Middletown transcript., 1912-08-03
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

Katlr is harder on land than corn,
Do not forget to provide shade for the
poultry.
The better the man, the better the COW.
Every time.
Cold water is practically useless for re.
moving bacteria.
Glover crops must be used to prevent
the loss of plant food.
You can't tell by the looks OF a dairy
COW how honest she is.
Harrow teeth are made to be turned,
yet how many people do ii?
An inch of rainfall on an acre of land
weighs more than 100 tons.
A pasture arranged to include a few
shade trees is 25 per cent. better.
If hens develop the featheL-pulling
habit, send them to market at once.
Corn and alfalfa make a combination
that cannot be equalled on the dairy farm.
Liberal feeding of the dairy calves is
money pat where it will draw big interest.
Every farmer should have a small
wheel seeder and a small garden hose.
1t is mistake to keep a nondescript
bull simply because he costs a little
money.
Sore shoulders are the result of ill-ft-
ting collars and not always those of the
season.
Paper may be made to stick to white
washed walls by an application of vine
gar to the walls.
CIabbered milk drained and left to dry
makes fine feed for young chicks. Rub
it fine before feeding.
Don't forget the weeds that are getting
ready to 60 to seed along the roadside.
Second or third crop alfalfa, if properly
managed, furnishes a very satisfactory
pasture for sheep.
All cows that are hearty eaters are not
profitable producers, but all profitable
producers are hearty eaters.
GentIeness and patience are always i'm
portant in the dairy barn, but doubIy so
when handling tie young heifer.
Instead of feeding wet mashes to chicks
try giving cracked grain in small quanti-
tes in litter. It's good health insurance.
Cultivation hastsns the Liberation of
plant food by permitting air to permeate
the soil and oxidize or burn out the Of
ganic matter.
Live stock husbandry will postpone
soil depletion for longer period of time
than grain farming but it will not prevent
depletion.
The eggs from matured hens will hatch
better and produce stronger chicks than
the eggs of pullets. They are usually
larger, too.
70 avoid sore mouth in pigs, the little
fellows should have their front teeth re-
moved as soon after they are farrowed as
possible.
When the Piow horses are brought liz
at noon the harness should be removed
and the shoulders washed and rubbed
dry while they are feeding.
Cement floors are conceded by most all
dairymen to be the most sanitary, and if
the cows are properly bedded, it will give
better satisfaction than planks.
Oil meal is laxative, and helps to pre-
vent the feyerish condition which often
appears at farrowing time aud which
is occasionally responsible for pig eating.
The results ol the tillage experiments
with disk and mold-0osrd plows indicate
that for deep blowing the disk is prefer
to the mold-5oard plow.
The young SOW has got to make her
growth, so that the young SOW must be
fed literally IN order to develop properly.
Root crops will be profitable for both
the dairy cows and the hogs. Some of
the best breeders that are making official
records use roots in addition to silage.
Those who argue against silos and EN-
silage have seen the points knocked off
all their arguments except the one that it
takes great deal of expensive labor to
do the filling.
Do not expect very large percentage
of real high class birds, even from the
very best OF stock, and do not find fault
with the other fellow until you are sure
you have done our part well.
Sheep like rape.
Scaly leg is very contagious.
Feed the dairy COWS variety.
Every idle acre is tax on every acre
IN use
The young calves need an abundant of
sunlight.
Grooming is as important as feeding for
working horses.
The careful stockmsn gives his manure
preader daily exercise.
The United States prOdu cas- more corn
han all the rest of the world.
Cows should not be kept too long on
me ration, no matter how good.
The soft maple is a fast growing tree
hat loves a fairly moist climate.
More fresh air and less hot air are what
needed in the dairy business.
1t should be remember that horse can
% more than his feet will stand.
Whenever hogs are confined to one
seding place a feeding floor should be
rovided.
Butter is eaten more as a relish than for
be actual constituents it contains.
The United States is responsible for
To-thirds Of the cotton crop of the world.
1t is just as necessary to fit a collar to
orse as it is to fit shoe to the foot.
Ducks are very fond of dandelions
hoped and mixed with ground grain.
From the time corn tassels out until it
ecomes ripe it increases its dry matter
ye-iold.
Speaking of the matter now, second
rop clover added to the corn improves
he ensisge.
The value of the corn silage to the beef
roducer is not limited to its use in wiz
,r feeding alone.