Middletown transcript., 1912-07-06
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

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is usually the safer horse.
Young pigs are peculiarly subjected t.
various kinds of intestinal worms.
1t is better to give the orchard clear
cultivation than to raise crops in it.
1t is better to have a dirty floor than
dirty, dusty atmosphere during milking
time.
The bull which is closely housed is apt
to become ugly. Give him plenty of ex.
ercise.
Leave horse united when hooked to 6
vehicle and he will be likely to be gone
when you return for him.
Fine gravel is not the proper grit fol
poultry. They want a sharp material
with which to grind their food.
Expert orchardists recommend seeding
the orchard to crimson CIOver-Or rye to
be plowed down the following spring.
In localities where aster, goldenrod and
other fall blooms abound it is we'll to look
for surplus even in September.
An honr's work with a sharp wire at
the foot OF year peach trees killing borers
may mean an extra bushel OF fne peaches
A tree can be bridge grated in less than
half an hour, and it ia better to take this
time to do it than to let a valuable tree
die. >
Go over the young apple trees and cut
off every water sprout with a sharp knife
close to the trunks. Do it early and they
will heal this season.
To do well the cows should be turned
dry something like six weeks before
fresheniug. This is good for the calf, rests
the COW and develops the udder.
Give the chickens grit.
Kill the peach borers.
Don't overfeed the young chicks.
Alfalfa makes an excellent roughage.
The rent in the clothes will not pay the
rent OH the farm.
Include the hen houses in your spring
house cleaning.
The true dairy COW is easily affected by
conditions.
Do not make too violent crosses. Select
your breed and stick to it.
The Babcock test is just as accurate as
the man who uses it.
The lime sulphur mixture is a good
remedy for the oyster shell scale.
Don't keep eggs for Matching longer
than ten days or two weeks at most.
Milk at 80 degrees is about the tempera-
ture at which it separates best.
Oats should form the baeis of all grain
mixtures for fattening poultry.
Got the clio fever YETI It's spreading
over the country in great shape.
If rabbits have gnawed only the outer
bark wrap the wound with cloth.
Barley and oats, as well as wheat, are
usually improved in quality on fax land.
Working the soil when it is wet will
make it coarse and lumpy the whole sea-
son.
As soon as your lettuce is large enough
feed it to those chickens you are fatten.
ing.
There is no better way by WHICH the
corn crop can be used than through the
,ilo.
You can not make as good s.lage from
dry eornstslks as you can from mature
cream corn.
The real value of an egg for food lies
inside the shell and is not indicated by
color OF shell.
F ant r6T Of Of HE HE large .aHsae t.aHsae sHE
flowers along the fence for hen feed at
time next fall.
The strawberry is one Of the small
ruits which apparently thrive better In
lcid than in alkaline soils.
The fleece OF the ram should be dense
wen in quality and of a strong, clear
white fiber throughout.
A pure bred bull is often a poor-bred
,ul. Pedigree aud performances are not
words.
1t is to the poultryman's int. rest to
Leep his stock to the best type, healthy
md vigorous atft the time.
You will appreciate the difference be-
ween low headed and hiRl -headed trees
Vhen you are picking the crop.
A half days work in the orchard with
he manure spreader will show up when
pples are ripe next summer.
You should know the working qualities
f your sowF; wat ch tht N from the time
hey farrow and see how they treat the
title fellows.
The average COW ought to have four to !
tx weeks rest each year. A good time
0 dry them off is just as they begin to
make an udder.
Coal oil will often soften the al l paint
,rushes used last year. Place them in q
an of the oil aud wash them we'll sia-
farm soapsuds. '
Feather pulling may be checked by
lissoIving powdered alees in water and |
pashing the feathers of the birds that
ave been plueked.
To keep mp heavy milk flow a COW
must have all the water she can drink /
or every 100 pounds of her milk contains
z pounds of water.
Every garden for the Tome should
ave grapes and many market gardens
ould be made more profitable by grow
ng this splendid fruit.
Wean the calves without sucLling
Be gentle with all the animals, espec-
ally the dairy COW.
Damaged feed has no place IN the ra
ion of any fam animal.
Sorghum is considered one Of the most
aluabIe forage crops,
Short pastures should be guarded