Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-22

Don't SOW alfalfa on weedy soil.
Cover the strawberry plants.
Keep the sheep in out Of every
storm.
Potect COWS from sudden changes In
weather.
Keep charcoal always where the
hogs can get 1t.
ventilate the root cellar every morn
ing during the early fall.
A little tankage and oil meal makes
excellent feed for young pigs.
Experts claim that western sheep
can be raised at profit Of $1.S1 the
head.
The cows milk making machinery 10
run most economically near its full ca
pacity.
Well-drained yards and pens will
help to keep the hogs more thrifty
and profitable.
A good coating Of barnyard manure
we'll disked in Is an excellent treatment
for an old pasture.
Every farmer should use home
grown lambs on his own table, for
variety and health.
It's an up-to date dairyman that gets
16 cents a quart for milk that is al
most free from bacteria.
Don't give your horses patent medi-
cine that you know nothing about.
especially collie remedies
Clean up your strawberry bed. II 1t
showed any sign OF black rot. pillow
under and plant elsewhere.
The well-banked rootcellar pays
ton afforded its contents.
Keep a good cat or two around the
poultry plant, as 1t will save you lots
of trouble with mice and rats.
The aging ewes should be given
extra feed and fattened, unless they
are extra breeders and mothers.
II your flock is properly managed
and cared for there will be little or
no use for medicines and tonics.
Study your birds closely and learn
their habits. The better you know
them the better success you will have.
Modern cold storage Is doing much
good this fall, In helping the fruit
growers market their perishable prod.
ucts.
Deep kernels give high Smelling
percentage. but tend toward late ma
turity. Medium depth kernels are
best.
A saving of about ten per cent.
may be made by grinding the grain
for farm work horses when at hard
labor
Plenty Of exercise increases the egg
yield. Provide four or five inches Of
good clean litter In which to scatter
the grain.
It does not require any great abil.
ity at figures to show that there is
great waste in selling hogs when they
are half fed.
OF the serious parasitic diseases AT.
fecting sheep, stomach worms prob.
ably cause the heaviest losses to
sheep ralsers.
Fill coarse sacks with very dry
chaff and bury them in those bins Of
damp grain. They will absorb great
deal of the moisture.
Many people feed too much new
corn to the hogs. New corn should be
fed sparingly at first. then gradually
increase the amount.
Watch that the ducks have suitable
attention and regular feed. A few
we'll cared for pay better than too
many that are sighted.
In cool weather ten to thirteen
chicks are sufficient for one hen. while
in warmer weather fifteen to twenty
can be cared for successfully.
Canned vegetables are not to be
much higher on account of the dry
weather because the vegetable belt
did not suffer like the corn belt.
One acre of alfalfa will furnish more
forage for hogs than two acres OF
clover, as 1t grows faster and keeps
on growing as fast as the hogs eat 1t
down.
Screened coal ashes are q good
thing for all poultry. A quantity
should be accessible at all times in
a box sheltered from rain.
In catering to the trade where fruit
is marketed try to put yourself in the
position OF the buyer and then furnish
the quality of fruit the trade wants.
A chicken with a properly developed