Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-22


q deceptive one.
The well-ventilated barn is quite 40
essential as the warm one.
Hogs should have clean pastures.
beds and water and a variety Of food.
The best time to cut post timber OF
any kind Is when the trees are In full
leaf.
Lice are responsible for more loss
among little turkeys than any other
cause.
Avoid rush by ordering crates,
boxes, barrels, ETC., In ample time for
shipping.
The cleaner the feed and feeding
places, the better the quality of the
pork in all.
The greatest element In successful
turkey raising Is long dry season
without any rain.
Turkeys are good for the fields. They
can be driven anywhere you wish from
one field to another.
In transplanting plants from pots to
the open, water them freely the day
before they are re.potted.
In making poultry pay much de-
ence and your aptitude in the work.
A chickens stomach Is not made or
iron, and the same diet day after day
harms them as much as 1t does hu
man.
Understood pullets are not profit.
able. There will be some scrubs de-
veloped in the best Of strains. Get
rid OF them.
Poultry raisers can learn much by
attending the farmers institute meet
ings held in their section of the diff
ferent states.
A good grain mixture for chicks Is
made up Of two parts cracked corn.
two parts wheat, two parts Kaffir and
one part millet
Keep track of the chicks that
feather out early. The chances favor
the birds becoming the most profit
able ones to keep.
A tablespoonful Of baking soda plac-
ed in the drinking water two or three
times a week will prevent bowel trou-
Bile In the chickens.
1t is always good plan to use plen-
ty Of seed in planting cucumbers, can
taloupes, melons, etc. The hills may
be thinned out later.
Give the newborn calf touch OF
fly repellant on that spot on the back
where the hair parts. The nies like
to feast right there.
AS the weather gets warmer be sure
that all brood coops are we'll ven
tilated at night, 80 that the air will be
pure and cool within.
Poultry Systems" requiring close
confinement of the flock and large
amount Of personal attention are out
of place on general farm.
To get the flock as a whole In lay.
ing condition in the time required by
the breed or variety the fowls must be
properly grown from chickhood.
Twenty acres of corn put into silo
Is said to be worth more than thirty
acres put In the crib. This Is quite an
item, especially when feed Is 30 high.
Industrious hens are the kind to
keep. 1t matters not what the breed
The lazy hen is Improbable. 1t Is
the Industrious hen that lays the eggs.
II any fruits or vegetables are mar
keted, see that they are put up In
clean, neat and wellgraded packages.
They will sell quicker and at better
price.
The pig that can be raised under
ordinary conditions and good care. and
made to weigh from $50 to 800 pounds
quickest Is the most profitable sized
hog for the farmer to keep.
To feed too much soft food is I'M
natural This is particularly true and
harmful II overfed so such food lies
around to sour and become unwhole-
some.
Feed the small chickens often, and
II wet and cold, and the old hen Is
overly active, better contine her for a
short time each morning or all OF a
rainy day.
The farmer who can tell Just what
It costs to produce and market
crop Is not so very common but when
you do find such man you find one
who Is a success.
Cottonseed meal should not be fed
too literally, as 1t then acts rather
disastrously on the reproductive or
gans. 1t is really not advisable to
add 1t to the bill of fare for laying
hens.