Middletown transcript., 1912-07-13
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
Clean up and disinfect.

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 sxer-
else than the poorly fed one.
There is little use in wasting time over
a crippled or deformed chick.
Poultry cannot stand any more neglect
In warm weather than in cold.
A mOngrel fowl is one that has resulted
from haphazzard mating for years.
One good sire can do wonders in ian.
proving the dairy herd of a neighbor-
hood.
1t a horse is required to do extra work
he should be liberaily and frequently fed.
DON'T keep tapping your horse with
the whip unless you want to drive q re-
gular old plug.
Generous feeding and frequent sailing
will help to fortify the lambs against the
parasites.
Dipping does more than merely kill
lice. Disease germs, especially in the case
OF logs are destroyed.
No matter low good their conforms-.
ton, the vast majority of little horses sell
at corresponding little prices.
Give the COWS fair show. To expect
large flow of rich milk from them on
insufficient or poor feed is unjust.
Corn lands should be pot in the best
possible condition so that the little roots
can get the most nourishment out of the
SOIL
Cattle that have been well wintered can
be put on the early grass fat market aud
good judges think this market will be q
high one.
Under ordinary circumstances the
poorer the feed the greater the daily Gust
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 becomes
more and more difficult.
OF later years the Clydesdales have been
coming Oh in draft horse popularity and
the breed is now occupying quite a place
among the pullers.
The old ducks need a swimming pond
as their feathers will net be nearly so good
without the water and their eggs will be
much more fertile.
Clover hay can be put in the NOW cafe
ly with more sap in it than timothy, but
neither will keep without moIding when
put in with dew or rain on il.
Ii costs from two to six cents more to
produce pound OF fat pork than pound
OF ordinary bacon, but the difference is
on the other side at market ii ne.
Alfalfa makes the best pasture but peas
and oats sown in equal parts also rape
clover and mixture Of wheat and oats
So"n thickly makes excellent pig forage.
Most all our gardens can be at Least
double cropped by selecting early varie-
ties OF vegetables such as cabbage, lettuce
onions, beets, bunch beans aud early
corn.
AS soon as the pigs have been put into
the fattening pens in the fall they should
be led all that they will eat with q relish
Tor the shorter the iattening period the
larger the profits.
1t is a good plan to carry over some
good seed when an excellent seed year
gives the farmer plenty of choice grain.
In this manner he is prepared for a bad
year when good seed is scarce.
A sandy soil can be cultivated much
earlier than the heavier soils, and in this
there is a decided advantage, as two or
three crops can be produced in a season,
while only one can be grown on heavy
soil.
Good roads spell prosperity.
Grade up the eggs before shipping
them.
There is no grain so safe for horse feed
ing as oats.
Do not feed heavily when horses ale
not working.
After the colt is halter broken he
should be trained to lead.
Grind the corn you feed the old sheep.
Their teeth may be poor.
Pasture for pigs should be short, as
resh grass is more easily digested.
Turn4he sows and pigs out in the pas
ure whan the grass affords a good bite.
Almost 10 quarts Of per. cent milk is
equired to make one pound of butter.
To make the most profit out of chickens
tuf your birds from hatch to Ratchet.
Hogs can be fed on good pasture at 10
'er cent more profit than in a dry lot on
nill feed.
There is y feed that can quite com
are with skim milk to keep the youngu
igs growing.
It is best to teach chicks to rOost on
erches aa soon as they are wsaned from
he hen.
Rose buds and bugs arrive about she
anne time. The latter cause trouble
mong the grapes too,
The COW must have pasture or its
quivaent in order to do her best That's
Thy slage is so valuable.
The heller bred too early always re-
Mains stunted in growth aud her milk
Ow is shortened for all time.
The ful feed to the idle horse has cost
he life of many good one. Adjust the
sed TO the work the horse does.
The larder aud faster the work a horse
,ar IN do the mora nt,tr;tfo.,s the stror