an easy matter to show paper profits
that leave most othsr lines OF farming
clear round the corner
The filing OF the silo and thus pro-
viding a supply of Dalatable and sue
culent feed for the stock for the en-
tire year is not only sign of progress
but Is an indication that the farmer
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