Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-10-23

1t Is better to cut q chickens head
off than to let him eat It OF.
The COW that Is always bawling 10
seldom best at filling the pail.
The modern poultry house have ev-
erything inside 1t easily movable.
The dairy COW offered for sale
cheap" these days Is not to be trust
ed.
Head off the lice and mites. Now Ia
the time to thrust in the whitewash
brush.
Just because the calf is large and
thrifty Is no sign 1t will be wonder
full COW.
Unless very poor, better give blue
grass a top-dressing instead Of trying
to re-seed 1t.
Feed at regular hours and the fowls
will always be ready and waiting for
their last meal.
The common curly lettuce is the
best for early use. Head lettuce Ia
better for late sowing.
Breeding stock cannot be divorced
from outdoor exercise without being
Injured more than benefited.
In a corn-growing territory cow
peas are mostly grown with corn.
sowing broadcast or otherwise.
Be sure the flock has plenty Of fresh
water. II the sheep drink from
springs, keep the approaches dry.
Corn silage is a safe feed for lambs
when 1t is free from mold and does
not contain AL excessive amount OF
acid.
Commercial growers OF plums and
peaches who have tried thinning con-
slider 1t very important In getting good
fruit.
Rotation OF crops is one Of the sim
Pile. practical methods OF increasing
the productivity of the farm and dis
tributing labor.
An acre Of corn yielding eight tons
Of silage will keep four cows $50 days
an acre Of pasture will keep only
one COW that long.
A we'll built grape trellis not only
improves the looks OF the back yard.
but affords excellent shade, besides
increasing the yield of fruit.
The sweet cherry is the only tree
fruit that can be universally set
out in the fall successfully and be
better than for spring setting.
These are gala days for lice. Fight
them strong and hard. Kerosene will
crack and crevice. Don't spare It.
In picking strawberries 1t should be
borne In mind that bruised fruit
will not stand shipping. A careless
picker has no place In q strawberry
field.
What a young SOW loses In growth.
that she should make before farrow-
ing her first litter, 1t Is questionable
whether she can ever be made to
make 1t up.
With hogs 1t is not best to crowd
the breeding stock to their full ca
pacity A thrifty growth without too
much fat is best for the stock intend
ed for breeders.
Corn breeders claim that 1t 10 pos
sible to double their crops by i'm
proved methods. Is 1t not possible
for US to double our pig crop with
out keeping more sows?
The richest color Of the cream Is
when 1t first rises to the surface, and
II churned in that condition the butter
will be yellow. II 1t remains exposed
to the light and changes Of tempera-
ture the rich yellow color disappears.
Live stock men say that improved
methods of feeding and marketing
hogs, together with the public demand
for more lean meat and less fat In the
pork line, explains the decrease In
weight The same is true about cattle.
Beef steers are averaging much light
or than thirty years ago.
Sheep are such sensitive creatures
that little things In care and feed
make for success or failure. NO mat
ter what the breed.
When setting any Of the bush
fruits the top should be pruned to
correspond to the root pruning the
plant gets In transplanting.
The farmer often makes q mistake
by trying to do too much. Till less
ground and cultivate It better and
there will be moro profit In It