Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-10-24

Flies and hot weather cut down
dairy profits.
Alfalfa pasture and hogs 10 great
combination.
Rape is one Of the best crops for
temporary hog pasture.
II is as easy to teach colt good
manners as faulty ones.
The Guack grass problem Is largely
a matter of poor drainage.
The separator should never be al
lowed In the barn or near 1t.
Never raise colts from q vicious
mare. Like often produces like.
The horses should be given at least
one feed of mixed hay once q day.
Many stations are used too much
to produce large per cent. OF colts.
Trees should no. be planted on a
nigh slope. for The sol! is likely to be
too thin.
Never attempt to Keep summer
butter for early fall prices because II
will not keep.
No. u.hi 1A 40
ing flies Better shade or screen the
barn windows.
1t is mistake to keep young tur.
key hens every wear. particularly
those hatched late
DO away with binders on the horse
Their use is a cruel practice and
cause many eye defects.
See that your brood sows get plenty
OF exercise. so that they may produce
large, healthy litters.
The hens simply cannot, and will
not I'll the egg basket and feed lice
and mites on their bodies.
Don't expect an old horse that has
worked all his lifetime to do as much
as he did when he was young.
man should be kept In the silo
spreading and packing the corn az
fast as II comes from the cutter.
In training mules for use on the
farm 1t Is best to begin by using them
for light work during the third year
Corn silage is just as valuable for
carrying over stockers and feeders as
1t IL for fattening and finishing the
beeves.
Nine times out OF ten you will miss II
If you try to keep 1t for something
better.
Demand for good, productive farm
property Is steadily increasing. Some
very high prices are paid for we'll
improved farms.
Sheep will live and thrive on much
feed that Is OF little value for other
stock. but that does not imply that
they can do without.
Frequently put little cayenne pep
per In the dry mash. II will serve tc
keep them In condition. A little sail
should also be given.
The sooner manure is spread In the
field the smaller the loss OF fertility
incurred and the smaller the amount
OF labor required to handle It.
The common disk harrow is more
generally used than any other nipple
ment to cultivate alfalfa, and whey
properly adjusted does good work
Cowpeas have a value In crop 70.
tation because they serve the double
purpose Of producing crop OF feed
and fertllizing the soil at the same
time.
Don't slam the three days.old calf
around because he doesn't drink
readily. To get kick in the ribs for
something he cant understand is a
bit tough on him.
The great majority OF diseases are
due to bad management and housing,
including cold, damp and ill-venti
lated houses; rich feeding, impure
water and lack Of exercise.
The beginner who has a nice flock
OF pulle:s to winter over will find it
NOR" profitable to avoid forcing for
high priced winter eggs If such birds
are to hr used a. hrpt deIs next
sp"ils
II pays to get out and do as much
work as possible in the early part
Of these hot days.
One thing that keeps the hired man
on the farm is a neat, well-kept. and
we'll arranged farm.
A disk from an old pulveriZer
makes a good anchor for holding the
end post Of q wire fence
Milking the cows clean and care
fully has a tendency to develop a per.
sistent habit Of yielding milk.