Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-10-02

Look out for the curculio.
Gather eggs at least once daily.
The Keiffer pear is the standby OF
the masses.
The farmer is known by the amount
Of clover seed he sows.
A bran mash and day in the pas
ture-for the horse off his feed.
Outdoor subjects animals to sun
shine and compels them to exercise.
Be sure the mares and colts IN
pasture have shelter from the hot
sun.
Charred corn fed to the fowls occa.
sionally will prove an aid to diges'
ton.
Egg growing rests not solely with
the hen, much depends on the man
In charge.
We cannot grow pigs prontably
without feed enough to keep them
gaining steadily.
After the crop expert has prescribed
for your sick soil, introduce him to
the boarder cows
In setting out strawberries, pinch
of most OF the leaves and the plants
will take hold better.
Cornmeal and skim milk make the
best Of feed to hurry chicks along to
the fry and broiler stage
The calf should be cleaned immedi'
ately after birth by carefully rubbing
II with a dry cloth or straw.
Give the hens a chopped onion &C.
casionally In the mash. 1t Is excel.
lent as a disease preventative.
Red cedar, Colorado blue spruce
and Black Hill spruce are excellent
evergreens for the yard or windbreak
Since the first reaper was invented
and put on the market the silo Is the
greatest boon that has come TO the
farmer.
II your asparagus turns yellow IT ID
a sign OF rust. Every affected plant
should be at once cut out and burned
or well sprayed
When setting any Of the bush fruits
the top should be pruned to CORE
spond to the root pruning the plant
gets In transplanting.
A good many farm gardens are too
large. A small patch well cared for
will prove more satisfactory all
around than a field Of weeds.
After the third day mixture OF
broken grains Is good for the chicks
Before that they are better off for hay-
ing nothing but grit and water.
There Is no danger OF having an
oversupply OF good country butter. In
the metropolitan centers 1t has be-
come almost an unknown quantity.
A wide range In summer feeding
may be used at the start Of the feed
ing period with profit, but 1t must get
narrow as the feeding period ad-
vances.
II everybody would begin feeding
new oats carefully, horses would not
have 80 much trouble with collie. Be,
gin very light. gradually increasing
the amount.
Bee-keepers who do not keep queens
for more than two years clip the right
wing of queen In even years and the
left in the odd years The age OF
queen can thus be told.
Do not use poison on any OF the
trees or plants while in bloom, as do
ing so may result in the death OF
many trees, which are of great neces-
sity in the garden and the orchard.
Hens forced for egg production by
high feeding and stimulants may give
the desired number Of eggs. but the
future generations will show the ef
feet In weak constitutions.
Forcing a COW for short period
cannot always be accepted as the legi'
innate measure of the capacity OF any
breed, no matter how well authenti-
Gated any great performance may be.
When pigs are once afflicted with
"bull-nose" there Is no cure. The dis
ease may be arrested by smoking with
camphor gum. This Is done by con-
fining the animals in tightly covered
box and placing a little camphor gum
on a red hot stove lid. They will in
hale the fumes. The trouble is no
doubt infectious.
1t Ia a good plan to have a grazing
lot Of some green crop near the barn.
where the cows may pick at night. 1t
helps TO keep up the milk flow during
the hot months.
While more good dairy cows will be
found among the dairy breeds than
anywhere else, the mere fact that
COW belongs to dairy breed Is not
proof positive that she Is good dairy