Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-05
THE COUNTRY CALENDAR
Fracnca Hints About Things to Do at This Season in Garden
ana greenhouse the Orchard and the Poultry Yard

| act the loosening effect About two
thirds of the hay should be fed at
night and one third in the morning
feeding little If any hay at noon.
The Work horse Is never groomed
too much. Thorough grooming is as
| important for the health and con-
| dition of the work horse as is a bath
for the Woodworking man. AS far as
possible all dirt should be removed
from the inner side of the harness
and collar.
Try not to have your sheep where
other animals will disturb them. Cows
sometimes, and especially young
stock, II in the same pasture with
! sheep, VIII chase them and make
them uneasy a good deal of the time.
Even the smell of ground over which
COWS have grazed seems to have a
bed effect on sheep.
If you find that you have wild
, sheep in your flock and she does not
act is if she would ever be any dir
ferent. get her out. She will always
be disturbing element to the rest.
She probably has been scared or hurt
/ somehow in the past. 1t is hard to
| overcome such a calamity.
Save carefully all the wood ashes.
Some families dump them where
they never do a bit of good. They
arc excellent for the rose bushes
when worked into the beds.
Keep the orchard clean as a house
floor. Do not leave rubbish and tools
lying around. 1t does not show good
business principle
When pruning do not make any
unnecessary cuts. In other words.
have good reason for every bit of
wood removed. Study the tree before
beginning.
Young orchards should make good
vigorous progress the first few years.
Any tree that is starved AMI held
back will never be up to a satisfac-
tory standard.
When planting tree see that the
hole is large enough to permit the
roots to spread out naturally. Trees
with crowded roots never do WELL
Future success depends upon a
proper beginning.
Systematic attention and intelligent
feeding are the essential facts in sue
cessfully handling the work horse If
possible give him a drink the first
thing in the morning, say o'clock,
and follow with the grain ration and
limited supply of hay. Let him
have another drink on the way out
of the stable at or a. m, and il
not too warm on entering the stable
at noon and again at night.
Plenty of food and good care may
make a good hog out of a runt, but
lack of them will always make runt
out of a good pig.
Those who are feeding bundle corn
to their cattle must make arrange
ments to have hogs follow them or
the waste will be too great.
The feeding and care are as i'm
portant as the breeding in producing
a good hog.
Lack of thrift is indicated by lack
of care A careless shepherd invarl-
ably makes poor sheep.
--
Hogs do not waste corn in the field
except in muddy weather. They gain
faster, more evenly and more eco
nomically in the corntield than in the
dry lot.
Silage is we'll adapted for fattening
lambs and for a part ration for win
tering breeding sheep.
BY all means have a perfectly tight
roof on the poultry house. Rain
drizzling through, making the place
damp, Is one of the worst conditions
to be found.
Every poultry house must be rat
proof and free from vermin. Sue
cessful business cannot be done where
these pests are allowed to thrive.
Rats are particularly fond of chickens.
When building a new house too
much cannot be exercised in selecting
proper site. Future success de-
Ponds upon it. 1t must be on high,
dry ground and ought to face the
east or south.
The proper way to thoroughly and
easily whitewash poultry house is
to use a spray pump. A hand sprayer
can be purchased for a few dollars,
and should be on every farm. Mix
the whitewash rather thin, so it will
flow readily, and keep well stirred.
Spray it on good and plenty in order
that 1t may penetrate every crack and
ora1,ico Tho verfnin will diSapnaar