Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-09-05

Stick to pure breeds.
Ducks are easy to raise.
Dairy cows must have salt.
Keep the dairy utensils clean.
It's going to be great year for
silos.
That fall plowed garden works fine.
doesn't 1t?
Keep little gas tar on hand and
apply for scaly legs.
Carry a pipe-wrench with you. 1t
is general utility tool.
The incubator never changes its
mind. 1t stays on the job.
The finer the soil, the better the
vegetables, both in quantity and quail.
ity.
A COW appreciates punctuality In
milking, as much as a man does In
meals.
Be sure there are no lice on the
pasture.
The supply OF good 1900 to 1900
pound work horses Is always behind
the demand.
AS general rule, the depth to
plant should be four times the diam.
eter Of the seeds.
Sweet clover seed hulled weighs
about 60 pounds per bushel, and the
unhulled 33 pounds.
II the fetlocks are clipped and the
horses legs are kept clean. scratch.
ing will never bother.
Always water first. then a little hay.
and follow with grain; this gives the
animal a chance to digest.
Horses cannot be grown as cheap
as they were when land was half the
price and grain half the price.
Mate up the teams intended for
work in the spring at least a few
days before they are needed.
Some men pillow the garden when
the fields are too wet to work. So
much the worse for the garden.
The development OF the young
horse requires the exercise OF the
best judgment in handling him.
The ground should never be allowed
to become baked as in this condition
a great deal Of moisture Is lost un.
necessarily.
In cutting eyes from potatoes leave
enough OF the potato on them to fur
nish sustenance until they can draw
It from the earth.
The correct mating is to IL hens
for each cockerel The smaller the
breed the more hens may be allowed
with each rooster.
The smaller the quarters the great
err the care Crowded fowls are much
more liable to become affected with
vermn and disease.
Grow early onions from sets but the
main crop from seeds. Onions from
seeds keep better grow larger and
are Of better quality.
Do you like to see sick fowl! II
the bird is not Of more than ordinary
value, and the disease Is serious. ap
ply the ak with steady hand.
When chicks spread themselves out
comfortably at night. part way be-
tween the heater and walls OF the
brooder 1t is a safe indication that the
heat Is about right.
1t Is just as important to rotate
garden crops as field crops and 1t Is
certainly a great mistake to plant the
same crop on the same ground three
or four seasons in succession.
The average weight OF hens eggs
run from Is to "a ounces per dozen. A
weight of 224 ounces may be taken
as a fair average for good sized eggs.
although a weight OF four ounces 10
not unknown for single specimens.
No need to buy prepared charcoal
for farm fowls. Rake up pile OF
corn cobs or brush and set fire to It..
When 1t Is mass OF live Goals,
throw on water to put the fire out,
and the chickens will do the rest.
The covered milk pail is one of the
new ideas that is being adopted by
progressive dairymen everywhere.
The extra cost is slight In comparison
to the improved condition Of the milk
The milk goes through several thick
nesses of cheese cloth in most Of
these covered buckets.
As rule 1t does not pay to save
garden seed because varieties are apt
to become mixed and professional
seedsmen can give us better seed than
we can grow ourselves.
1t is all very we'll to experiment with
seds from choice specimens Of fruit
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