Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-03-07

OF age SnOulQ not 10 uSeu.
Egg farming is the most profitable
branch of the poultry industry.
Milk selling at cents quart Is one
of the cheapest of human foods.
Get good COWS and feed them good
feed, and you will get good results.
Gull beans, when cooked and mixed
with corn, make very good hog feed.
One good COW will frequently return
more net profit than three poor ones.
In trimming the tree, do not leave
any branch more than. eight inches
'ong.
Don't imagine that your soil needs
a rest. What it needs is change OF
work.
Don't forget the grit these days
when the hens are confined to the
house.
The best remedy for short pastures
is a silo with 6 or feet of good silage
left in It.
To prevent sun-scald 1t is necessary
only to protect the bark Of the trunk
from the sun.
When the horse Is In normal con.
dition he should have all CT the water
he will drink.
Many farmers have drawn a great
measure OF prosperity from the teats
of the dairy COW.
Corn with large cobs usually dries
out slowly hence its vitality Is often
injured by freezing.
The man who has the best In the
live stock line never has to hunt q
buyer. They hunt him.
Bad weather will make bad milk, no
matter what the food may be. And
bad milk makes bad butter.
February Matched chicks are apt to
mott in the fall, and will not be worth
anything for egg production in winter.
Manure from grain and clover-fed
stock is worth fully $1.25 per two
horse CARLOAD in the farmers barn
yard.
Wheat straw is not first-class dairy
feed, but 1t will serve to counteract
in measure the laxative effect Of the
silage.
Feed the ensilage 80 that the AMI
mails will eat 1t up clean, as 1t spoils
or freezes when exposed to the air for
several days.
Exercise for the SOW ia a very i'm
portant matter and must not be over
looked II a healthy, vigorous litter Of
pigs Is desired.
Cleanliness will do much to improve
the quality of butter. In fact. first
quality depends upon cleanliness Of
the raw material.
Take care that none Of the soapy
water from the house gets into the
milk fed the hogs. Almost sure tc
cause bowel troubles.
Forcing laying hens with stimulants
of any kind. except those nature sup
plies in good food, is a dangerous and
costly process In the long run.
Leaving the cows teats damp after
milking will not only cause decrease
in the flow Of milk, but Is sure to
cause chapped and cracked teats.
as the Landing season approaches.
An underfed eve will not be likely to
produce a big nor vigorous lamb.
The sheep know their masters
voice-there is no doubt about that:
but 1t is more important to know what
they do when they hear it-whether
they fee In fear or come with expec-
fancy.
Every dairyman must, II he will
succeed, employ a detective in his
dairy barn-a Babcock tester. This
detective is absolutely honest, shows
favors to nobody and always records
facts from all the facts. The poor
cows stand no chance against 1t.
Unlike other poultry the turkey has
never been thoroughly domesticated,
but has remained practically a wild
bird in It's requirements.
A record should be kept when sows
are bred and they should be separ.
ated from the other hogs week or
two before due to farrow.
Swamp land, when drained and
| lined and worked In corn for a year
or two, should be seeded to grass and
kept In permanent meadow. -.