Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-09-19

CApons are profitable.
Pack all fruit carefully.
Cows need pure, fresh water.
There is always q demand for tur.
keys.
Oats and peas will not inoculats
ground for alfalfa.
No eve should be bred until she
has reached maturity.
Concrete floors in the COW stables
are sanitary and easily cleaned.
The size OF an apple can be influ-
enced to quite large degree by pick
ing.
Don't let the cows out in the
storms to stand around It doesn't
pay.
The colder the milk when separated
the greater the loss Of fat in the skim
milk.
The cows that produce the largest
amounts Of butter fat do It most eco
nomically.
The calves should by all means be
kept in clean, well-lighted and VEN
tilatsd stables.
A proper kit for farm work Is about
As handy thing as the average
farmer can buy.
A ten-cent bolt now may save q dol.
lars worth OF time when the rush
OF work comes.
You cannot fatten a brood SOW and
fatten a hog alike and make the best
success Of both.
A gallon OF cream testing 25 per
cent. should churn a little over two
pounds Of butter.
ing record Is to improve the herd and
increase the output.
Frequent stirring Of the soil Is said
to be good preventive Of rust FORM
ing on the cultivator.
Look out for the potato bugs on the
tomato and eggplant plants. They
prefer them to the potatoes.
For sandy land the mammoth red
clover has proved superior to alsike
or the medium red varieties.
Pasture for pigs should be short as
fresh grass Is more easily digested.
Turn the sows and pigs out In the
pasture when the grass affords = good
bite.
is required to make one pound OF
butter.
To make the most profit out Of
chickens. stuff your birds from hatch
to Ratchet.
Hogs can be fed on good pasture at
20 per cent more profit than In . dry
lot on mill feed
There IL no feed that can quito com.
pare with skim milk to keep the young
pigs growing.
1t is best to teach chicks to roost
on perches as soon as they are
weaned from the hen.
Rose buds and bugs arrive about
the same time. The latter cause
trouble among the grapes, too.
The COW must have pasture or its
equivalent In order to do her best.
That's why silage is 80 valuable.
The cheapest culture for all fruit
trees except pears Is to pillow deep In
the spring and SOW five pecks Of cow
peas to the acre.
Properly handled and cared for the
farm mare can do nearly as much
work while raising the colt as she
would otherwise.
The first two weeks OF chicks
life there is danger 1t will overeat.
but after that 1t is safe to let them
help themselves.
A strawberry bed that has borne
for two seasons has passed ITS great
est usefulness, as far as high quality
berries is concerned.
1t is best to hatch turkeys away
from the hen house. and other places
frequented by chickens. to keep them
from getting lousy.
Castrate the lambs when about ten
days old. The operation is easily per-
formed at this age. and the lambs are
not so likely to bleed to death.
In the case Of young sows It Is
doubtful whether either rye or rape
will furnish sufficient feed for main
tenance and proper development.
Try replacing the windows In the
calf and COW barn with muslin and
see what an Improvement there will
be in the air. and still keep the flies