Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-04-16

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vent freezing.
Sunshine should have a large place
in the ration Of every hen.
The general agreement seems to be
that a good hen 10 q healthy one.
Add to the capacity Of the farm
by adding to the strength OF the soil.
A flower pot and its saucer makes
. good. cheap drinking fountain for
chicks.
Plenty OF clean, fresh water IL nee.
essary II you want your pigs to do
their best.
The asparagus may be mulched with
manure before the ground IL covered
with snow.
Young sows that do we'll with their
brood sows.
Grit and shells are cheap, never
theless very important in the proper
care of poultry.
A sheep allowed to fall OF in con-
dition will have q weakened constitu.
ton permanently.
The farmer who is most interested
IN his work Is the one who usually
Accomplishes the most.
A light dose Of EPSON salts now
and then in the drinking water helps
to keep the fowls in health.
Gradually increase the grain supply
for the turkeys intended for market.
and fatten them while on range
Plenty Of yellow corn, whole or
cracked. will do great deal toward
fattening the Thanksgiving poultry.
The ewes should be kept on pasture
until November, and then confined to
clean sheds and fed oats, bran and oil
meal
Never plant young trees among old
and diseased ones, because the worms
and insects are almost certain to de.
stroy them.
Fill coarse sacks with very dry chaff
and bury them in those bins Of damp
grain. They will absorb a great deal
OF the moisture.
One Of the great advantages OF al
falfa as a hog pasture is the fact that
1t affords a fresh growth throughout
the pasturing season.
Handle all fruit with care while
picking, sorting and packing The
early apples are especially subject to
finger prints and discolorations
deprived Of food for longer period
than twelve hours. They are killed
by bleeding in the mouth and neck.
Healthy fowls do not need tonics
The best Of tonics can only aid in re-
storing thrift and this Is not neces-
sary in we'll regulated poultry plants.
No dairyman should be satisfied
with cows that produce much less than
800 pounds OF butter fat per year Use
the Babcock test and dispose OF the
poor stock.
Confinement and a corn ration
alone spoil more brood sows and sires
than all other mistakes combined
Far too many farmers feed all their
hogs together.
Separated milk Is very good for the
hogs, shoats or pigs when fed plenti.
fully, and the weak. scrawny scrub
soon becomes a beauty TO behold and
q pleasure to own.
Do not attempt to winter more pull
let's and hens than you have house
room for. Each bird should have al
least four square feet OF floor space
five would be better.
The sheep stables should have fire.
quent cleaning. When the manure Is
allowed to remain too long, It gives
of ammonia and other foul gases
which inture the sheep.
There is a good market for all kinds
Of feathers. Pick fowls dry and sort
feathers, the coarse from the fine.
They can easily be preserved until
enough are collected to take to mar
ket
Next years crop depends upon the
seed that is saved this year and now
is the time to begin to save the seed
This will give you an opportunity to
select only the choicest and you can
grade 1t several times.
II you haven't already bought your
males for the coming year 1t is about
time that you had better begin to
think seriously about 1t. BY buying
Off These leaves will make the best
better selection than II you wait until
the last moment.
Varieties Of straw berries vary con.
siderably In their soil requirements.
some being particularly adapted to
certain localities and there meeting
with great success, while in neighbor-