Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-03-21
Use fresh eggs in the incubator.

Use fresh eggs in the incubator.
Weeds delay the curing of grain and
hay.
Fowls will eat quantities Of sand
and gravel.
Sweet ensilage is said to be safe
food for work horses.
Plenty of exercise for the ewes in
the winter time Is imperative.
Finely broken charcoal occasional
ly, makes an excellent conditioner.
About an ounce Of food a day Is
needed for every pound Of hen weight.
In fitting horses for hard work in
crease the grain ration but not the
hay.
At present prices Of corn and hogs,
hog feeders are just about breaking
even.
Do not have the trees come before
you are ready to put them into the
ground.
Sheep should not be kept with
fNr hay a
get killed.
Sheep do best on high, rolling
ground: low ground produces foot-rot
and parasites.
Mll!et will yield between three and
four tons of hay per acre under favor
able conditions.
Fruit trees are slow-growing plants,
and therefore do not need quick.acting
fertilizers as q rule.
A herd Of good dairy cows Is the
best insurance against hard times or
a slump in prosperity.
Filthy cows, and in many cases I'M
clean mixers also, have their effect
upon the milk produced.
The COW that is to do her best In
the winter must be we'll fed. we'll shell
tered and we'll cared for.
One of the best forms Of investment
on the farm is the liberal feeding OF
farm animals of all kinds.
The winter feed Of the eve should
contain the essential food nutrients
In their proper proportions.
II heifer is to make the best dairy
COW, she should freshen when she Is
from two years to 30 months old.
Roughage for calves should first be
fed at two or three weeks OF age,
when the calf begins to eat grain.
A few turnips, cabbage, beets. etc,
will relieve the monotOny OF dry reeds
and help the milk flow wonderfully.
Ice-cold water checks the milk flow
and SO affects the cow that 1t Is apt
to be detrimental to her unborn calf.
Cleanliness is an exceedingly i'm
portant thing In carrying horses
through the winter in good condition,
Feeding is a most important part OF
the pure-bred live stock industry and
one to which not enough attention Is
given.
Silaee Is strong in carbohydrates,
the principal food requirement for all
animals, but needs protein to bal
ance 1t.
Corn silage may he fed out-ofdoors
in hunks, in the stall, or. in fact, any
place where animals can eat 1t with
out waste
Provide a scratching yard or a
scratching shed in which wheat or oat
straw Is strewn at a depth Of six to
eight inches.
Do not let the ewes crowd and push
through tight doors and openings.
Many an eve has lost her lamb as
the result of a squeeze.
Pure bred animals will almost al
ways reproduce their good qualities.
while the scrub will invariably repro
duce their bad qualities.
A little tankage mixed In makes a
better egg food of the mash and this
is a good way to furnish the meat por-
ton of the laying ration.
Good young horses are always In
demand on the market. and can only
be supplied from the farms where
colts receive the proper care and
treatment.
No matter at what price you sell
the poor cows it Is generally safe to
say you get all they are worth and
a little more, particularly II she is to
he classed as a dairy animal.
Rotted stable manure for the aspar-
egus ard rhubarb beds will make these
crops double their yields. If put on
now the rains will wash 1t into the soil
ready for the plants next spring.
The colony plan Of housing and
harding is In oanpral usa. nartahla