Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1914-06-05
THE PUTNAM PATRIOT June 1914
NOTES FROM
MEADOWBR0OK FARM


Keep the manure cleaned up.
Good cows are always valuable.
There should be more purebred
bulls.
Use the best breeding stock that you
can afford.
Don't feed grain to- warm horses.
Give them hay first
Feathers add materially to the prof
it's of poultry raising.
Mistakes teach practical lessons.
that is when they are taken notice of.
Ground oats make an excellent grain
feed for the fall calf just learning to
eat.
The wise feeder sees to It that Mr..
Hog is dead at the earliest profitable
moment.
A clean pig sty, with a clean trough.
is delight to the pigs, and those
looking on.
Potash is soluble and manures that
are exposed to rains lose this element
very quickly.
The most expensive policy is to try
to save feed by giving the cows less
than they can use.
Whole corn is good feed for set
ting hens. Water, grit and dust baths
should also be provided.
There are nearly 100000 acres of
waste land In this country which are
capable Of being cultivated.
| A heifer's first lactation period
should be made as long as possible SO
as to develop persistency in milking
Be very slow in feeding new grain.
New grain is very poor horse feed
until after 1t has gone through the
sweat
The dairy farm managed along busi-
ness lines has four sources of income
butter fat, skm-milk, calves and
manure.
The best price continues to be offer
ed for the finest quality of white goose
| Oh, in
and pillow work.
Roasting stock on the trees may
be the easiest method of caring for
hens, but it is not the most profit
able by any means.
There is no business in existence
that viii guarantee success to a man
who knows nothing about it. and
whose capital is limited.
Remember that lime never takes the
place of manure or fertilizer. but II
makes the fertilizer more effective.
acting better on the growing crops.
A SOW should farrow two filters OF
pigs a year and raise seven or eight
at each litter. If she does not she
| should be sold and one bought that
will.
In the south cowpeas are most used
for cover crops, while in the north
winter vetch takes its place. Sweet
clover is gaining in popularity for this
purpose.
II possible put your COW barn on
the south slope of hill, where the
| stalls can be banked against north
winds and get all the benefit of the
southern sun.
No man should forget that the dairy
barn is the place where human food
that is most susceptible to outside In
fuences is produced. Have the barn
in good condition.
Carrots and parsnips keep best II
stored in dry sand, in a cool cellar. II
sand is not to be had they should be
left in pits out of doors until freez-
ing weather begins.
| In planning for early pigs next
spring your plans should include a
good clover field to turn them on as
soon as big enough to eat grass. In
such combination there Is prof1t.
| There Is no use trying to work mir
acles with cows. A COW is machine,
in one sense, for turning feed into
milk Like all machines, 1t must be
provided with the right sort of raw
material.
There is a fascination about breed
ing thoroughbred fowls that gives one
satisfaction. When we see the results
of our trouble we do not regret the
care and attention which good poultry
raising demands.
Where the shocks have twisted part
| Nv down or do not stand perfectly
straight, the fodder is spelling. II is
becoming of less value each day, and
shouId be stacked at once to prevent
further damage.
Some of the farm buildings will need
protection around the foundation; or,
| in other words, they should be banked
I'D either with building paper or with
good coarse straw and manure. This
Is important where there is an oppor-