The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-06-02
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TENNESSEE FARM NEWS I

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Things to Do on the Farm in June.
June might well be considered one
of the busiest months of the year for
the Tennessee farmer. Harvesting,
cultivation Of crops, marketing, care
Of livestock and scores of other
things demand share of his labor.
The farmer who plans his work and
goes about it in a systematic way
will be the one who will accomplish
the most. Specialists OF the Division
of Extension, University Of Tennes-
see, suggest the following things to
do on the farm in June. which will
no doubt be Of great interest to
many of our readers:
With the Livestock-Provide
plenty of shade and fresh water.
Feed some grain on pasture. Crush
ed barley is good substitute for corn.
Protect mares with colts from too
heavy work. Do not let colt nurse
while mare is hot. Save best ewes
for breeding At weening time milk
the ewes, and prevent spoiled ud-
ders. Replenish the flock with the
earliest and most thrifty eve lambs.
Change sheen pastures again. Run
purebred bull with cows that are to
ealve following spring. Select and
begin fitting cattle for fall fairs.
Spray dairy cows at milking time to
keep off flies.
In the Field-Late in this month
begin to prepare the soil for alfalfa
and all fall-sown clovers. Make
place in your rotation for a summer
fallow Of the land to clean it OF
weeds. While you are working the
land without crop, lime it. Use
equivalent amounts of the kind of
lime that can be had the cheapest If
near crusher or a railroad station,
use crushed stone, If on a remote
farm having plenty Of wood and
stone, burn a kiln Of proper size to
supply one ton for each acre to be
lined.
Poultry-Good layers can be noted
when chicks begin to feather by
shape Of pelvic bones and the head
and the body.
Marketing Market early lambs
and Gull ewes. Let thin and light
weight lambs, below so pounds,
run on pasture for several weeks
longer. The price later in the sea-
son may be somewhat lower, but the
gain which can be put on without
any additional cost, will more than
compensate for the lower price. Be
particularly careful about loading
hogs for market during the summer
months. Losses in transit are very
heavy. Demand clean cars from the
railroad and have them bedded with
4x6 inches of clean sand. Drench
the bedding thoroughly. Do not
load hogs when hot, but let them
cool off first. Do not drive hogs
hard in hot weather. Do not over
load the car. 1t is better to load
1000 pounds lighter than carload
minimum in hot weather than lose
eight or ten hogs,
lMachinery-Put machinery under a
shed when not in use and grease
polished surface Repair bailer and
bale hay under cover on rainy days.
make a homemade refrigerator.
Drag roads after rains.
Your Health--If YOU eliminate
MOSQUITOES you need not fear ma
larial fever.
Club Work-Keep the club crops
cultivated according to instructions.
Keep your notes written up in the
record books. Provide pasture, clean
water and shade for pigs and calves.
Mary Farm FlOcks Kept at Loss.
Tennessee hens stand low as egg
producers" SAYS Mrs. Kate M. Wells,
poultry specialists with the Division
of Extension, University of Tonnes
see. eve have too long regarded
the eggs produced by the farm flocks
as sort Of free-will offering. 1t
has been a prevalent idea that the
farm flock costs nothing, feeding
upon grain and other foods that
would be otherwise wasted How
ever, i doubt not that many farm
flocks are really a loss.
"Tennessee's average hen laws 80
eggs year, while one authority
gives the average production of
American hens as go eggs a year.
The farm women look to their poul-
try for their extra money and their
big problem is to increase egg pro-
duction.
Glow egg production must mean
that we are keeping a very poor
class Of hens, or that we have a lot
Of loafers who are not paying for
their feed.
"The characteristic to be desired
in farm flock are vigor, high pro
duction and uniformity. These may
be secured by the use of vigorous
purebred males from high producing
strains with our mixed flock Of hens.
This not only increases egg product
ion, but the use of such males gives
uniformity in the flock, both in
color and type, thus improving the
market quality of our fowls.
Whether we keep purebreds or
grades our profits will be increased
by culling. This we must do regu-
larly and often, Remember that the
early moulter is the poor layer. Gull
the pullets as they develop, taking
out those that show physical defects
and slow development"
Flies Should be Fought PersistentIy.
When one considers the sources
from which house flies come and the
disease-producing germs they may
harbor on and in their bodies, one is.
impressed with the fact that they