Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-19

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Sheep must have clean water.
Some fall blowing 10 desirable on
most farms
Cellars should have . drain. also
window or two.
Lime may be applied to the soil at
any season Of the year.
II your hogs have cholera put up
. sign. Hog Cholera Here"
The farmer takes less risk with his
dairy than with his other crops.
Laying hens should have their heavi.
est feed Just before roosting time.
Keep the ticks away Dipping pays.
Ticks take the life blood from sheep.
1t will pay to gather and destroy all
wormy and decayed fruit in the or
chard.
Hogs are susceptible to rheumatism
II allowed to sleep In wet or damp
beds.
The lack Of organic matter is the
greatest trouble we have In the vine
yard.
The most important point about
hog troughs is that they may readily
be cleaned.
These are excellent days to start
cuttings, to be used later In the win
dow garden.
Alfalfa is rich In protein. which
makes 1t an especially good feed for
growing fowls.
Reliable statistics show that sheep
are relatively free from diseases dan
gerous to man.
Do not expect too much from your
young sows. especially II they are
bred too young.
Definite plans should be made for
next years crop before the ground Is
covered with snow.
Train up colt in the way It should
walk and It will never grow into q
horse that will balk.
Select the really frst-class eve
lambs to reinforce the hock. Fatten
the inferior eve lambs.
A poultryman that Is TOO careless to
keep the hen house free from vermin
does not deserve to succeed.
1t Is desirable to either plant at
once, or stratify in sand or leaves, any
nuts that are to be plated.
The pumpkin crop will have to be
raised out Of cans In large section OF
the west. Too dry for them
Clean UP the garden, remove and
burn all weeds and trash They har-
Dor insects through the winter
The eggs OF the codling moth are
difficult to locate until one gets &C.
customed to looking for them
Some farmers market their corn by
the basketful in the hog lot, and then
market the hogs by the wagonful.
II Is a good plan to encourage the
pigs to eat as much as possible 80
as to relieve the drain upon the SOW.
Soft-shelled eggs are often caused
by fowls being confined. becoming
overfat. and from lack Of mineral mat.
ter.
One thing Is certain; It will not pay
to halffeed stock OF any kind II they
can't be rightly fed, 1t Is better to sell
them.
Care should be exercised In train
Ing the colt to drive. When the
training begins keep at II until It 10
broken.
AS a general proposition It may be
said that the SOW that has pigs be-
fore she Is a year old will disappoint
her owner.
Poultry raising offers TO women an
excellent means OF making money be-
cause the work Is not too taxing for
their strength.
Salt, hardwood ashes and charcoal
are ideal to keep in hog pasture and
II there Is any other one thing needed
1t Is pure water.
XIII and sell early all chicks with
twisted toes. weak legs, crooked
backs, wry tails, crooked beaks and
other deformities
Keep an egg record and do not
fall to make entries daily The sue
cessful poultryman must be business
like In every respect.
Currants and gooseberries will
thriv" In almost any soil and will
stand considerable rough treatment
and yet yield fair crops Of fruit.