Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-09

Almost every farm has good-sized
flock of chickens.
Use pure bred beef bulls for grad
ing up the native stock.
Animal food of some kind il . ne
cessity in rearing chicks.
Dock the lambs early The shock 10
less when they are young.
Feed the lambs specially and get
them ready for the early market.
Anyway the incubator has 1t on the
hen for producing louse-free chicks.
Lice and worms keep hogs In poor
thrift. Keep these parasites out OF the
herd.
Let the cream stand eight hours or
more lover night at the churning
temperature.
Lamb and mutton-properly fed NUT
ton-are being appreciated more and
more by consumers.
The small cost of construction OF
the pit silo should enable every farmer
to build silo Of this type.
A Cornell university hen has pro-
duced 257 eggs worth. $743 In year
and at feed cost Of but $166
Don't sit down In the meadow and
wait for the COW to back up to be
MIXED Get up and go after her.
Keep the incubator burner and all
the heat.hues clean and there Is no
danger from operating an incubator.
Don't yank or whip the horse, but
ind the cause. 1t may be sharp
tooth or the harness may be ill-htting.
Wherever sheep or hogs are raised
q patch of rape in connection with the
other pasture will always prove profit
able
During cold rainy days the hens and
young chicks should be protected from
the storm by keeping them In the
house.
The man who makes the f1rst few
days work easy for his team, 10 the
man who will do the biggest days
work later.
BY ignorant overworking OF the
horses the first week Of spring. their
efficiency for the season may be great.
ly impaired.
The difference in the handling OF
two colts may make several hundreds
of dollars difference when they are
offered for sale
Charcoal is good for poultry, having
a healthful influence over the whole
system. They will eat much OF II
when placed in reach
1t pays handsomely to use both ma
nure and fertilizer and have It prop
erly used and the ground in good
order for drilling or planting.
After taking off one hatch In the in
cubator always clean and disinfect the
machine and the interior equipment
before putting In the next lot Of eggs.
To get the most value from sheep
pasture requires only little intelli-
gent attention as to the proper time
to change the flock to the alternate
pasture.
The variations in the composition
and value of manufactured fertilizers
which contain the three essential con-
stituents are due to the variations In
the character and proportion Of the
materials used.
Keep on the best terms with the
mother turkey hens by tossing them
little treats OF small grain, table
scraps, ETC., and you will experience
less difficulty with the young turks
when you wish to catch them for mar.
ket next fall.
Little chicks, as soon as Matched and
dry, should have litter in which to
scratch, 80 that their toes may be
Strengthened and strengthened. Fine.
sharp sand or grit should be scattered
in the litter for them to pick up. and
fresh water should be supplied.
Dat straw makes a fine litter for the
scratching pens. Better 80, In fact,
than wheat straw for the boards from
the wheat straw get in the chickens
eyes and cause sores.
Gonna hind ~ Uraan food Ia naCeA-