Middletown transcript., 1912-04-06
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

Clean up the poultry buildings.
Onions require a fine and firm seed
bed.
Take good care of the brood sOws from
now on.
Most men have their favOrite varieties
Of stock.
The brood sows should have some roots
| if possible.
The bOars should be isolated from the
rest of the herd.
Chickens need descent housing, proper
feed, and some care.
The feed for young guineas may be the
same as for young turkeys.
Cold weather has prepared the soil for
bounteous crop next summer.
Oats without hulls is one of the most
valuable of all grains for poultry.
Kafir meal is the. best grain to offset
the laxative effects of skim milk
If a farmer desires to improve his
flock, let him begin with pure bred males.
In feeding milk COW corn ration re-
duce the ration at first indication of fat
tening.
Standard utility fowls must be selected
for the greatest egg production and
quick maturity.
Don't forget that your cattle, hogs,
horses, and sheep all need salt; not spas
medically but regularly.
No farmstead is complete without
generous space devoted to a garden for
small fruits and vegetables.
During the winter the dairy farmer has
more time TO figure out his plans for in-
proving his system of farming.
The breeding of higL-class hackney
stations to high-class trotting mares has
passed beyond the experimental stage.
You may feed all the food your hens /
can possibly use, but if you are short on |
grit the result will not be satisfactory.
The Embden perhaps, makes a little /
better market bird than the Toulouse but
the latter Jays more eggs, often forty in
season.
Don't burn up.any kind of coarse litter
that accumulates around feed yards, but
save it to mulch different plants in the
garden.
In shoeiDg, the foot should only have
SO much hoof removed from it at
each shoeingas is necessary for the prop
er fitting of the shoe.
Turkeys more than any other poultry
seem to require fresh air. They will
roost in trees during snow storm and
not seem to mind it bit.
A mixture OF barley, cornmeaI, wheat,
bran and roots will put flesh on horses
fast. With this, of course, small quanti-
Iy of hay should be given.
One hears a great deal about tht cost of
iced this winter, but this cost is not so
important as is the size Of profits realized
in feeding this high priced feed.
No branch CT husbandry now pursued
pliers better opportunities for profits fol }
he amount of money invested and the
lime expended than the production Of
hogs.
Good quality wheat straw, which is
neither moldy nor dusty. will make fair
for horses, and when fed. in
moderate amounts should not prove IL
urious in any way.
Pigs and an alfalfa field are good COM
pany.
Every breeder holding an annual sale
Iheuld build sale pavilion.
Blanket warmly, and brush well to
thoroughly clean and stimulate the skin.
Look out for drafts under and through
he floors. They are about the worst
Kind.
Horses that have heavy coats of hair
hould be clipped now just before the new
lair starts.
It is seldom necessary to grind corn for
work horses unless they are old and have
,oor teeth.
Quick. intelligent attention will often {
ave lamb or pair of them, and often {
be eve as WE'LL
Too much corn has caused the loss of
many fine litter of pigs, and often the
ow as we'll.
In case of twins one is often weak ,
r than the other, and would die if not :
ssisted to nourishAent. {
A tablespoonful of oil-meal a day for i
ach eve, given regularly is a sensible
ddition to the ration. i
Breed your hogs as much higher than r
erosene barrel as yon like, but do not a
oss sight of quality.
Hogs can stand cold, dry weather with e
ut injury. o