The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19
Mark layers with leg bands.

All farmers should keep pure-bred
poultry.
Duck feathers may also be made a
source of profit.
Normal churning temperature is
around 62 degrees.
A special inspection should be
made Of the stables.
The hen which lays an egg and does
not cackle is a-turkey.
1t costs no more to take good care
Of a good fowl than a poor one.
Growing pigs should receive, where
1t Is possible, some buttermiIk.
The long-headed farmer Is the one
who has hay to sell in the spring.
Whether for eggs or meat, skimmiIk
Is n Of the best and cheapest foods.
In fitting horses for hard work in
crease the grain ration, but not he
hay.
Chickens Matched IN an incubator
can be reared either with hens or with
a brooder.
Open pals Of water and swill have
caught more chicks than any rat that
yer lived.
Two parts oats and one of bran
make a wellbalanced ration for preg-
nant ewes.
On the average, eleven pounds OF
cheese can be made from 200 pounds
of skimmilk.
Look out for drafts under and
through the floors. They are about
the worst kind.
A news item says that 1900 da1ries
are used to supply London and its
suburbs with milk.
Feed the ewes carefully at first,
and increase the ration as the lamb
requires mare milk.
There are usually some ewes that
! have cnruad thair dow, 80 1afTzoz-
and better be discarded.
Breeding for a special purpose tends
to develop an animal that will be in
harmony with her function.
See if the entrance to the hives is
choked with dead bees. Rake them
out but do not disturb the live ones.
Much of the illness and loss in the
first and second weeks of the chicken
life is due to carelessness the first 4S
hours.
Cows that are well cared for n
well protected are not seriously af-
fected in their yield by the cold
weather.
Dairying is rapidly becoming a sci
ence. 1t is being studied more ex-
tensively than almost any other line
Of farming.
Dust young turkeys and their
mother once every two weeks with
insect powder until they are at least
six weeks old.
Filth, disease and death are associ-
ated together, at all times and places.
Keep things bright and clean and they
will keep you so.
Corn stalks are plowed under with
no harm to succeeding crops-provid-
ed the stalks are first thoroughly cut
by double disking.
Pure bred poultry consumes less
feed, produces more eggs and is worth
at least one-fourth more to the farm
er than mongrel stock.
In the summer when the farmer is
busy c%ultivating and harvesting sheep
require the least attention Of any
stock kept On the farm.
Turkey hens are sometimes inclined
to sit too closely. See that they are
off the nest fifteen minutes each day,
until the eggs begin to pip.
The cows should be kept clean and
the long hair clipped so as to prevent
dirt hanging and falling into the pals
while the COWS are being MIXED.
Supply clear water. 1t is essential
to health and to the hen for the pro-
duction of the egg, the contents of
which are nearly three parts water.
In growing a heifer for the dairy
muscular vitality is wanted rather
than fat, and this is obtained very
largely from the skim-milk portion of
it's diet.
Among the essentials of the sue
cessful care and management of a
farm flock of mutton sheep are that
we treat them in a manner adapted
to their nature.
If you have decided upon the breed
of chickens you are going to raise,
send off for circulars to specialists OF
that breed rather than to one that
raises a dozen different breeds of poul-
try.
Use medicine and stimulants very
moderately among your chickens. Re-
member, true strength and ecupera.