Middletown transcript., 1912-01-06
FARM NEWS And VIEWS

roosting places.
Rubber hose must be hung in a dry
place # you expect it to last long enough
for you.
Give the asparagus bed an overcoat of
manure before hard, freezing weather
comes on.
A few hours attention to the nipple.
ments when storing saves days of work in
the spring rush.
Fall plowiDg of the garden DESTROYS cut
worms and other insects besides getting
rid of fall weeds
Potatoes for seed should be carefully
stored where the temperature will be as
possible without freezing the potatoes.
Bees are safe for winter? If they are In
the cellar, see that the hives are raised
from the floor. Remove the bottom
board.
The success of turkey raising depends
upon the kind of care given for the first
five or six weeks.
The expense of putting the third 100
pounds OF weight on a hog puts a pre-.
MUM ON early marketing.
When you are ready to start feeding
sllage take every bit of the moldy top off
and remove it from the barn.
Save the wood ashes during the coming
winter and you will have the best kind
OF fertilizers for the orchard.
The air in the hen house is often con.
taminated by gases arising from filth and
the accumulated droppings.
Thestone silly when properly built has
always given attraction.
Study and master at least one farm pro.
blem during the leisure time this winter.
Get the habit of hauling manure to the
field every day as it is taken from the
barn.
A good system for the care Of orchards
Is: Cultivation at least two or three years
out of five; plant with clover during the
other years; cut the clover and leave it on
the ground or scatter under the trees.
Some farmers do not Ike cement for
horse stalls on account OF its hardness. but
this can be overcome by using Stats over
the cement, or by laying the cement only
half way up from the rear and using
boards in front.
Be sure the potatoes are free from frost.
Rapdity is one of the great essentials
in milking a COW.
Cut the cost of production by using ma
chinery wherever you can.
Plucking of the fowl begins immediate.
ly after killing aud should be rapidly
DONE
Some of the most successful breeders of
lancy poultry have very inexpensive
houses.
A good draft horse is a good farm horse
either to wear out in the field or to sell
when mature.
The total value of farm lands and build.
lngs in 1910 Appropriated Sc 800, ,OOO, 900,
of which the 1923, 100000 of Texas was
nearly 28 per cent.
The cause of tie contamination of milk
is largely due to lack Of perfect cleanliness
With the milking utensils, surroundings,
methods OF delivery aud personal clean.
illness.
The horse that can move the most
freight in lifetime is sought by every
buyer, but such qualities can not be infal-
libly indicated by any market test. They
must be judged by appearances.
Grape vines may be trimmed in the
late fall after the leaves have fallen, but
before the vines have frozen, or in the
early spring after the wood has thawed
out but before the sap has started.
Humor the fowls during the winter
that is, give them the kind of food they
crave aud the kind of food they need
to keep their bodies sustained and to per-
nit of their producing eggs at the same
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Success in pork production is largely
affected by the attention given to the
health and comfort of the brood sow.
The ripening or souring of the cream is
me of the most important steps through y
)ut process of butter making.
Wear an ill-ftting collar if you wish, in
rider to be stylish, but don't make your
lorse wear one that is not smooth fit.
Many farmers have yet to learn that a
ow cannot live upon an unpalatable ra.
ion of corn and straw and do anywhere
iced her best
Remember that quality is ahead of size
very tine. The hog which viii produce
he most pork with the least waste is the
esired sort.
A shed of poles covered with stra md
pen to the south will inter the
icely if provided with clean, fresh beuR
ing from time to time.
A small flock of healthy hens, given
le best of care and attention, will give
early profit of 81 per hen. after paying
II the food consumed.
Try TO protect all stock from cold winds
nd rains. 1t pays.
AT the time of shipment the feeces of
leep or lambs should be dry.
R. iSct all damaged feed. 1t will pay you
good milk and excellent butter.
Don't neglect to commence feeding the
Its some grain before they are weaned.
Is the slobbering horse in need of more
ain, or may it not be that its teeth need
ling?
Sheep, like men, can endure great se-
Gritty if conditions are maintained favor.
Die to the body.
There are a good many breeders who
Ill believe that it is profitable to grind
'rn for the hogs.
The backs OF swine are often injured by
veaile trough riders" " ho choose hogs