Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-04-02

Few hen houses are equipped with
enough nest boxes.
Kindness to live stock has money
value often overlooked.
1t is best to milk the cows in the
barn. even in hot weather.
A good cow should have a good flow
OF milk ten months out Of twelve.
When proper care Is exercised the
life Of peach tree is from II to l6
years.
Good roads In your vicinity add
to the selling price Of the products Of
your farm.
The amount OF humus in the soil in
dicates In great measure it's richness
In nitrogen.
Keep the horses we'll cleaned. but re-
member that you can be cruel with
the curry comb.
Dispose of all the old Improbable
hens for they will only be profit eat.
ers during the winter.
In fattening turkeys. better feed
lightly the first ten days, gradually
increasing their rations.
Never work team Of colts together
until they are thoroughly broken. as
they will worry each other
A handful Of shelled grain Is always
more effective than a club In inducing
a pig to travel where you want It,
The poultry houses must be scene
Of constant effort to prevent lice and
vermin from this time until spring
You cannot expect COW to give
plenty Of feed and quantities Of water.
Young trees heeled In over winter
should be in location where water
cannot collect, and stand about the
roots
1t is not advisable to keep the late
Matched turkeys for breeders. The
more mature the fowl the better the
breeder.
In most localities the building
should face the south, as this insures
the greatest amount OF sunlight dur.
ing the winter.
II is all right to dehorn calves as
soon as the button starts, either with
caustic potash or any Of the prepared
dehorning compounds.
Time spent in clearing up ar or.
chard in the fall of the year will be
amply rewarded with better and
cleaner fruit the next season.
The young heifer that Is not kept
growing. that is not kept In good con-
dition during the early months of her
life will never make up for 1t later.
The horse that is all the time being
tapped with the whip never knows
what his master means by 1t, and
comes to think he means Just nothing.
Keep the drinking fountains not
only we'll rinsed out, but from time to
time wash off the slime that will accu
mulate with sand, a rag and waru
water
Wheat makes good hog feed, fully
equal pound for pound to corn, but It
should be either ground or soaked.
The hogs cannot make good use OF
wheat fed dry.
II you build hoppers to feed your
birds In this winter, build them In
such manner that there are no
rough protrubences to injure the
combs Of the birds.
The season for studying the feed
ration Is at hand. Be sure that you
feed your. cattle most economically
and In such a way that they can make
the best use Of their feed.
Sheep are very particular about the
condition Of their feed They will not
touch hay that has been nosed by
other stock, neither will they eat grain
over which rats or mice have played
Did you know that one-half Of an
egg is nutriment while only one
fourth Of meat Is SO? Therefore it is
easily seen that one pound Of eggs
IL equal in food value to two pounds
OF meat.
The value of grains as poultry food,
and which they relish the best, are:
wheat oats, corn. barley and buck
wheat Rye Is of the least value, and
fowls very seldom eat 1t, and then only
when very hungry.
Clean out the orchard and plan to
let the hogs or calves run in It next
year II you cannot keep weeds down.
The better plan Is to pillow 1t up and
plant to some crop that will not rob
the soil OF the elements needed for
the fruit trees.
Immediately after dressing poultry
It should be thrown In ice-cold water
and allowed to remain until all the
animal heat has left the body. Neglect
to do this Is apt to cause the carcass
to turn green In parts by the time the
destination 10 reached.