Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-08-15

don't get him very fat
An orchard neglected for one year
virtually puts it back three years.
Early turkeys are what pay, and
these can only be had from early laid
eggs.
Plenty of exercise Is one very i'm
portant item for keeping flock
healthy.
The use Of silage for sheep feeding
purposes has been tried out to a linn
tied extent
There is no reason why potatoes
should not be cultivated with a rid
ing corn cultivator.
If you want a fine early yellow
peach, put two or three Triumph trees
in your next nursery order.
Some tell the sex of the guinea fowl
by its wattles. Those Of the male are
double the size Of the female.
A liberal application of ashes to the
soil where cabbage plants are grown
Is preventive Of clump root.
Condiments that stimulate egg pro-
duction are very much like anything
that stimulates human being
An orchard will live longer, bear
better and be more profitable by be-
ing we'll cultivated and enriched
Good fruit can be raised only with
care and attention given to spraying.
pruning and generally good care.
Gooseberries require cool situa-
ton, with plenty Of air and moist
,ure, and should be partially shaded.
It requires two.thirds of a full ra.
ton to keep a COW in fair condition
before there is any milk production.
A blockish built mare with a large
barrel on short legs is likely to pro
duce a better foal than the tall leggy
kind.
Capons are the most profitable parts
of the chicken business, just as steers
are the most profitable part of the cat
tie industry.
Frequently disinfecting the hen.
houses, coops and drink and feed
dishes is likely to save lots of trouble
from disease.
1t does not require any great ability
at figures to show that there Is a
great waste in selling hogs when they
are but half fed out
Truck crops suffer least from fungi
In seasons that open with cool spring
and end with very hot summer, with
rainfall below the average.
Raspberries and blackberries should
be mulched with straw or litter after
they have been shallow cultivated two
or three times In the spring,
II the onions are not growing well,
a little nitrate Of soda or hen manure
sown broadcast, before or during
rain, often helps them to fill out.
You don't have to take the frost out
of the bits these days, but you might
take the fire out of your temper and
save much suffering In the horses
mouths.
Sugar.beet growing means more
than the mere profits from growing
the beets. 1t introduces a higher type
of agriculture and the crops raised in
rotation are better
AT this season cows should be dry,
80 as to avoid milking during fly
time and excessive heat. Pastures are
short, too, and dry COW can stand
1t better than a good mixer.
1t pays to whitewash, ventilate and
properly light stables; to brush and
curry cows; to use clean and well.
covered utensils, to cool milk quickly
and to have cool place for the milk.
: Cowpeas or soy beans are frequently
the last cultivauon or they can be
sown after such early-harvested crops
as wheat have been removed in case
1t Is not too late in the season.
Those who contemplate starting an
alfalfa patch should bear in mind this
one fact, that under ordinary circum.
stances no one factor will contribute
SO much to the success Of the crop as
an application Of farmyard manure.
It's a toss-up between milking out
in the cool yard where mosquitoes and
flies poster the cows and the tail
works like perpetual motion, and the
darkened barn, With row of hot
cows adding to tho heat of the
day.
It is very important that the pas.
lures of the DAIRY cows should be kept
free from all weeds or plants which
will impart bitter or disagreeable
taste to the milk or butter. Ragweeds,
should be mown off every