Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-07-24

Cows must nave saIt.
Don't keep irritating dogs.
Use care In the cows ration.
Sheep help rid farms of weeds.
Brooder lamps should be cleaned
every day.
Chicks should not be fed until they
are SO hours old.
Every home should have an abund-
ance of strawberries.
Powder the chicks occasionally dur
ing the first eight weeks.
Experience Is of more value than
capital In poultry raising
The specialist succeeds In any line
of business, while others are falling.
Flowing Ia at best the hardest
wor.. our farm horses have to per-
form
An orchard, II you have one, Is the
very best place in which you can raise
chicks.
Cornstalks are valuable as fer
tilizer and should be left on the Held
after cutting.
A field OF corn after 1t 10 few
feet high makes an ideal place 10
raise chicks in.
few strips OF tile will often turn
a mud hole into the most productive
spot on the farm.
An egg may be fertile and hatch
and still the chick will not live be-
cause Of lack of vitality.
In cold weather place from ten to
thirteen eggs under the hen: In warm
weather from thirteen to fifteen.
The COOP for hen and chicks should
be well ventilated easy to clean. and
OF sufficient proportions to insure COM
fort
Eggs from hens that have made
fair showing in laying this winter Will
hon
heavy laying.
1t may not pay to keep any very
great surplus of corn In the cribs. yet
It is sometimes mighty comforting to
know that it Is there.
Scarcity Of stock cattle OF all kinds
and high prices asked and offered Is
common local condition reported
from the corn belt states.
When moss creeps into the mead
ows and pastures they need to be
broken up and the soil exposed to
the sun and air before reseeding.
Raspberries produce good crops In
the same soil for year, while straw
berries produce their best crops the
first year they come into full bearing.
As rule, the cause Of mock being
improbable lies largely with the
keeper and the care they receive
rather than a superiority OF one breed
over another.
BY raising standardized poultry
one will be able to sell stock and
eggs for breeding purposes. and get
much better prices than when selling
eggs and fowls for food only.
Busy hens are not only the best
egg producers. but their eggs show
the best fertility In order to keep
them engaged at work strew the floor
of the pen with hay or straw and
scatter the grain in this.
One Of the safe things to tie %
on the farm Is good brood SOW
pure-bred. In few years she and
her offspring, II properly cared for,
will put many dollars into the peck
cts OF the farmers Of the country
Hens prefer the morning sun to the
afternoon sun when they cannot have
both. Therefore, arrange to open a
window in the east end OF the hen
house when bad weather does not per-
nit of the entire south side being
thrown open.
The last United States census shows
that there are 307.7O6 women farmers
in this country. The numbers has
gained since the census was taken and
promises to increase. Many women
haye homesteaded claims In all of the
western states and have made sue.
cesSes of farming.
II your supply of manure Is limited
and It Is fine in texture better make
application after blowing rather than
before. 1t may pay to use part OF the
manure in the hills, especially for
such plants as elephants, tomatoes,
cucumbers, melons, muskmelons and
lima beans. Manure used In hills
should always be fairly well decayed
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