Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-09-12

Kerosene kills onion maggo,L
The unframed dog Is nuisance.
The use OF hooded pals means
cleaner milk.
The horse should be given food
free from dust.
The importance of the sorghums 10
often overlooked.
Line fences we'll kept up help to
make good neighoors.
Alfalfa should ordinarily be cut
when 1t is coming Into blossom
There is no grass that will stand
flooding for any considerable time.
A crop Of potatoes should be spray.
ed at least twice with Bordeaux mix.
ture.
Hogs should be fed as near as pos
sible at the same hours. morning and
evening.
One of the cheapest root crops to
grow for stock Is turnips Plant early
this month
No animal that gets only feed
enough to support life can make
gain or profit
Sometimes a weeks chill rains or
cold weather will set the pigs back .
month in their growth.
In selecting the brood SOW remem.
Der that the size OF the litter Is an
important factor in her profit.
Father and the boys appreciate the
garden at meal time during the vege
table season. II at no other time.
When building that dairy barn be
sure to make 1t large enough to &C
nommodate the growth Of your bust
ness.
II Is the amount Of food over and
above the quantity required to sus-
tain the life Of the animal that counts
for profit.
II Is lust as important that every
horse should have his own collar all
the time as that the man should wear
his own shoes
Where young orchards are kept per.
fectly clean by cultivation. there 10
seldom much injury sustained from
mice during the winter
Young hens should not be set after
their flrst laying Of eggs. BY the time
they want to set the second time they
will make good mothers.
The greatest crop the farmers OF
the world have raised has been Lib
erty and Freedom. The oppressed far.
mer is never a good farmer.
With a good corn crop almost ready
to crib and plenty Of other feed ev.
cry farmer should prepare to raise
and fatten a few hogs this year.
II you have had a crop fail for YOU
two or three times It will pay to look
Probably there are other causes which
you can remove.
I'm the shade OF the old apple tree"
is a mighty good place to spend few
minutes at noon these hot days
little rest at noon gives speed to the
work OF the afternoon.
II costs Just as much in soil fertility
to raise a. weed as to raise wheat or
oat stalk Land Is not resting II II Is
raising weeds. Even they ought to be
plowed down for fertility.
Now is the time to swat the mites.
end be sure that 1t is a mighty swat,
because the pesky mite Is a mighty
mean mite OF an insect that is the
bugaboo OF egg production.
whole lot OF farmers would bet.
ter cell their cows and buy their milk
and butter. 1t would be cheaper than
the price they are now paying. al.
though they do not realize 1t,
Constant care is one of the secrets
OF success in the breeding or feeding
of stock Of all kinds. 1t Is only the
man who likes such work that viii
measure up to the greatest success
Some crops have root systems which
70 much deeper than the soil is
plowed or broken up. 1t takes strength
to send down the roots which might
be used in sending up stalk. Deep
blowing pays.
The heifer bred too early always
remains stunted In growth and her
milk flow is shortened for all time.
The full feed to the idle horse has
cost the life of many good one. Ad-
just the feed to the work the horse
does.
Rape, sown now. on good rich soil,
will make hog pasture by the last Of
May. Use pounds per acre II sown
broadcast.
The harder and faster the work
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