Middletown transcript., 1912-11-09
FARM new AND VIEWS


the next mating season.
Give your boy flock of lambs an,
9 make business man of him.
Sheep prefer short fresh grass to tha
whichis tall and coarse.
Indiscriminate crossing leads to failure
make line and heW to it.
Salt the weeds in the sheep pasture and
watch the sheep clean them up,
1t is bad policy to wean your pigs sud.
denly and put them on cows SHIN milk.
Sheep ought to be kept because of the
influence which they exert upon fertility.
Try to arrange to give each horse on
the farm three weeks vacation on grass
The time spent in company of the
sheep will pay and success will crown
your labors.
If winter dairying is to be the most pro-
fitable it must be planned for definitely
in advance.
The young pig wants to be got out into
the sunshine and on to the dirt as early
in life as possible.
Sheep at six years of age lose their
teeth, hence they should be fattened and
sold before this period.
Feed your rams generously but not too
we'll An overfed pampered ram is of no
earthly use anywhere.
Have you considered how impossible it
is for the half starved eve to properly
nourish her offspring?
This is good time to put a square of
tar paper in the bottom of each nest box
for the benefit of lice.
Do not neglect to provide clean water
for ,he poultry. Dirty water is dirty at
any season Of the year.
If the strawberries have been picked
two seasons, spade up the beds and SOW
the land for some late planted crop.
Know whether plant requires situa.
ton dry or moist, hot or cool sunny or
shady to know where to put that plant.
The lady-bugs OF lady-birds are small
turtled shaped beetles which feed upon
plant life in both the Iarval and adult
stages.
Some plants cannot be thoroughly
weeded with the hoe. In these cases the
weeds should be plucked by lAni.
Plant cover crop in the orchard. Rye {
barley, wheat and oats are good non
eguminous plants, but the legumes are
better. s
The farmers and fruit growers of this |
country are losing over one billion dollars r
annually by reason of the ravages Of in
ects.
A dense fleece is valuable not alone for I
'he increase in quality of wool, but for /,
he protection that it affords the animal q
rom the elements
II lice and miles fall to pao enough at
ention to other treatments, try burning y
hem out with torch. But don't burn O
own the house in order to get the YER b
1in. fl
As rule, it will not pay to hold the
ig crop for prices to rise, unless they are
eing held. While few feeders win out h
! playing the market game, many more 70
jse. Il
Corn an6 alfalfa usually can be attend st
to when the wheat needs no care. thus
lus distributing the labor more equitably
the season. Ct
Mushrooms, on account of the amount y
nitrogen they contain approach nearer l."
animal food than any other vegetable
-oduct.
Turkeys relish green feed. fol
Dig holes for trees in the Iall: ne
Vetches make good sheep fodder. sta
The scrub purebred is the greatest all
e. ~
Cattle scarcity is still with US and will cri
main for the next two years. on
a piece of alum in the drinking water dis
Il prevent throat and lung diseases.
Your horse may intend to please you,
t does not understand your wishes. dis
Get on friendly terms with those little 'Ol
rs. Study them. Kindness couats. w, nG
Own sheep for the good of your bank
count and for the destruction of weeds. I
Whenever hogs are confined to one dri
ding floor should be provided. owe