Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-07-18

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Cement floors are best.
Cowpeas improve the soil.
Poultry need much attention.
Plant trees in the poultry yard.
The dairy sire II half the future
herd.
Bran is a good feed to make muscle
In calves.
Ground for asparagus and rhubarb
can't be too rich.
It is not always the largest hen
that IL the best layer.
The demand for good draft horses 10
greatly on the increase.
II the garden 10 not well drained
don't expect much from 1t.
Alfalfa Is q great feed for . brood
SOW in summer and winter.
Cleanliness Is next to g0dliness--
and ahead OF it with the milk inspeo-
tor.
Paint costs little, and adds much to
the beauty and sale value Of the
home.
Large yields make cheaper feed!
Therefrom arise the easiest profits Of
farming
The modern home needs the electric
serves 1t.
Cowpeas, as we'll as clover. is very
common crop to grow for soil i'm
provsment.
Mate up the teams intended for
farm work at least few days before
they are needed.
II the fetlocks are clipped and the
horses legs are kept clean. scratching
will never bother.
1t Is easier to hatch chickens than
to raise them. but both are easy II
you 60 at 1t right.
The development of the young horse
requires the exercise Of the best judg.
msnt In handling him.
The. ,Rheep quarters. at Landing
time especially, should be kept we'll
bedded and very clean.
Seed potatoes are high In price.
Make them 80 as far as possible. Two
eyes to piece are enough.
For two or three days after freshen.
ing, a light bran mash, little silage
and some hay, are good for the COW.
A blockish.buHt mare with a large
barrel on short legs is likely to pro-
duce q better foal than the tall leggy
kind.
-Four hundred head OF good draft
horsss were eagerly snapped up at
good prices at q recent horse sale In
Illinois.
The difficulty OF disposing OF COM
mon grades of horses Is as much In
finding buyers for them as in getting
respectable prices.
No matter how highly bred and
carefully cultured q colt may be If It
10 not carefully trained and properly
developed It loses its value.
1t makes some horses ugly to work
them with horses that do not travel
up With them. Match them as to
gait as we'll aa,to other things.
Horse bleeding requires more CAPT.
tai, Is more profitable. II successful,
and involves .larger Losses II not. than
any other kind of stock breeding.
There 10 money in dairying In spite
Of q prevalent notion to the con.
trary, but 1t needs q combination OF
good cows and good management to
get 1t out
Ducks srs5freauentiy afitctsd with
rheumatism. 1t comes from roosttng
on damp ground. Give them good
dry house with plenty of straw for
bedding, and keep them in 1t at
night.
Don't try to economic by buying
seeds that are cheap. Get the best.
and don't complain II the price seems
high. 1t costs money to grow and
save high.grade seeds, and 1t doesn't
pay TO- use any other.
A dry ground floor Is better than
4 cold, damp cement floor. but 1t must
be remembered that the hogs will
soon work the ground floor into dust
mulch, which 10 injurious to their
lungs. Batter have q Il good cement
noor covered with boards and plenty
Ut bedding.
II thin SOW has more pigs than
she can suckle to advantage. take