Middletown transcript., 1912-04-20

h'ACso AoAOS bOSs SACOAOA1s
A humped-up chicken never lays.
Dairying succeeds best near a large
city.
Wheat bran is rich in egg making ma
terial.
With the better poultry is coming bet
ter equipment.
1t is cheaper to buy eggs than stock
but order early.
AS a rule. it will pay any farmer to
raise bis own horses.
1t is not economy to try to save time
when feeding sheep.
If a SOW is too fat reduce her feed and
give her more exercise.
The hen is the best dividend payer on
the farm-When handled right.
As farrowing time draws near do not
feed any corn to the brood soWs.
A pure-bred dam OF course will almost
eliminate the element of chance.
The brood sOws should have shallow
beds OF straw cut in short lengths:
The we'll hatched chick should be kept
quiet until the end of the second day.
A good dairymsn makes better inspec-
tor than can be hired by any state.
The trouble with all brooders is that
they are too high, not in price, butoff the
ground.
After the lamb has it's first fill of its
mothers milk, it can usually look ont for
itself.
Sheep and poultry were never known to
leave land the poorer for their having
been on il.
A corn field well cultivated appears TO
be nearly an ideal plsce for raising late
hatched chicks.
Hooded pals for milking goa long way
toward keeping the milk clean and un-
contaminated.
At least three weeks before COWS are
due to caIve the heavy feed should be
discontinued.
Quick, intelligent attention will often
cave lamb or a pair of them, and often
the eve as we'll.
Some succulent feed should be supplied
during the winter TO keep the sleeps
system in tone.
All eggs that are undergoing incubation
should be examined at least twice by
means of tester.
A load or two OF we'll rotted manure
scattered about the lawn now will make
the grass thicken up.
Turn up q bit of earth with spade
now and then and see your little chicks
90 for the worms and things.
If from any cause COW is very thin or
weak, she should receive special strength
eniDg food before calviDg.
Churning should be stopped when the
butter granuIes are the size Of wheat kerr
nels, or better, little larger.
CaTelessness in artificial brooding of
chicks brings its curse as surely and as
swiftly as in any other undertaking.
Observation has shown that pouIts rails
ed by she turkey hen will average more
in weight than those cared for by hen.
Ducking the head Of a rOupy bird in a
mixture of ounce of permanganats Of
potash to pints of water will often effect
a cure.
That COWS likes variety Of feed is
proven by the fact that they may often be
found chewing rotten hay, old straw,
stalks, etc.
AS an egg is more than nine-tenths
water, the importance of supplying the
hens with all the water they require can
not be too strongly urged.
Feeding should always be done judi
ciously. To compel COW to eat a large
amount Of slow digestible food is time
wasted and money lost.
Whenever limb an inch or more 10
diameter is removed in pruning it is al
ways a safe plan to spread thick paint OF
wax over the fresh cut.
Clover or other legume crop every four
years is absolutely necessary to maintain
the nitrogen Of the soil for corn, wheat,
oats, timothy and like crops.
A little carrier will add much TO keep
the barn clean, because the boys and men
will work more readily than If they had
to depend upon the old method.