Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-23
Farm news And VIEWS

One Of the great mislakss Ia dairy farm
ing is having too much land.
No farmer can afford to have Q cheap
inferior made silo on bis farm.
Commercial fertilizer, when properly
used, will increase the yield Of crops.
Young cabbage plants require thor
ough protection in the hotbed and cold
frame.
Barley and oats, as we'll as wheat, are
usually improved in quality on fax land.
There is no better way by which ths
corn crop can be used than through the
siIo.
Garden seeds require much the, sans
treatment as grass seeds or small grains.
Alfalfa is the most Vouderful of ell cuI.
tivated plants, and the oldest one known
to history.
You cannot make as good SiIsge from
J dry cOrnstalks as you can from mature
green corn.
1t will take COED farming to keep mp
and increase soil fertility without put
chasing feed grown outside.
The egg plant is one of the least knovu
garden vegetables and one thet deserves
being better known.
The preparation Of manure for hotbed
should begin at least three weeks before
the hotbed is to be used.
Demand for good, productive farm
property is steadily increasing. Some
very high prices are paid for well i'm.
proved farms.
When sowing seed Of early vegetables
in fats in the hotbed it's decided ad-
vantage to cover the manure with soil.
Young chicks must be kept dry and
warm.
The early brOilsra always command the
best markets.
Little chicks will not thrive if peuned
in small enclosure.
A hen needs nearly seven times more
fresh air in proportion to her size than
does the horse.
Selecting the hens according to their
laying qualities is to some pOultymen >
hard proposition.
Any one keeping poultry must, of
course, have houses to protect them from
cold or stormy weather.
Fowls intended for market should be
Cooped for week or two and fed all the
rich food they will eat.
Fine gravel is not the proper grit for
poultry. They want q sharp material
with which to grind their food.
The incubator should be located in .
room where the temperature does not
vary much during the day or night.
Eggs will become fertile in from four to
six days after mating. The effect of
mating will continue several months.
It is necessary to feed the feed TO tbs
breeding ducks literally, yet ct the same
time, feed so as to keep them active and
healthy.
Poultry houses which have cracks in
their sides or leaky roofs should be cover
ed with some kind Of prepared roofing on
both roof and sides.
Chicks sheltered from the weather and
given plenty of good water will find much
of their feed and prove the most profta.
Bile crop on the farm.
Remember that the early broods Inust
at all times have dry place and room to
exercise when the weather will not per.
nit them to go out doors.
Teach the colt to draw loads by de.
yrees.
Gentleness pays beet with the colt or
loEse.
1t is dangerous to feed millet to the
brood mare.
Wet the hay aud not the oats for q
'oughiDg horse.
Always approach a strange horse at
be shoulder.
Stop at the top of the bill and let your
loEse get breath.
Use few words With q horse, but have
hem understood.
A draft horse should have q large chest
md square shoulders.
There is no better place to fit Q colt for
market than on the farm.
A horse that is trained without blinds
3 usually the eafeF horse.
Match horses with references TO size and
notion particularly, to color il you can.
II you fnd it necessary to change the
orse's feed cut the amount down for q
ime.
Be careful about feeding horses inclined
D heaves too much hay, or bay that is
usty.
Great care should be used in watering
be horses. A little and often is tbs best
'ay.
One of the chief advantages Of feeding
We stock on the farm is the maintenance
{ coil fertility.
The shoe should ft the foot. Dou't let
he blacksmith put the bars on frogs TO
lake the foot fit the shoe.