Middletown transcript., 1912-11-16
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
Gull the eve flock.
Be careful in milking.
Sheep need care and feed.
Good fences are important

Be careful in milking.
Sheep need care and feed.
Good fences are important.
Lime may be applied to the soil at an,
time.
The best seed corn is that grown or
ones own farm.
Potatoes are as cheap this year as they
will ever be again.
The dairy COW should essentially be a
large and rich mixer.
A coat or wbitewash in the po's.ry
house adds both beauty and profit.
Hogs running in the corn field
are healthier than those shut in pen.
To have horses of endurance give the
colts chance to develop their muscles.
Don't waste your time cutting cofp for
fodder after one good frost strikes it,
The only way to make sheep pay is to
keep the best sheep and giye the best
care.
Change of pasture makes fat cattle
they say Variety in fed also makes
The value of a hog d,pends upon his
ability to make good pogg. This is equally
true of all breeds
Are you keeping the boys and g;rl.
properly supplied with good 'tools'' to
do their work in the schoolrooms?
Your lambs ought to be big enough
now to bring good price. Let them 90
aud give the rest better chance.
The hay stock without a good ton is
just about on par with, the corn 81 =
that has nearly twisted down.
Feeding the drop apples to the
WI save much grain and act as a
appetizer for the animals.
Because a COW is a hearty eater
sign that she is profitable, but all
and profitable COWS are hearty eaters
Millet should be cut before the 81
are ripe, in fact after it is we'll headed 81
it is candidate for the mower.
Don't leave the sheep IN a dry, short
pasture ~GlSe Sbem chance in a fresh
pasture or give good grain ration.
Corn is ready to be cut for silage when
the grain is in the dent and gIszsd but
can still be broken with the thumb nail.
II you produce our own seed grain it
is important to select it early out OF the
best part of the crop and take good care
Of it.
The fatality among pigs du ing the alb
morally heated spell was in many cases in
creased, if not wholly caused by putrid
will barrels.
Lung troubles in swine are frequently
he result of dust and filth snuffed |
Trough the nostrils While feeding on the
,round.
Pigs that have been properly grown up
o five months with big strong frames can
'e rounded up quickly for market with
alton consisting largely OF cIrn.
II more sheep were kept by farmers
ight along, instead of having them when
sed stuffs are high in price and sheep
ice versa, more money could be realized.
Fly time has Dassed
Clean the poultry ard.
Pigs must have sunshine.
Burp the old nesting material. |,
In producing wool and mutton there is
o waste.
a foul dairy = axes no producer of prize
inning butter,
Livestock is the basis of most farmers I
lccess in farming. e
Sharpen and repair the garden tools
r next seasons use,
Feed is cheaper and more plentiful than
has been for years,
A CORK soaked In oil makes good SUBJ
itnte for glass stopper.
All fruit should be graded aud Grated,
pecially for private marketing. is
So far as can be done select the largest ii
ID best soWs for breeders. h
Corn willdry out better if the shocks ! O
g kept down to reasonable size. &c
Deep plowIng aud the gas tractor are u
e Gold Dust Twins oi the new agricul- -
re. :"
Wrap the young fruit trees early, to b,
event the rabbits from gnawiug and til
ling them. tn
Many Of the troubles with both young lie
d old horses may be traced to bad th
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