The Delta independent., 1912-02-09
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES.
A good horseman never trots
draft horse, even when he has no
load
Laying hens need from Is to %
per cent meat scraps added daily to
their mash.
Don't feed hay or other forage.
which will raise a dust, before or dur
ing milking.
Tainted, musty or mouldy feeds
should never be served in the dairy
herd rations.
The best market for skim milk on
the farm is afforded by good dairy
calves and quick growing pigs.
If the cream in the churn foams up
and runs over, the churn is too full
or the cream is improperly ripened.
Simply because a calf is given her
ration of milk each day, 1t does not
signify that she does not need water
also.
Cholera and other diseases of swine
attack herds which are in poor condi-
ton and consequently most suscep-
tible
If your horse is troubled with in
digestion have the animal clipped
and its teeth attended to by a veterin.
arian
Until recent years the poultry bust
ness. especially on the farms, was Of
so little Importance that not much at
tenuon was paid to it
Prune out old canes of raspberries
and blackberries and burn them. Thin
the hills to three or four shoots. Cul
tivate, and add some manure TO the
soil
The red mites or lice do not stay on
the fowls during the daytime. but
hide in cracks during the day, sally
ing forth after dark to seek their
prey.
Orchardists who have never used
dynamite should be sure to get ali
| possible information from the manu-
facturers of the explosive before at
tempting to use it.
II celery is TO be brought into the
cellar for winter storage cut the tor
root lift il from the ground and then
with a strong knife cut off the branch
ing roots and most of the earth.
Lousy fowls are necessarily weaker
than fowls that are free from lice. and
strength and vitality are quite IN
portant factors while the fowls are
producing their new suit of clothes
II your fowls have the range of the
fields and orchards and can pick up
number of insects and worms daily,
YOU will not need to bother much
about the meat supply in the ration.
The raising of poultry on the farm
OF III conjunction Win nun 81 wv III
can be made very profitable with the
same kind of management that is de
voted to raising good stock or good
grain.
Everything should be kept as clean
on the little chicks feeding floors as
II It is on the floor of the kitchen.
II this is done the little birds will
never have gapes or many of the
chicken diseases.
II you are feeding clover. remem-
Der to cut down the bulk. This is a
Of 1t as you can of timothy without
doing your horse harm.
In filling a silo attention must be
given to the outer edges, for when
the silage begins to settle there is al
ways draw away from the wall,
leaving an air space that makes the
silage spoil.
There is no better germ slayer than
an ounce of carbolic acid added TO a
pail of whitewash. Give the walls and
ceiling of the hen house good coat
ing. working 1t in rather thick in all
cracks and crevices.
There is not farm in the country
where farming is seriously attempted
at all where 1t is necessary to try to
raise chickens without decent provis-
ion for the safety of the flock and for
the convenience of the attendant.
With eggs bringing an average OF
over 20 cents a dozen and market poul.
try ut 10 cents pound and over II is