Middletown transcript., 1912-08-31
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

Be gentle with the COW.
Be liberal with fly repeIlant.
A good SOW is valuable asset.
The common term "9O-iay corn" is a
deceptive one.
The wel:-'entilated barn is quiie as
essential as the warm ole.
BY Ii cans of seed crrn selection the
corn crop is moving northward.
Hogs should have clean pastures, beds
and water and variety of food.
The best time to cut post timber of a~y
KIND is when the trees are in full leaf.
Lice are responsible for more lose among
little turkeys tt337aH a ~ other cause.
Avoid rush by ordering crates, boxes.
barrels, ETC., in ample time for shippiug.
The cleaner the feed and feeding places.
the better the qrality of the pork in all.
The greatest element in successful ,ur-
key raising is long dry season without
any rain.
Turkeys are good for the field. They
can be driven anywhere you wish frots
one field to another.
In transplanting plants from pots to
the open, water them freely the day be-
tore they are re-potted.
In making poultry pay much depends
upon your ability, your experience and
YOUR aptitude in the work.
A ch'cken's stomach is not made of
iron, and the same diet day after day
harms them as much as it does a hun an.
Under lied pnllets are not profitable.
There will be some scrubs developed in
the best Of strains. CT rid of them.
Poultry raisers can learn much BY a.
tel ding the farmers institute meetings
held in their section of the different
states.
A good graiF mixture for chicks is made
up of two parts cracked curn, two paris
wheat, two parts Kaffir aud one lat
IN let.
Keep track of the chicks Il at feather
out early. The chances favor the birds
becoming the most profitable ones to keep.
A tablespoonful of baking soda placed
in the drinking water two or three times
a weeE will prevent bowel trouble in the
chickens.
1t is always good plan to use plenty
Of seed in painting cucumbers, ca .ts-
Ioupes, melons, etc. The hills may be
thinned out later.
Give the newborn calf touch of fly
repellant on that spot on the back where
the hair parts. The flies Ike TO feast
right there.
As the weather gets warmer be sure
that all brood coOps are we'll ventilated
at night, so Il at the ar will be pure and
cool within.
Poultry "systems" rtqniring close cor
Ifnement of the flock and a large amount
of personal attention are out Of place on
a general farm.
To get the flock as whole in laying
condition in the time required by the
breed or variety the fowls must be pro-
perly grown from chickhood.
Twenty acres of corn put into a sio is
aid to be worth more than thirty acres
put in the crib. This is quite an item,
especially when feed is SO high.
Industrious hens are the kind to keep,
it matters not what the breed. The lazy
hen is Improbable. 1t is the industrious
hen that lays the eggs.
Ii any fruits or vegetables are market
I'd, see that they are put up in clean,
neat AID well-Graded packages. They
will sell quicker and at better price.
Young and growing animals reqnire a
food which will make bone and muscle,
rather than fat. In maj ,rity of cases
it is injurious to heavily load young
animal with fat, except when it is to go
to the butcher, a. its growth will be
checked and the risk of disease increased,
Those who believe a COW should be
treated like lady never pitched hay all
day aad then had to milk dozen COWS
that were as hot as a furnace and eternally
switching them in the face and appar=
emily trying to get both feet in the Ial.
A little unkindness is excusabIe, though
not advisable,
There are three essentials necessary to
receive good growth and yield Of farm
crops. They are: A good soil thoroughly
prepared, good seed planted in good seS-
son, and thorough cultivation at the pro-
per time. Each are important. and a
failure to give either the required attei
ton will affect, to a more or less extent,
the results.
Begin to check the colt early if you
wond have an easy time with the work
and a welbroken horse. A twc-year-Jld
is easier to break than fouI-yeai-old.
Hunt up private customers and agree
to sell them fresh eggs, then do it. A good
price can be secured and the payment
will be made in cash instead OF groceries.
Do not allow any food to remain on
the ground or in the trouRhs after the
fowls have finished each meal, for it will
soon spoil and become dangerous to he
health OF the flock.
If you intend to plant few choice
trees next spfing, dig large holes for
them this fall, fl them with manure. re-
moving it next spring and filling in up TO
the, desired depth for the tr- e.
If fly was boring hole into your
backbone you woull hardly stand st II
woll you? Why pound the COW with
he stool because she squirms under the
torture of a hundred fres? Use fly repel-
liant. Use patience.
II the is close and humid and you
10 not expect to start for market until