Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-08-21

matches Is a precaution worth taking.
Apple scab is caused by q fungus
known scientifically AZ Ventura nomi.
Musty oats make dull, lifeless look
Ing coats on the horses which eat
them.
Musty oats make dull, lifeless look
ing coats on the horses which eat
them.
Setting" milk In pans means loss
Of anywhere from 10 to so per cent OF
the cream.
Welldrained yards and pens will
help to keep the hogs more thrifty
and profitable.
The ground for sweet clover seed
should be prepared the sans as for
alfalfa or clover.
The irritation caused by poor driv.
er lessons the ability Of good horse
to do its best work
More turkeys are injured by over
feeding than wrong feeding. Feed
often but little at a time.
Cockerels intended for caponizing
should have no food for about "a hours
previous to the operation
Buffalo berry. Mayday tree and the
towering currant are three plants
that lowered early this season.
Let the dairy heifer have plenty OF
growth before breeding-two years
old is better than eighteen months.
A pleasant. cheerful, fearless dis
position il valuable quality In a
roadster or general purpose horse.
Fill In about the houses and barn
wherever there are low, wet places
No matter what the weather. 90 dry
shod
There 10 one thing certain, you can't
cure q kicking COW by beating her
with the milking stool or abusing her
IN any way.
Soil taken from a well. established
alfalfa field and spread on land to
be sown to alfalfa Is very good
way to inoculate It.
The sweet cherry Ia the only tree
fruit that can be universally set out
in the fall successfully and be better
than for spring setting.
A restless hen will never answer to
use as hatcher early in the sea
son. when steady warmth Is an i'm
peratiye condition OF success.
Stopping the churn at the right time
has a good deal to do with making
good butter. Stop when the grains are
about the size OF wheat kernels.
The milk producers knocked a home
run in their war for better price
Now let's see them knock few
boarder cows into the butcher shop.
When wooden or concrete floors are
used sufficient bedding should be sup
piled so that the cows may rest In com
fort and that surface dampness will be
absorbed
While lambing is progressing, grade
the lambs according to their age, as
the little fellows will get the worst OF
1t II they have to run with their big
ger relatives.
Back end to Is the way to hitch a
horse where the wind is blowing.
When they are loose so they can do
60 they like you never saw a horse
stand facing storm
The growing pigs may be helped
along In two ways; one Is by feeding
sows literally on those feeds that tend
to produce milk, and the other is by
giving the pigs clean food of the right
kind, such as clover and alfalfa.
From the day the pigs are dropped
the SOW is nothing less than a milk
machine and in order to keep her up
% full capacity she must be supplied
with plenty Of digestible, milk-pro-
ducing feed 1t is a good plan to boil
her ground grain and feed In the
form of slops for few days
Have a truck patch for the bulk Of
keeping the hog where a profit is to
the crop Of potatoes. sweet potatoes,
sweet corn, etc, as more than two
rows Of each Of these take up too
much room in the regular kitchen
garden.
When a lover of horses goes into
mans barnyard and the horses all
come up and nose him. and ask to be
petted, he knows what sort of man
OWNS them. When they all crowd to
ward the other side of the lot he also
knows what to think Of the owner