Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-12-04
Find out the good cows.

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For heifers provide good pasture.
shade and water.
II you hurry you still have time to
put up silo this season.
1t is estimated that FIVE chickens
will yield a pound Of feathers.
Old turkey hens and young toms
make the best breeding combination.
Sheep ought to be kept because OF
the influence which they exert upon
fertility.
Wasteful feeding does not neces-
sarily mean too much. 1t may mean
not enough.
In seeding sweet clover its lime and
incubation requirements should be
carefully looked after.
When managed rightly, the dairy
cow and the good profitable hen Will
always give a profit.
Mistakes In pig feeding are costly.
In the short life of the pig there Is
little time to correct mistakes
Eggs ought to weigh pound and
half to the dozen or fifty-hve
pounds net to the thirty dozen eggs
Sand is a bad thing In the gear
boxes OF automobiles but Is very nee.
essary in the gizzards of chickens
1t is necessary to feed the breeding
ducks literally, yet at the same time
feed so as to keep them active and
healthy.
Do not plant the same crop on the
same land each year; rotate. Dis
ease and insects will become trouble
some II you don't.
Silo filling time has already come
for some of the dairy farmers 1t Is
best to be thoroughly prepared be.
fore the actual process begins.
Seed corn week will soon be here.
See that the very best ears are saved
for next years crop depends upon
your foresightedness Just at this
time.
Broom corn and sorghum should
not be planted close together II plant
ed so they mature pollen at the same
time. They are closely related hotan
nically and mix.
Select at least fifty ears of corn for
each acre to be planted next year.
This will allow more careful selection
next spring The poorer ears you can
sell to your neighbors.
We would not feed shelled corn to
heifer calves intended for dairy cows.
The feed is too fattening. Whole oats
are much better Shelled corn will do
tor steer calves intended for beef pur
poses.
Remember that the fall Is a splen-
did time to paint those buildings you
didn't take care of last spring. Do
not let them 60 through another win
ter without some improvement along
this line.
Success in intensive cultivation can
come only through thorough knowl-
edge gained by study and close appli-
cation to the work. You must know
how to rotate your crops, that is, how
to follow one crop with another, what
crops to plant for early growing and
what to plant for late crops.
The best market you can find for
the green corn, II you haven't plenty
of silage, Is cutting part Of 1t and
throwing it into the pastures for the
COWS or, better still. feeding 1t in the
barn. They will return you a good
price for everything you give them
If they are good cows.
Dozens Of dairy farmers are feeding
and milking twenty cows twice per
day each day Of the year. when the
chances are that twelve to fifteen Of
the number would pay larger profit.
The whole idea is to find out which
are the good cows and then give
them the attention they need.
How are you taking care Of the ma
nure that daily accumulates on the
farm? This is q big item to dispose
of any very important IN connection
with future soil fertility and big crops.
We trust that you are not allowing 1t
to go to waste.
Mongrel live stock and poultry will
be predominant on our American farms
till more of our farmers keep their
own sires, and thus know something
about the blood origin Of every living
:. thing on the premises. It pays TO
keep the best and breed the best.
Because the hog has the ability to
utilize grain foods 80 efnciently and
economically Is a poor excuse for
feeding grain exclusively and neglect
ing to reduce the cost OF pork grow
ing by the use Of supplemental for
age and pasture crops
other things that go to make inten-
siye cultivatin a Access are manure.
and constructl In your garden.
Confine~ small garden
az rather than
- and give 1t