Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-07-17

The sire Is the handspring In the
dairy works.
You cannot afford to overlook the
health of your fowls.
Early matches are nine times out OF
ten more profitably than late ones.
It's no longer possible to farm sue
cessfully II you depend upon guess
work.
The sheep is just as efficient ma
nure spreader as he is manure
maker.
Hens suffer from damp hen house.
SO 1t is we'll to keep the floor covered
with litter.
Grow your peach trees SO that a
six-foot ladder will be long enough
for harvesting.
II applying nitrate Of soda sprinkle
around the plant and then stir or
rake into the soil
II you intend to use hens for hatch
ing set them In a dry place where the
ventilation Is good.
II you do not intend to use hens for
Matching break them up at once and
get them to laying again.
Remember all kinds OF stimulating
fertilizers should by no means be al
lowed to touch the leaves OF plant.
Red raspberry rows should be about
six feet apart, plants spaced two rect
apart In the row $3.50 to the acre..
Start the brooder a day or two be-
fore putting In the chicks to see that
the heating apparatus is working prop
erly.
Heroic pruning measures are need
ed to bring many old trees into pear
ing: but II need not all be done the
first year.
In cool weather 10 to l3 chicks are
sufficient for one hen, while In warm
er weather Is to 20 can be cared for
successfully.
A pound OF clover seed to the bushei
OF small grain helps to give ones lana
the clover habit, and prepares the way
for a good stand.
A 2OO.bushel yield OF potatoes per
acre removes from the soil 46 pounds
Of nitrogen, 81 pounds OF phosphorlc
acid and IA pounds of potash.
An apple tree that has been prop
erly pruned from the time 1t Is set
needs comparatively little attention
when II reaches bearing age
The scratching hen will have bet
ter vitality, and better laying rec
ord than the lazy hen that waits by
the gate for the next feed to be doled
out.
There is this to say for incubator
Matching: Mites and other pests are
not waiting outside the shell ready 20
bounce on the helpless chick as soon
as 1t energies
High fertility Is exceedingly impor-
tant for cabbage. This crop must
have an abundance Of quickly avail
able plant food. Application OF nj
trate of soda usually pays.
pig must not be allowed to stop
growing. II 1t does, the loss ts not
confined only to the days of unthrift,
but all the food consumed afterward
Is likely to give less profit.
For a straight hog fence 1t has been
found that twentysix inches is not
high enough. II there are to be no
barb wires on top Of the hog fence
should not be less than thirty inches
high.
Plants send their rootlets a suraris
ing distance in search of food and wa.
ter. and these rootlets show almost
human intelligence in travelling around
stones and other distractions to gain
their end.
When blowing the land for parsnips
and other deep-growing root plants.
pillow deep and keep the manure dowK
deep; otherwise you will have lot of
surface roots instead Of the long,
straight roots desired.
The silo will help you meet the feed
ing problem, enable you to save about
40 per cent. of the feeding value OF
the corn plant and make 1t possible
for the farm crop to maintain more
animals The silo is good invest.
ment.
Fall blowing is to be preferred to
spring blowing. This applies also to
land for corn that Ia to be manured
during the winter and spring. rea'
sonable dressing of coarse manure
may be disked In without difficulty.
and Is In better position to aid the
crop than when plowed under.
To hold sack open for filling It
with potatoes, beets. turnips, or any.
thing to be sacked, use a 5O-pound
lard can with the bottom removed
Place the can In the sack and let the
sack come up to the top Of the can.
Fill the can, raise 1t and the sack; let
the can remain and fill again until