Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-01

Surplus suckers in blackberry or
red raspberry patches should be
treated just like weeds, leaving only
enough shoots for next years fruit
ing.
Never be stingy in the use of bed
ding. It adds comfort to the stock
and improves the condition of the
land.
Rye which has been sown for pas
turage must be kept fed down close
~. If it be allowed to grow too much
1t will become tough and woody; il
fed closely it will sprout, and il the
ground be rich the food will be
abundant.
Farmers will be surprised to find
how many boarders they have in the
dairy herd If they only test their cows
for butter fat. The Ohio station
found one herd of twelve cows that
had eleven boarders. By boarders
are meant cows that do not pay for
their keep.
There are few farms in the United
States which would not be better for
having some sheep grazing on them.
They eat the refuse feed and they
is favorable to the growth of heavy
wheat and corn.
In selecting a male to head the
flock, the first consideration should
be yigor. He should be courageous,
always willing to fight for and defend
his mates, active and hustling, and
should have strong crow The hen
should be active and busy, early off
the roost in the morning, late in
going in at night, always on the
move hunting for food,
Turnips and radishes are planted
from the first weeks in July till the
middle of August for the fall crop,
which is the best crop of the year for
these vegetables. They should not be
planted too early for table use. Where
they make their growth In cool
weather they are tenderer and
sweeter.
Where cattle are reared under nat
ural conditions the rule that the
young be dropped in the spring will
continue, but this practise is not nee
essarily the most successful in the
older sections of the country Fall
dropped calves come at time when
the little attention they need can
easily be given, and they occupy but
little space in barn or shed.
1t sometimes happens that farmers
are in possession of extra good cows,
e but not realizing the amount OF feed
required by cows giving a large yield
they are soon allowed to shrink in
milk because the feed given does not
provide sufficient nutriment. While
cows in good condition can, for
time, give more milk than the feed
provides, by drawing upon the fat
stored in the body, yet If the grain
is not gradually increased as the
COWS lose in body weight there will
soon follow an abnormal shrinkage
in milk flow and also a decrease in
the quality Of milk yielded.
There never was a time in the his
tory OF this country when cattle Of
all kinds were so scarce and high
priced, especially high priced. Con-
sumption has increased faster than
production. Farmers in general are
awake to the possibilities of beef pro-
duction as side line to general
farming, even on small scale. The
dairyman can also become a beef
grower, or at least grower Of calves
to sell as feeders to farmers who
iiofO a SoA Plus VI iCSuS lHcJ
wish to market through livestock
But a few years ago the only stead
fast friend of sweet clover was the
bee man, whose neighbors in many
cases accused him of maliciously scat
tering the seed of despised weed.
This opposition, however, is gradually
changing to a more friendly attitude,
and today we observe many articles
published in the agricultural press
telling of the great worth Of sweet
clover as soil-enriching plant and
as a feed for stock. Those who have
grown it as a hay crop and for pas
ture praised it most highly. AS re-
suit of all Investigations and tests