Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-06-17

Apples can be stored in pits.
Good laying hens are profitable
Thorough preparation is half the cul.
tivation.
No animal is profitable at a stand
still Keep all growing.
Prepare to try some practical expert
ment in crops next season
Now is the time to get rid Of the
old hens, while the price is good.
The possibilities of the hog is mat
ter almost entirely in the hands Of the
feeder.
Ever know a mule to step in hole
or venture upon an hnsound bridge of
his own volition?
Sunlight is one of the very best dis
infectants that we can obtain and it
costs absolutely nothing.
Fall and early winter blowing always
pays. See that the teams are kept at
this work every day possible.
Much of the value of butter and
cheese depends upon the quality of
the milk from which they are made.
Sows having superior qualities as
breeders or suckers should not be dis
posed Of until there is a noticeable
decline
Other things being equal, the
earlier maturing animals subject
their owners to less risk Of loss by
disease.
Store seed corn where it will dry out
quickly. Do not leave it, even over
night, in sacks, as 1t is likely to heat
and be injured.
Any little improvement in dafryfng
that will cheaper the cost Of produc-
ton will serve the same as an in
creased selling price.
The manipulation Of the meat
cutter will not make choice meat
from an animal given a filing food
and in filthy quarters.
Is the work shop in good condition?
Lots Of repairing can be done during
the winter months, and much expense
saved at the blacksmith shop
The farmer Is just as much entitled
to eat of his own hen roost as to eat
Of his own apple tree. Don't sell all
the fowls you raise; eat some of them,
Phenomenal egg records are not a
guarantee OF strong, rugged offspring;
there must be limit The hen that
lays $50 eggs in a year is doing mighty
| good laying.
First cross of pure-bred hogs makes
an excellent pig for market But half
breeds do not always transmit their
own vigor to their offspring. Use pure
bloods for breeding.
1t will pay to have ON hand 6,Rpli-
Gates Of the most breakable parts of
the harvester. 1t costs time, which is
money, to stop machine In rush days
to wait for the broken parts.
Plan to have the dairy herd exam
med at least twice year by a trained
veterinarian. By this method tubercu-
los1s will be kept out of the herd
and other contagious diseases will be
held in check.
Of all products sold from the farm
butter takes the least fertility and re
stores the greatest amount to the farm
and it is well known that the mos
fertile sections Of the country are
those where datrying is carried on.
1t Is the full feeding on good, SOUND
food that makes the paying difference
between the plump, well-featheret
chickens, that command the best price.
and the lean. thin-feathered speci
mems, that are too often drug on ths
} market.
Of late years stock raisers have
!, learned to give preference to the hig1
and dry spots. 1t is all right to talk O
sheltered situations, but too much shell
ter in the way of natural sur
roundings is apt to invite disaster i,
} other ways
, Young hogs should not be kept I,
crowded quarters. In order to kee,
them in healthy growing condition
proper diet should be fed Health,
individuals possess q certain amour
Of power to resist disease, and tht
plays no small part IN preventing Il.