Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-11-18

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fr M their eIJ erience that hoIe to gain some
thing OF interest for readers
USEFUL HISTs.-N New mich cows should be card
Ell daily They like it, and it pays
The pOtuIJ is great sb sorher -f pntAsh. There
lore, wood ashcs yool manure for il.
Put a few live fish into wells if augIe~Crus infest
them.
II the roots Of dipped int, water just bs
fore planting, ths earth that sticks to them will give
immediate support to the small fbers.
John johnson says that farmers must give special
attention to sheep and cattle keeping if they want
to make grain growing more profitable.
CaIciued plaster is as good fertilizer as the un-
salcineJ but is usually wasted alter its Use 10 the
arts.
Some one says If salt Is kept before horse in the
stable, he will not gnaw his rnanger. Trial will
tell.
Root crops not grain, are the the thing for youRg
orchards. They not steal so much tree food.
Toads are capital helIers in taking care of vine
patches.
Experiments seem TO prove that fence posts set
up the reverse way FROM which they grew, will last
much the longer
1t is difficult to tell collie from bots in horse, but
tab /, spoonful uf chlorOfOrm, il twice as much mu-
cilagc, is good remedy for either
Rich milk Is not the best for calves. butter
COW is not good stock COW.
Look out for morals sell as muscle IN hiring
farm hands They may ruin the boys by their Vie-
lous examples.
r Carrots are recon- mended for horses TO aid dses-
ton and tolnntoes to COWS to improve and increase
the mdk
Feed stock regularly, and eat and cook food as
nueh as possible Few farmers do it.
Managers should be low, aad stables well ventilated
and we'll lighted Many horses are made blind by
eng kept in the da,k. Insects do not infest very
late sown peas as they dc early oneS
S,ewed pumpkin as poulIce has been found o!
great value in reducing infaunmatOry rheumatism
Pork and beansiare the most Nutritious food for
Ihs money that can DO 'ounl. Three CENTS worth
will give hearty meal.
Smoke from rags dry wood or corn cobs is better
than fro tobacco in pacifyng bees to sstnoSe hoH-
ey, etc
Nine-tenths OF the diseases which happen to the
hoofs aud sukies VI the horse are oecasiOled by
standing on the dry plank floors of the stable.
Shoots will push on young aud old trees just where
limbs are not wanted Remember that the new
tender shoot will soon be hard, woody branch.
sIight rub will remove it, but if left year the
Enifa iuus, De used Rub of these shoots when
soupg All saw cutting thereafter.
Cultivation in the orchard has Il two-fold effect
1t destroys the weeds nd leaves the surface in that
light mellow condition which enables it to answer
the purpose of d mulch Young orchards, with crops
between the rows should be cultivated with as much
On eye TO the traes as to the crops.
FARMERS Adam was farmer while yet in Par
adise, and after his fall, commanded TO earn his
bread by the sweat Of his brow.
job. the h,nest, upright and paint, was farmer
and his endurance has passed into proveib'
Soerat % was u farmer and yet welded to his cal
ling the glory of his Immortal philosophy
st Luke was farmer, and divides with Prone
theus the honor of subjcctng the for the uss of
man.
CiEcinnatus was a farmer and the Boblest Roman
of them all.
Burns was farmer, and the Muse found him at
the plow. and filed his soul with3oetry
Washington was farmer, and retired from ths
highest earthly station to enjoy the quiet of rural
life, and present to the woild spectacle of human
greatness.
To these names may be added host of others
who sought peace and repse in the cultivation of
their mother eaIth the enthusiastic Lafayette the
fery Randolph all found an EldoradO Of consolation
from lfe's and troubles in the green AMI ver-
dsnt lawns ths; surround their homssteais