Catoctin clarion., 1912-11-28

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Eradicate the quack grass.
Gtubbls win catch the snow.
Paint beautifes the farm house
Paint puts the. protit.nakins toueA
onto the buildings.
Cabbage which u TO be storeo
should be handled with care.
IT. there were fewer whips IN tns
world there would b fewer uGiS
horses.
It IL Just as necessary to Mt cor
lar to a horse a. 1t 10 to at moe 70
the foot
70 lead. This habit will be decideoly
appreciated in later yearh
A man cannot work on boiled tur>
nips Alone: neither can horse worx
on q diet of straw and fodder.
Alfalfa II injured by pasturfnS. ana
can not be recommended II the felds
are to Be kept for meadow purposes.
It In entirely possible that you may
Be able to double the ncoms nom
your covs by selling half ths epws.
Wellmanaged poultry II prefesanle
to farm crops in that poultry VIII
produce An income at all times of ne
year.
II costs q good deal of money to buy
q satisfactory team. In most cases
this can be avoided by the farmer
raising his own.
When q bird becomes I'll. separate It
from the rest OF the flock BY DOING
10 the spread Of an infectious disease
may be averted.
Always tie your team or put them
in . barn when you 20 to town II
Il much cheaper than having 10 buy
q new harness and wagon.
The horse that 10 all the time being
TAPPED with the whip never knows
what his master means by It. ana
comes to think he means Just nothing.
Indigestion Is the cause OF more
than half the diseases OF the horse,
and largely caused by improper food
and working horses on . full stomach
II 10 more profitable to have the
hens in laying condition for the period
when prices are high than It 10 to at.
tempt to preserve" eggs until that
time.
All implements that are not needed
further this summer should be taken
to the Toulouse and protected from
the sun. A dollar saved IL equal to
dollar made.
BY, raising standardized poultry
one will be able TO- sell stock and eggs
for breeding purposes and got much
better prices than when selling sgSs
and fowls for food only.
The San Jose scale 10 not capable
Of living and thriving on all kinds OF
plants, and It To- extremely important
that the grower should know which
ones are most liable to attack.
The COW gets up on her hind feet
Arst, her head down. For this reason
the mangeY should be low and the
COW allowed enough freedom In her
stall so that she can rise with ease.
Men who are inexperienced IN al
falfa growing should have forced on
their attention the important lesson
that It pays we'll to put little labor
on tho surface after removing each
crop.
Hressntl Indications are that hog
prices will make another flight WITH
in the next Ave or six months. THIS
ought to be good time to got
bunch Of shoats together and fseA
them skim-milk.
Keep q sharp lookout for footrot.
and at the very frst signs Of lame
ness cut out all the affected parts Of
the hoof and force the entire Aock
TO walk through shallow trough con.
tanning disinfectant
The manure spreader should bs the
Renerally used tool on the farm, but
this 10 no reason why II should be
left unprotected in the storms and
vintered IN the snow bank A shed
for the spreader would be best econ.
omy.
TO produce milk economically we
should use the roughage Of our
farms wherever It is possible, for by
90 doing we not only save the labor
OF hauling bulky material, but It will
also build up the fertility OF our
land. II we must buy feed let 1t be
concentrates and such material that
is high in nitrogen and carbohy-
drates.
II your teams are to be used much
In handling heavy loads where back