Middletown transcript., 1912-10-26
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

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chicks.
Young turkeys and dampness do not
get along together.
Any soil that turns blue litmus paper
pink needs lime.
If you haven't hog house, prepare to
build one this fall.
Experts say that topping corn material
ly reduces the yield.
Plenty of good loose dirt should be al
lowed the molting hens.
The manners of the horse usually re-
veals the temper of bis owner.
Turkeys need wide range. They do
not do well confined to yards.
Every day you keep the lambs after
they are big enough to go is loss.
Water the horse before you give him
hay. Hay before grain, concentrates
last.
Good feed will put life into as'sarse a
hundred time better than an s-foot whip.
Pasture and exercises develops strong
frame in all kinds of young stock.
Rye may be sown in the fall and used
as late fall and early spring pasture.
Stubble that cannot be stirred this fall
should be disked to conserve the mois-
ture.
Don't be in any hurry about weaving
the heifers you will add to the dairy.
tits we'll to remember that ducks need
plenty of cool shade during the hot
months.
Live stock furnishes manure and con-
verts forage crops into marketable pro-
ducts.
The green straw pile is not infrequent-
ly the sign of green hand managing the
separator.
Give the turkeys grit.
Rotation of crops is simple.
Feed green forage sparingly.
Ventilate all coops and buildings.
Don't overwork the mare; it won't pay.
Make plenty Of new nests for the hens
this wintsr.
Every farmer should make determin-
ed war on weeds.
You can t be too particular in picking
sires for your herds.
Weli-bred, wel-selected Lpigs, mxke
more profit on the food eaten.
More lime and more tile to nail alfalfa
to rough, hard soil.
A hen always likes nice new nest in
some dark, secluded corner.
1t pays best to have horses well brok-
en- when he is offered for sale.
A scar from barbed wire cut reduces
the valne of young horse immensely.
The close, sultry nights demand proper
ventilation of all the coops and buildings.
Corn silage has been shown to be cheap
er than hay or corn stover for fattenine
steers.
Fruit for local market should get about
all its best color before it is picked.
Flies breed in manure and other filth.
So keep it cleaned up and spread on the
fields.
Among fruits the apple, pear, peach,
plum and cherry usually do best where
lime is abundant.
Milk souring before the cream rises will
mean poor quality Of butter, and valua-
BILE cream lost.
When dairying is made business on a
farm, instead of chore, you can look for
that farm to prosper.
As asingle ration, alfalfa comes nearest
to filling all the requirements of a hog
that is trying to get fat.
The medium sized pig is the most pro-
1table to raise, because he can be both
thrifty and possess good quality.
Give the COWS cool place screened
from the flies, where they can chew their
cads and get ready for milking time.
A good COW never dies in debt to her
owner, but without the Babcock tester she
may never get credit for her performance.
With reasonably good seed and fairly
we'll prepared seed bed about twenty
pounds of alfalfa seed are required per
acre.
A recommended cure for a foundered
COW is to let her have all the water she
RECEIVERS.
If cream is hung close to the water in a |
well that produces a real cold drink it |
will-in most cases be in just the right |
shape for churning.
Consider the clovers. 1t often means
the difference between failure and sue
cess. The clovers are almost indispenss-
bic in the farm scheme.
Darkened stables or milking late seem
to be the only ways of getting around the
fly problem. If you know of any other
good way, what is it,
For several years we have bought farm
butter from the same farmer ct cents
above retail market price every month in
the year and glad to get it.
The silO needs no roof.
Milk is excellent for chicks.
Keep the horse manger clean.
Horses, men and boys all dislike the
hay rake.
Farm manure is the best all-round fer
tilizer known.
A little bone meal should be fed the
chicks occasionally.