Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
Young pigs like vegetables.


and legumes
II is better aud more profitable TO
have a herd Of fr; coed cows than
ten that are interior
The green food problem In winter
isn't much Of rrotls m if there Is any
alfalfa hay on the place
Muddy and unclean ST BILE yards are
always sources o! loss because OF
their insanittry Co"iitlon
There are but few horses that cen
not be made gentle and quiet by the
proper kind of treatment
The kind Of feed which the cows
eat ofter has an 't'c; Won the ma
yor OF milk and - products
The farmer who mah $ an effort TO
~, the corn crib and snekehouse
each year generally succeeds
Swedish turnips grow well In the
northern states and provide a large
amount O. feed for the winter
The best stock pea for grazing III
the field is the black Everlasting
Red and Red Ripp,r are also good
The farmer who is not raising le'
gumes has his eyes closed to some OF
the biggest opportunities in farming
Fruit growing and aoultry raising
go well together Anyone following
esth6r will do well to consider the
other.
The sand Fetch u sbtal.ET and more
recumbent than the common retch.
and has been tested bu, little IN this
country.
Hens. when they cease laying. fat
ten very easily and fat hen Is a
thrifty candidate for all kinds OF poul.
try diseases.
Penning chickens IL the best way
TO get q fine flock, for II n.eaHs that
you are getting eggs from the best
hens you have.
A hog fed on corn alone from the
time it is weaned from the SOW I'm.
til butchered at IS months old. seldom
pays for his keep.
The cows like the silage In the win
ter just as well as they do the grass
In the summer and it Is good at any
season of the year
Stout. livable chicks are obtained
only from sturdy parents. and pullets
that have peea forced for winter eggs
are hardly IN that class.
Don't blame anyone but yourself
II your farm won't grow lsgumes
They will grow for the man who
knows how to make them
II is poor economy to feed spoiled
food to the poultry They may con.
tract disease or become poisoned.
Hurn all decomposed food stun at
once
The day i'!s forever passed when
the progressive dairyman allows his
cows to be brought, running or ex.
cited, into the barn. by dog or q boy
with a whip.
Sheep in the summer are gross
feeders. rapidly cleaning the land Of
brush and weeds, but In the barn and
in the feed lot they are extremely
dainty In their eating
The best family horses. as rule.
are raised and trained on the farm
Their dispositions are then thor
oughly understood, and it is known
how far they can be trusted
1t pays to whitewash, ventilate and
properly light the stables; to brush
and curry COWS; to use clean and
well-covesed utensils, to cool milk
quickly and to haye 2 cool place for
the milk.
The fruit farmer can always find
something to do, either in the orchard
or around the. buildings. This bust.
ness like any other is ruined by too
much loaflng. Keep the loose ends
we'll in hand for the best results
1t often Is your fault that hens
get to eating eggs; but after they do
contract the habit, lay the AK at the
..ot OF the tree-in other words. stop
the business, short of. Then change
your bill of fare. Something lacking
in the feed you have been giying.
Balance the ration