Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-01-16

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Whitswash tho poultry house.
Grade the potatoes when shipping
Keep the sheep In out Of the cold
storms.
yDwes should BIO two years old be-
fore bsdng bred.
Thorough milking IA good for the
udder. II develops It.
Unless q man has q great love for
4 horve he should not handle colts.
The very best OF feed and care VIII
be At least partially wasted on scrub
COWS.
Other things being equal, the busy
hen may be depended on to lay the
most eggs.
A Door, half-fed eve cannot do her
work any more than can a thin. ema'
.ciated horse.
Barley is 4 hard grain for chickens
to digest and 1t is best to feed 1t only
occasionally, II at all
A little granulated charcoal mixed
with the soft food for the poultry Is
excellent In cases Of diarrhoea.
Onions from the garden. chopped
up and mixed with the feed. will help
keep the flock vigorous and healthy
He who wishes to ride safely should
make 1t a habit to examine the har'
ness before getting into the carriage.
A good way and one that Will appeal
to most fockmasters Is to save piece
of the second growth hayland for their
use.
The silo means excellent feed
stored In small space. Just what Is
needed when the grass in the pasture
II dry.
A chickens stomach Is not made
OF iron. and the same diet day after
day harms them as much as It does
human.
II the heifers kick some when you
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never strike them. Speak quietly and
be patient.
Keep an egg record and do not fail
to make entries daily. The successful
poultryman must be business, like In
every respect.
The hen that lays 80 eggs a year
costs Just as much for feed and care
as does the one that lays $50 eggs.
Take your choice.
A cover for the separator when not
IN use has its share in turning out a
cleaner product and frightening the
Me Of the machine.
- The last milk drawn from the udder
contains 10 to ~ per cent OF fat while
that MIXED out first has only about 3
per cent Pays to get 1t all.
The best and most profitable cows
are the first to suffer from exposure
to cold. because they are the most
highly and sensitively organized
Every careful dairy farmer should
have good stock but he shouldn't buy
such stock until he is sure he can
give II the kind Of care 1t deserves.
The most fertile and productive
farm can easily be made poor or
run down one be enriched accord.
ing to the management Of the owner
When the fall rush OF work comes
along. 1t is not always easy to do the
milking at regular hours but this
should never be neglected even for a
day.
Udders should be wiped with
cloth, and all possible means used to
prevent dust from rising in the air
OF the stable and afterward settling
into the milk.
Pick out a sire with a good dispo-
sition. Never raise colt from a nat.
to-
culiarities Of disposition are almost
invariably transmitted.
Clean the poultry drinking dishes
or fountains every day and disinfect
them with boiling water twice a week
to kill the germs of disease, which are
likely to accumulate there and infect
the whole flock.
Hens that are kept for breeders
should be ones that have never been
forced for heavy egg production. Be.
cause of the terrible strain on their
reproductive systems the larger per
cent Of their eggs are infertile and
what chicks do hatch are weak.
A Kentucky bulletin says that 1T
tie alum in the drinking water ID
among the best preventives Of chicken
diseases.
II the best OF results are to be had
in the winter dairy some provision
,should be made for at least small
root crop,