Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-06-03

Animals must be fed on food that
tney relish, in order to produce the
best results.
The guinea fowl is a great forager
and destroys many insects that other
fowls will not touch
The Mediterranean Or egg breeds
are Leghorns, Minorcas, Spanish, Blue
and Anconas.
Don't house the sheep too closely
Cold is not as bad as damp, foul air.
Give shelter instead Of warmth.
See that the garden tools are dry
and properly stored. A little paint and
oil will make the matter surer.
Remove from the dairy herd at once
any animal suspected of being in bad
health and do not use her milk
Stock can be fed with profit only
when they make steady gain. Any
falling off costs double to regain
Dairy cows should be fed twenty-five
to forty pounds Of silage, supplemented
with five to ten pounds of hay. daily.
Scratches, greaseheal and other ami
nal diseases come directly from not
taking proper care Of the horses feet
Blackberries should be given space
In the garden, for there are few, If any,
fruits that give quicker and better re-
turns
Use a metallic strainer; It is prac-
'ttcally impossible to keep cloth strain
ers sweet and clean, and free from
bacteria.
Aim to bring the pullets into laying
condition at a time which will be most
consistent with continuous winter
production Of eggs.
It costs no more to keep a flock of
known good layers than it does to
keep a flock of poor layers and the
first kind is profitable.
In selecting the brood sows. as tn
other lines Of farm work, the man who
can think three or four years ahead
is the man who will succeed.
Water scalding hot is not good to
thaw out the grindstone with tn cold
weather. Better take a little longer
and use water fairly hot, but not boil
ing hot.
Root crops, such as parsnips, beets
and carrots, may be prevented from
shriveling in the winter If they are
covered slightly with dry sand in the
bin or box.
Plan to put away some good clover
or alfalfa hay to feed the hens. They
will more than pay you for your trou-
BILE by the increased amount of eggs
that will be produced.
Every farm ought to have a little
work shop stocked with a few good
tools and plenty of bolts of various
sizes, nuts, rivets, few pieces of
round and strap iron and such things
Green forage crops Of some sort
can be grown on most any farm, and
they yield large amount of fine feed
Oats and field peas, rye, rape, corn
and vetch are some that can be sown
with results.
A pigs tail is said to indicate un-
erringly the condition Of the animal.
| If it hangs loose it shows that the pig
is not well and that it's food should be
changed; If it is coiled tightly, the
pig is healthy and happy.
The successful poultryman must
| plan each year to raise a few more
chickens than he has hens. In this
manner he will be enabled to Gull
freely. Keep only the best and carry
over at least half as many pullets
as hens.
If any of the fowls have rough
| mealy scales on their shanks, wash the
shanks with Kerosene, then apply vase
line and apply the vaseline continu
ously every other day until the scales
have returned to their normal ap
pearaHce.
Keep the hens active by making
them work for their food. Put it ii
straw or other similar material so they
will have to scratch for it. This viii
prevent them from getting fat, ant
this is important, as fat hens do no
low GREAT nTmkor of ppCs