Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-05
Deep fall blowing ~ essential.

The silage feeding season LOT mems
u on.
Neatness Of package Is important In
selling butter
Store only sound fruit and evege-
tables in the cellar.
The nutritive value and digestibility
Of mutton rank quite high
A cows contentment ia below par
when her ration Is unpalatable.'
To show results at the milk pail, the
dairy cow must be u hearty eater
There Is something the matter with
squealinga pig. Find out what 1t Is.
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Much farm machinery wears out
more through exposure than through T
use.
Butter that has been properly made
will not stick to the knife blade when
It is cut.
Undertaking too must at the start
Is frequent cause Of failure In fruit
growing
Remember that straw or cornstaiks'
about fruit trees harbor mice and lead
to girdling.
Doin't fail to store liberal amount
OF soil for use In starting early vege-
table plants.
The best plan Of fruit pruning Is
that which does not permit useless
branch to grow.
For market purposes the Pekin duck
II best For eggs the Indian Runner
takes the lead
Milk scales and the tester will be
q certain standard by which the cows
may be measured.
Poultry should be kept OF feed
twenty-four hours before killing and
dressed forEmarket 4.
Handle the young boar carefully.
Teach him to obey the word, and to
walk ahead of you.
First-class fruit in firstIclass shape
will probabiy develop an inquiry for
more Of the same kind.
The farmer who Is most insterested
In his work Is the one who usually
accomplishes the most
Work. ors exercise the stallion daily,
and your next seasons colt crop Will
be much more satisfactory
One big advantage Of the hosirais.
ing industry Is that the hogs give
quick and profitable returns
Corn seldom ripens uniformly. Early
selection OF seed corn insures early
maturity in succeeding crops
Milk cows quickly and thoroughly.
The strippings are at least three times
as rich az the frstsfow of milk
II is not alone the quantity Of milk
a COW may give that makes her profit
able. N'but It is the quality as~well.
The supply of onions Is greater than
the demand, due to the large number
raised along theagHlf coastSof Texas.
Start the brooder day or two be-
fore putting in the chicks. to see that
thei heating apparatus Is working prop
erly.
On"14,s0sTg4 sheep inspected for
food purposes In 1912. only l5,404 were
condemned, about one-tenth of one per
cent
When pigs should be weaned should
be determined as much as how they
are eating and growing as upon their
age.
Don't crowd the chicks. Give them
room to exercise and grow In. See
that they are kept comfortable and
we'll fed.
The fact that there is variation in
both plants and animals gives breed.
ers ample opportunities for improv-
ing the type.
A few bad eggs In a case Is sum.
Client to give the whole lot bad
name. Be careful that every egg is
strictly fresh.
Store seed corn whereof will dry
out quickly, Do not lea~e~it. even
over night, in sacks, as II is likely to
heat, and be- injured
All kinds OF live stock do better
whemthey can get green feed the year
round. and the only way to to- secure
this is by the use Of the silo,
Don't sacrifice an old SOW that Is a
regular DIcc1St, CNch IL thc ptNS vi
pork Is high. She is the kind that
makes the pig business certain
The old sows are going to be Hoyed
out OF the country. That means that
more than the usual number OF brood
sows next spring will be young ones.
1t is poor economy to feed spoiled
food to the poultry. They may con-
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