Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-02-20
Keep he hoe sharpensd.

Tall weeds should be moved and
burned
Selling the fertility Of the sod 4
. poor way to get rich.
II 10 important that some grain b
fed pigs intended for the market
Storm windows should take the
place Of wire screens on the house.
After your crop 10 made the prob
lem 10 how to sell It to the best advau1
taSe.
The department of agriculture says
that rats do An annual damage o.
e1oo.0o0.o0o.
Feeding chicks when too young and
too much at q time are fruitful sources
Of bowel trouble.
While you are at It, why not get
on the track of some better stock
than you have ever kepti
The young trees should bs banked
with earth. which will keep water
from settling about them.
Gardens should be cleared from
all remains Of the seasons crops and
prepared for the next year.
The heifsr bred too early always
remains stunted in growth and her
milk dow Il shortened for all time.
II you'll save q little seed corn
Garlic. In the season. you'll save =
little money later In the season.
The leaves Of trees that can be
gathered in any quantity during win.
ter and spring are very valuable.
The best compost heap 10 the ma
nure Of horses. cattle, sheep. hogs
and fowls All such should be saved.
The oow.testing movement. being
~ organised effort for improvement.
10 conducive to better community
spirit
For the amount OF money invested
In the poultry business. It pays
larger profit than any other farm
speciality.
silage is very nearly as cheap a.
pasture and In composition 10 prac-
tically the same. pound for pound. a.
Timothy pasture.
Plow the garden this fall and see
how It goes to be able to work the
soil which. in the early spring. had
this fall blowing.
Do not think because . sheep has
Q heavy coat of wool he will be able
to endure cold rains and sleep with.
out Q warm shelter.
The yards and sleeping quarters
must be kept dry and clean. as i'm
that . sheep cannot endure.
A profitable crop cannot be grown
on land deficient in humus, which 10
the same thing a. rotted sod or rot
ted manure, with fertilizer alone.
4 part Of the poultry on the farm 10
that oovey OF quail you have observed
In the back fields somewhere, and .
little attention to those small fowls II
worth while.
It 10 not bad practice to treat tho
wheat seed to . liquid spraying Of
one pound OF formaldehyds in forty
gallons OF water. II will prevent the
smut damage.
The most important business of the
dairyman II to increase the amount
Of manurial substances and apply
them where they are most nsedful by
the growing crops.
There 10 one big advantage in SOW.
Ing the winter wheat late and that IL
you stand . good chance to escape
the Hessian fly. which does 90 much
damage to the wheat fields.
In feeding the cows DO not give
them more than they can use readily.
Any feed that 10 left In the managers
after the cows are through will nat.
urally represent . certain amount OF
waste.
Brood sows should have . quiet.
warm, dry place where their litters
may spend the hrst weeks Of their
lives without being unnecessarily dis.
turbed by other animals or inquisitivs
peoplA
Those who are feeding bundle corn
to their cattle must make arrange
ments to have hogs follow them or
the waste will be too great.
Fruit foi breakfast, fruit for dinner.
fruit for supper. and some between
times. 1t is the key to good health.
Let the children eat literally.
Green bone Is complete food II
contains the nitrogen for the albulnen
the phosphate for the bones Of the
chicks and carbonaceous matter for
the yolks.
The secret CT a good strawberry
crop Is to set out new patch each
alternate spring A large family
ought to be more than supplied by