Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-05-20

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Feed alfalfa to the hogs.
Keep the laying hens active.
Give the colt needed exercise.
to market.
Change of feed occasionally serves
as an appetizer.
Fowls In confinement, to do we'll,
need a variety of food.
Concrete floors in the barn help a
great deal in saving manure
Sweet food for hogs is better than
any that has fermented or soured.
Only sound fruit and vegetables
should be stored in the cellar for win
ter use.
Red clover in bloom is not good for
hogs, but when young it makes fine
! pasture.
An egg may be fertile and hatch and
still the chick will not live because
OF lack Of vitality.
Strong brine, thickened with soft
soap, makes a good mixture to rid
cows and calves Of lice.
Do not haul waste products back to
the farm from the creamery in the
! same cans used for delivering milk.
A calf from a poor COW is a doubt
full proposition, but calf from a good
COW poorly raised is almost crime.
Animal feeding saves the cost Of
hauling farm products to market; it
creates demand for the crops on the
farm
Don't hurry the COWS from the stable
| to the pasture or vice versa. Dogs
have no place on dairy farm to help
in driving COWS.
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! One advantage in keeping sheep on
the farm is that whenever they are
kept the farm presents a heater and
cleaner appearance.
| Never grease the hen that is set
ting, as grease getting on the shells Of
the eggs will close the pores and
smother the chickens.
Horse breeding requires more CAPT
| tai, is more profitable if successful and
involves larger losses If not, than any
other kind Of stock breeding.
Coarse, notwithstanding pullets
never make the best layers. Select
those whose heads have distinctly
| feminine appearance and expression.
Hearty eaters are most to be de-
sired for COWS, and they may usually
be selected while they are calves.
You will find a dainty calf to be q
dainty COW.
The food properties of wheat bran
and high grade alfalfa meal are
very much the same, though It is
best to use both when available for
variety's sake.
Every farm ought to be equipped
with cFowbar and a ten-foot iron
tipped wooden spike for moving heavy
objects. They save time and take the
place q muscle.
Build siIos, grow less acres Of corn,
but utilize the whole crop in It's best
form, and grow alfalfa on the corn
acreage saved for cheap, palakabse
homegrown balancer for corn
Just because an ear Of corn is large
does not necessarily make it the best
for seed See that the rows are
straight from tip to butt, and that the
kernels are all we'll formed and
plump.
Let us not wait until spring to
, make up our minds about what we are
going to do in the way of poultry
raising. But in our planning. let us
not neglect the present work in the
poultry yard
7 The perfect bird in any variety OF
! breed Is very hard to find. Occasion
| ally we find some very fine specimens
= but when we go over the birds from
head to toe we are sure to find thai
something is not just as it should be
OF course you have saved your best
grain for seed. Next Is to see that Il
, IS clean. Right here IL where the tan
! ming mill pays big dividends. It In
r creases tho crop. prevents foul weeda
and best Of all makes better seed fol
next year.