Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-07-18

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Clean up and disinfect.
Every farmer should have a garden.
Turn the horse out to pasture at
night.
Overexertion is as bad for the colts
% no exertion.
Now that cows are on grass they
will need salt oftener.
Sheep, unlike hogs, need to be
dipped only once year.
The well-fed colt requires more ex-
ercise than the poorly fed one
There Is little use in wasting time
over crippled or deformed chick.
Poultry can not stand any more
neglect In warm weather than In cold.
A mongrel fowl is one that has re-
suited from the haphazard mating for
years.
One good sire can do wonders In
improving the dairy herds of neigh
borhood.
II a horse Is required to do extra
work he should be literally and fire.
quently fed.
Don't keep tapping your horse with
the whip unless you want to drive q
regular old plug
Generous feeding and frequent salt
ing will help to fortify the lambs
against the parasites.
Dipping does more than merely kill
lice. Disease germs. especially in the
case Of hogs, are destroyed.
No matter how good their confor-
nation, the vast majority of little
horses sell at corresponding little
prices.
Give the cows fair show. To ex.
pect large flow Of rich milk from
them on insufficient or poor feed is
unjust.
Corn lands should be put In the best
possible condition so that the little
roots can get the most nourishment
out of the soil
Cattle that have been we'll wintered
can be put on the early grass fat mar
ket and good judges think this market
will be high one.
Under ordinary circumstances the
poorer the feed the greater the daily
cost Of milk and butter-fat, and the
less will be the profit.
As warm weather approaches the
task OF preventing drinking water for
hogs from becoming contaminated be-
comes more and more difficult.
OF later years the Clydesdales have
been coming on In draft horse popu.
larity and the breed Is now occupying
quite a place among the pullers.
The old ducks need a swimming
pond, as their feathers will not be
nearly 80 good without the water and
their eggs will be much more fertile.
Glover hay can be put In the NOV
safely with more sap in 1t than TIM
othy but neither will keep without
molding when put In with dew or rain
on It.
1t costs from two to six cents more
to produce a pound Of fat pork than
q pound of ordinary bacon. but the diff
ference Is on the other side at mar
ket time,
Alfalfa makes the best pasture, but
peas and oats sown in equal parts,
also rape, clover and mixture Of
wheat and oats sown thickiy makes
excellent pig forage.
Most all our gardens can be at
least double cropped by selecting
early varieties of vegetables such as
cabbage lettuce, onions, beets. bunch
beans, potatoes and early corn.
AS soon as the pigs have been put
into the fattening pens in the fall
they should be fed all that they will
eat with a relish; for the shorter the
fattening period the larger the pro-
Ats.
Before starting up a hill with a
load, and when the top of the hill Is
reached, give the team rest. Let
them catch their breath. Undue fore
ing OF horses up hill with load fire.
quently causes heart and lung disor-
ders.
OF two colts similar In disposition
and sense. one may develop into a
steady and valuable family horse,
while the other may be everything
that is vicious treacherous and un.
safe--all because of the difference In
the men handling them.
The longer a calf Is allowed to suck
the COW the harder 1t will be to make
It drink from bucket