Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-06-27

Market your grain and forage prod.
ucts on the hoof.
Get nose ring for the young bull
while you think Of 1t.
First class eggs should weigh about
TX pounds to the dozen.
Straw is much too valuable to be
allowed to rot In the stack.
An occas ional feed Of oats will be
valuable for the brood sow.
The ewes that are sucking lambs
should be fed very literally.
In order to have good-sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young.
A variety in feeding 10 one way Of
keeping the flock In good condition.
Stinting in feeding is repaid by stint
ing In milk flow and per cent. OF fat.
Buying pure.bred stock by mail Ia
coming. to be more and more common.
You can get no more power from
your horse than you give him In his
food.
II should be remembered that
horse can do more than his feet will
stand.
Your horse may intend to please
you but does not understand your
wishes.
Good feed will put life into a horse
a hundred times better than an g.
foot whip.
A runaway horse is only safe In the
stable with a good halter and the
stable door latched.
Growing pigs should not be crowded
into close filthy quarters. exposed to
vermin and disease.
Many q man blames the Lord for
poor crop. which was really the result
OF his own poor blowing.
Always water first. then little
hay, and follow with grain: this gives
the animal chance to digest.
A good spray to disinfect coops and
brooders is a mixture Of u pint car.
bolic acid In 2 gallons Of water.
Lack Of moisture in the incubator is
one of the common causes OF chicks
failing to break out OF the shell.
Don't be tempted to sell your best
birds unless you have some better
ones In view to take their places.
Nothing worse than damp brooder
floor to start chick Ills. Cover them
with little dry earth or old carpet
Fresh poultry manure II said t.
have about twice the fertilizing value
OF cattle manure. pound for pound.
Another argument for the Slot 10
weed killer, No weed seed that
goes into q silo ever comes out alive,
A yearlipg tree is preferred by
many to older trees. They are thought
to be safer to transplant than two-year
trees.
A cement feeding floor for the hogs
can be built for close around six cents
a square foot. 1t is worth the invest.
ment.
Cultivation Is a moisture conserva-
the cultivator teeth deep; keep the
top soil stirred only.
Truck crops suffer least from fungi
In seasons that open with cool spring
and end with very hot summer. with
rainfall below the average.
Olteu Inc OHly ulueTeHCe UetWeeu
a gentle COW and kicker is that the
first had a little handling while q
heller and the other didn't.
Ground limestone or hydrated lime
may be applied to a meadow with
soil that is acid. Lime may be ap-
piled to the meadow at any time, US
ing from one to three tons per acre.
Chilled eggs are responsible for
good deal of bad luck" with incuba-
tors, but as a general thing eggs In
the process OF Matching will stand
more cooling than many people think.
A sandy soil can be cultivated much
earlier than the heavier soils, and In
this there is decided advantage, as
two or three crops can be produced In
a season, while only one can be grown
on heavy SOIL
II your stable floor is OF plank and
in need of repairing. the layingz,of a
thin coat of cement over the old and
7 then putting, new layer OF planks on
1t will serve to make the floor water.
tight and at the same time to prevent
dry rot.
An adult fowl Is, supposed to pro-
duce nearly 100 pounds OF highly con-
centrated manure In year. but on the
average farm, on account Of careless
n. Co.. 60 h.