Middletown transcript., 1912-07-27
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW FARM news AND VIEWS
Look out for the little colts.

Look out for the little colts.
Sharp tools make the work easier.
A gentle mother makes gentle chickp.
The hen should also be busted occa-
sionally.
Watch out for lice on the late hatched
chicks.
Dutch cheese is an ideal food for yeung
turkeys.
Give the ynung oa'f an early chance to
nibble at grass.
There isn't thing wrong with some
horses except their owners.
Churning when cream is too warm has
the effect of whitening butter.
Nature intends that the calf should
have the first milk from the mother.
Htndling colts from the start obviales
breaking and substitutes training.
Use only thoroughbred better bred
sire for next years crop of calves.
Farmers, as a rule, pay too little atten-
ton to the comfort OF their work horser.
There isn't much play about dairying,
but no other job pays better for hard
work.
The draft horse is one farm product that
bulls and bears cannot corner nor control.
Sheep do have one real menace, how
ever, in the summer. That is internal
parasites.
Let ms use more of our own dairy pro-
ducts at home. They are the best that
can be produced.
A mule auth' rty say: "Thtre is
nothing that walks that will beat an old
jennet as a money maker"
Marking chicks or young turkeys with
poultry pounch does no harm, and the
fowls will always show the mark.
Ground oats, green cover hay, and
sweet skim-milk make good ration Tor
lambs after they are twenty -jne days old.
Be careful not to Overwork the brood
mare when she IS nursing a promising
colt for ove:heating of her has a bad fleet
on the milk.
Pasturing grass too soon Or too hard is
an expensive way of saving feed. 1t costs
several times the amount of feed saved.
The hog house if left open will supp ly
cool place for the pigs to lie in ind also
protect the young from heavy storms and
from the hot sun.
Having too many chicks in one brood,
whether with hen or in a brOoder, is n
common fault. Chicks in small broOds
do better
Have an aim in breeding and try to
breed all she colts to a standard or tJpe.
In this way you will get matched pairs
which will bring better prices.
Experience the last ear has shown it
Is best to make such crops as co~pess and
alta fl into hay to feed dry and to ill
the silOs either with corn or ksffir.
This is the time OF year when lice do
the most damage in the poultry yard, The
young chickens should be examined every
week for head lice or for lice on the body.
When a man wants to nse his horse,
and has to chase him all over the farm in
order to catch him it is evident Il a, either
the man or the horse was not brought up
right.
Good qnahty of wheat straw which is
neither moldy nor dusty, will IN IKE fair
ronghage for horses, and when fed in
moderate amOunts should not prove in-
furious in any way.
Where slage is used the land can he
nsed TO grow another cop pf corn. TheIe
is no way to get so much off an acre az to
put it into t6rti siid Ftats pat He He GoEn in the
silo.
Barb wire fences are bad for horses,
but there should he a barb wire strung
along the top Of the wozen fence or the
horses will ride it down. The barb wire
placed there will do no harm.
For the shot hole bOrer apply in June
with a long handled brush this mixture:
10 pounds caustic potash, 20 pounds
oil soap and go gallons of ster boiled to-
gpther two hour.
Straight breeds OF cattle cell better than
mixed ones. Whatever you do don't get
Jersey blood mixed up With Your beef
herd. The Jersey marks will show for
three generations.
Lpghorns are natural foragers.
Shade is an important element of sue
cess.
Exercise sweating in horse indicates
weakness.
The first essential in making good but
ter is good cream.
Camphorated oil is good for caked I'D
der or other inflammation.
Frequent stirring while cream is ripen-
ing will make better butter.
A hog can be starved to eat almost any
thing, but it is poor economy.
Make very liberal estimates as to the
number of chickt na you are to save.
This is the time to begin knocking out
another possible feed shortage next win
ter.
For the young calf just learning to eat
there is nothing better than ground oats.
Milking with wet hands is one of the
most undesirable habits that a man can
form.
Turkeys often get puny and die when
several weeks old, from no other cause
than lice.
The logger a calf is allowed to suck he
cow the harder it will be to make it drink
from a bucket.
1t never pays to keep more cattle than
one can be sure to furnish with ample
feed the year round.
By using little patience a calf can be
taught to drink quickly by letti x t suck
the finger held in tie milk.
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