Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-07-03
Don't confine the chicks closely.

The dust bath Is natural enemy
to lice
A female fly will deposit $50 eggs
at a laying.
Filth in the summer months should
never be allowed.
Broody hens should be moved to the
permanent sitting nest at night.
Do not depend too much upon the ram
for improvement; select your ewes as
well.
Foliage and fruit diseases are usu-
ally controlled with little difficulty by
spraying.
Poultrymen should select their
breeding stock carefully and then take
care Of 1t.
When spraying. II showers come and
wash off the poison. spray those trees
second time.
Eggs saved for Matching purposes
should not be subjected to high or
low temperatures.
Setting hens should be placed where
the rest OF the flock will disturb them
as little as possible.
II Won have no trees in your chicken
yards plant some corn to make shaoe
while the trees are growing.
Re sure to keep plenty OF fresh wa
ter before the hens. A great amount
of water Is used to form the egg.
Do not let the ambition for keeping
all the new breeds you hear OF cause
you to make failure with poultry.
Before any new chicks come see
that there are no scales on the hens
legs-no mites or lice In the poultry
quarters.
In seasons when dought prevails
better stand OF clover can be &C.
cured by sowing the seed without
nurse crop.
II chicks have no stamina. get
stunted. or are diseased, 1t Is the care
less. ignorant or lazy caretaker who
is to blame.
Calves can we'll be fed corn ens1lage
as soon as they are old enough to be
fed solid food stuffs, but they must
not be overfed.
Tools and implements In their places
and in good repair when not IN use
save lots OF time when those busy
spring days come.
record should be kept OF each
hatch, showing the date set, number
and kind OF eggs, number tested out,
and the chickens Matched
The bill OF fare should have va
riety Fowls do not wish to be con-
fined to single article OF food any
more than men do, and 1t Is not good
for them.
Light plows are all right for land
that Is free from stone; but look out
for your ribs where there are many
stones For such land better get a
heavier pillow.
Potatoes planted in old land or rich
garden soil are apt to be scabby and
worm eaten; teaspoonful OF sulphur
thrown onto the tubers when dropped
will prevent both evils.
II Ia muscle and bone that are re-
ouired to withstand hardship and in
active colts never fevelop either like
those which have the advantage or
plenty OF exercise every day.
Chilled eggs are responsible for
rood deal of bad luck" with incuba-
tors, but as general thing eggs In
the process OF Matching Will stand
more cooling than many people think.
Use labor-saving devices. The high
price of labor and Importance OF
prompt planting, cultivating. spraying,
etc. make 1t absolutely necessary to
use effective tools and farm machin-
cry
Lambs should be locked when they
are from to 10 days old, according
to the advice of the Minnesota ex-
periment station. At that time the
Young animal receives practically no
setback
Fresh bones contain small quantity
of animal matter which Is useful for
food. They are in their best condition
when fresh and unburned. Burning
or charring consumes the animal mat
ter and makes them just so much less
valuable.
The roots OF the small grain crops,
as wheat and oats, are more fibrous
than the roots of such crops as corn,
and the great mass OF the roots
of these crops Is confined to the fur
row slice For this Jason well pre-