Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-12-05
Frozen alfalfa will kill q hog a.
quickly as 1t does COW or horse.
1t Is usually indigestible.

quickly as II Goes COW OF III 30
1t Is usually indigestible.
A bunch of ripe grapes will hang IN
a hive Of bees until 1t dries up and
the bees will not touch it.
Corn meal, meat and potatoes are
three OF the most valuable ingredients
Of the fattening bill OF fare.
There Is only one way OF positively
diagnosing hog cholera, and that 10 BY
a post mortem examination.
After pigs are weaned. one Of tho
most common causes Of runts 10 tho
feeding OF a straight corn diet
There are many troubles Of swine
that are called hog cholera and yet
they have very little resemblance to
that disease.
The capons when mature will aver
age to weigh between 8 and II pounds.
depending, OF course. on the variety OF
fowls caponized.
II hog misses a feed, watch him;
II he misses the second feed. remove
him from the herd and thoroughly dis
infect where he has been.
Prepare warm dry, but ventilated
quarters for the brood sows, and DO
II now. Cold storms will be here be-
fore we are ready for them.
Breeding stock should never be
saved from the litter OF vicious old
brood SOW. which Is always restless
and chasing about the pasture.
Composted or welldecayed ma
nures serve their best purpose when
applied to the surface OF the garden
and thoroughly disked into the soil.
Fowls in confinement must have
light feed and plenty OF grit. oyster
shell, and a little bone cut green.
little chopped onion Is fine about
once a day.
Corn silage is an excellent feed
for steers on account OF Its succu-
lence and palatability, and because
OF its comparative richness in carbo-
hydrates and fat.
Baby beef 10 a term applied to
steers or heifers from fifteen to TWEEN.
ty-two months OF age that show sum.
cient thickness OF flesh and quality to
be used as block beef.
Eastern farmers owning rough pas
ture lands valued at SIS to $40 per
acre, are stocking them with sheep
and the mutton industry In that sec.
ton Ia being rapidly revived.
Hogs that are allowed considerable
amount of room for exercise, given
plenty of water and good sleeping
quarters In a well-drained area are
not very liable to develop disease.
Besides keeping more and better
animals. more attention should be
paid by farmers to such crops as
restore the fertility OF the soil. The
chief among these are clover and
alfalfa.
Lice are frequent causes OF un-
thriftiness with fall pigs. Whenever
nits or lice are seen the pigs should
be dipped at ten-day intervals or else
given one coating Of crude oil applied
with a broom.
Oats 10 one Of the best dairy feeds
which we have. Bran Ia also q very
good dairy feet. Cottonseed meal IL
also high In protein. Glover hay,
which we can raise directly on our
farm. 10 very good.
No time should be lost in fattening
the light shearers and disposing Of
them to the best advantage The
longer q sheep Ia kept that will not
clip a quantity Of clean bright wool
above the average the poorer the
owner will be.
Some farmers seem to imagine that
Just because a sheep has a fleece to
protect It that shelter from GOLD and
storms is not necessary. but they
should know that sheep are more sus-
eeptiblo to cold and dampnsss than
any other animal on the farm.
Unleaohed wood ashes contain from
nve to seven per cent. Of potash and
are an excellent fertilixer. As 10
we'll known. the ashes from hard
wood are much richer In potash than
those from soft wood.
The droppings from the cattle will
benefit the pasture more II they are
spread or broken up with spike tooth
harrow with the teeth set we'll aslant.
This prevents the grass from being
killed out and weeds coming in
whore the droppinss have laid.