Middletown transcript., 1912-12-28
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

, Will ROGQ mixer.
An occasional soaking in brine will
keep the wooden churn sweet
Dairying isn't play, but no other job
pays better wages for hard work.
The dairyman sells a ton of butter, and
is out only 80 cents worth of fertility.
Be sure not to stint the calves and
yeaIlings in the use of straw for bedding.
The longer the calf is allowed to suck
the harder it will be to teach him to
drink.
The man with four or more COWS
doesn't save money by not buying sep
arator.
The cream separator should be firmly
fixed on solid base if good work is ex-
pected of it.
In feeding a milch COW corn ration,
reduce a tie ration at first indication of
fattening.
Some attention must be given regularly
to the hoofs of the cows that are kept on
fl lors much of the time.
B. sociabIe with the heifers. 1t is not
belitIlrng yourself, but it is uplifting for
the calves and young cattle.
The COW that drops calf in the fall is
the one that will drop money in her
owners's pocket provided che is given
the feed and care she deserves.
Alfalfa hay and ground oats will put
quick growth on fall calves and thus
carry them through winter in better
shape.
In cold weather keep the pregnant
COWS or mares blanketed few weeks be-
fore giving birth to their young.
Don't let the COWS fall down on the
milk flow. 1t is cheaper to keep it up
than TO bring it back after it has begun to
fall
Be sure that the COW stables are in
good repair before the weather is so cold
that to bring it back after it has begun to
fail.
b sure that the COW stables are in
good repair before the weather is so colo
that the stable must be in constant use.
The favor of the egg is Influenced by
feed.
Save all the leaves and use aem in the
scratching shed.
TIE older the hen the larger will br
her averaged sized eggs.
Dnuble-yolked eggs are the result OF
over-fat or diseased ovary.
A good time to Gull out the inferior
birds is when the market is up.
Fix it so your fresh COW will not see or
hear their calves if you can.
The best rallk flow cannot be main-
tained without variety of feeds for thr
COW.
There is truth in the argument that
milk should be aerated before it is cooled.
Eggs are colored by a pigment which,
it seems, does not exist in all fowl.
The dairy ties one to the farm pretty
close, but it oftentlmes untes the bond Of
debt,
Where the dropping boards are made
OF matched lumber the job of clsaning
them is easier.
There is one important thing to remem
Der when trying for winter eggs; Make
your hens scratch.
The fret eggs of winter are generally
larger than those laid at the close of the
sum ner season.
Trying to run dairy without a cream
separator is like attempting to steer q
ship without a rudder,
A horse will not do we'll shut up in
tight box stall-he should have plenty OF
air and light at all times.
The best plan for weaving colts is to
keep the mare aud colt apart until they
have entirely forgotten each other.
Unless more butter is made from a can
of cream than it contains pounds of fat
there is something wrong.
Oaly rich men can afford to keep COWS
that do not earn their feed The poorer
man is the better bis cows ought to be.
The dirt and sweat which accumulate
on the horses during the day should
never be allowed to remain on them over
night.
A fine, bright. sleek. clean-haired
horse nearly always has nerve, action
aud endurance, coupled with a nervous
but gentle disposition.
Mix kerosene and tar we'll together
and with paint or whitewash brush out
this mixture on the roosts and in the
nests before ou put tile straw in.
Better results in grains aud the quality
Of pork produced are invariably produced
when variety is furnished in the swine
ration than when not furnished.
As rule the fertility of the farm can
be more easily kept up by sheep than bv
dairy husbaadry, but there is more profit
and more labor-in the latter.
The quiuce is an attractive and profta-
BILE fruit.
Storing apples in crates makes it easier
to detect rot.
Almost any old time is a good time to
spread manure in the orchard.
It pays to scatter loose mulch over the
Strawberries after the ground is frozen.
Common window screening makes good
protection from rabbits for the young
trees.
The outdoor pit would make a fine
place to store apples ifthey did not take
on that "esrthly" flavor.
Cornstalks or other litterl about the
trunks of apple trees invite the mice, and
girdled trees are the result.
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