Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-01-08

Give an ailing animal a change OF
diet An ailing man, also.
Cool the milk as soon as 1t Is out
Of the COW. This is very important.
Prune and burn all the diseased
limbs and fruits clinging to the fruit
trees.
Keeping two cows to do the work
of one is the cause of many losses In
dairying.
or burnt cork once a week is good for
all poultry.
One advantage in keeping poultry Is
that they cat much that would other
wise be wasted.
To thrive best the young pigs must
have dry nests and the bedding should
be changed frequently.
The man who fails to profit by his
mistakes Is losing one OF the best les.
sons taught by experience.
Poultry makes good insect destroy.
ers for orchards. Have the runs ex'
tend into the orchards when possible.
Don't dsappoint your customers.
Keep your promises and don't make
promises unless you know you can
fulfill them.
A good mixture for growing calves
is five parts rolled oats, three parts
wheat bran, one part corn meal and
one part oil meal.
Sheep manure Is one of the best
farm manures. 1t contains a large
percentage of nitrogen and portion
OF phosphoric acid and potash.
1t Is much easier to run flock OF
poultry down than to build 1t up, and
nothing will run down flock of chick.
ems quicker than improper feed
ing
For the production OF sanitary milk
the daiTyman must have healthy
COWS, a sanitary barn, clean bed ling,
dust-free air, a clean barnyard and
clean cows
An acre OF alfalfa will furnish more
high class protein feed than almost
any other crop that is grown In the
sections where dairying is followed
to the best advantage.
Provide ample roosting places for
the growing young stock. Beware Of
crowding Nothing is so conducive
to colds as the overheating that
comes of crowded quarters,
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
market,
While coarse manure hauled out
and spread In the spring may not
greatly benefit the crop of that
year 1t is better hauled out at any
time than left to leach and burn
in the barn yard.
Machinery is necessary on the farm
and cheaper than hand labor, and it is
also more efficient in many cases
The farmer must have considerable
money tied up In his machinery and
therefore it is necessary to give 1t the
very best of care. both when In use
and when stored.
In selecting the bulls to head the
herd or buying any stock to put In
the herd, ancestry Is Of as much i'm.
portance as individuality, but both
must be considered. 1t Is wrong to
take poor individual because of an.
cestry and it is also wrong to take a
good individual that does not have any
ancestry
Raise your own teams and one &C.
casionally for your neghbor. So long
as men use improved implements they
will continue to use good teams. And
the best way to have an efficient team
on your own farm Is to raise colts for
this purpose.
If your poultry houses are old,
after thoroughly patching them up.
give them a thorough coating Of
strong whitewash containing kero-
sene oil and some ca! bolic acid. Give
nest boxes, roosts and dropping
boards their full share of 1t.
The heavy feeding Of corn to poul
try, especially where there is an alb
sence of good, hard, sharp grit, Will
bring on bad cases of Indigestion,
which in many cases resembles chol,
era. About so cases out of 100 re-
ported cholera victims are cases of in
digestion The end Is the same. bat
the latter disease is not contagious