Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-09-05

OB0 the manure SpToaQeT.
There is no profit in dunghills.
Cultivation conserves moisture.
The man who plants right starts
right
No lice or mites on incubator chicks
to begin with.
Early Matched pullets are those that
lay next winter.
There isn't much gained in trying
to save a runt chick.
Mended the broken extra harness?
Good time right now.
Sow alfalfa by itself; 1t doesn't
need any nurse crop
Let the chicks have sweet milk to
drink and watch them grow.
Overlooking and lack Of exercise
often cause pigs to have fits.
Have two or three pillow points on
hand ready for the time of need.
Poorly fed sheep will not produce
very good wool, nor good mutton.
Soybeans can be grown successful
ly in climate where cowpeas do well.
The young lamb will grow rapidly,
so give him chance. There is profit
in 1t.
II It Is cold weather when the
young trees arrive. hill in until it mod
crates.
Strong chemical fertilizers should
not be given too lavishly to growing
plants.
Don't make the mistake Of thinking
that lice do not trouble poultry In cold
weather.
Wise farmers are paying consider
able attention to the quality of their
seed corn.
Milk Is the hogs natural food.
Give him all of it you can scare up
every day.
Better plan to have some rape next
summer. AS feed for sheep 1t Is
hard to beat.
There Is more risk than gain In
breeding a heifer before she is eight.
cen months old.
Overchurning makes the butter
"salvy." Stop when the grains are the
size OF wheat kernels
Cultivation does not add any water
to the soil, but prevents that already
there from getting away.
The bail from candy bucket at
tached to the other end OF the bucket
gives you handy milk stool.
Horses cannot be grown as cheap
as they were when land was half the
price and grain half the price.
A stumbling habit may be caused
by poor shoeing: or it may be caused
by ignorant or careless htching.
Get the parsnips out Of the ground
at once. few warm days will start
growth and give them strong flavor.
A chunk OF salt where the cows can
lick It any time is one way of making
sure they are getting the right amount.
No use waiting for the potatoes to
come up before working them. Har-
row right along and after they are up.
too.
1t is a good plan to plant all the po-
tatoes We'll need and then few more.
We don't often raise too many pota-
toes.
In order to grow a good crop Of SUI
perior vegetables. we must have a suit
able soil, good seed and thorough cul-
tivation.
Follow the first bed of radshes and
lettuce with successive paintings ev-
cry two weeks to provide continu-
Gus supply
Concrete structures are desirable
because they can be kept In sani-
tary condition more easily than
wooden ones.
After growing crop Of corn, the
soil is always In excellent form to alb
sorb and retain the autumn rains and
winter SHOWS.
1t Is important to have the garden
, tools sharp. Some people never think
Of sharpening the blade of hoe. but
| it Is altogether worth while.
Corn treated with a dressing OF
master and ashes will soon show by
the strong growth and the dark color
OF the leaf the effect of the dressing.
The commercial fruit grower can af-
ford his own spraying outfit, but the
farmer must largely depend upon the
commercial sprayer to save his or