The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-28
Farm, Garden and Household,
Aiding n Chickens Birth.

Aiding Chtcken's Birth.
A writer in the Journal of Horticul-
tire says:
"I send with this an egg-shell from
which chick has Just been Matched. If
you examine it you will find it double
shell. | do not mean to say that the
hen laid it so, but 1 forward It as n sue
cessful dodge by which think I saved
the life of a chick. Yesterday morning
the hen in returning to her nest trod
upon and thoroughly crushed the origi-
nal shell. L think it was weakened by
q previous small crack in the narrow
end, which 1 had covered with little
bit of postage stamp edging. L was
certain the chick would die if left. as,
if not crushed, the skin would bind it
and dry to it; but it would probably
have been crushed between the other
eggs, as have often had happen. They
were due to hatch to-day, and / there
fore thought that au outside shell might
preserve it for the necessary time: so /
took an egg-shell that had been used at
breakfast, raised it a little, and slipped
it over the small end, and Joined it to
the original top (Which was not much
injured), with postage plaster, and put
1t under the hen again; it was success
full, as L found that egg and another
Matched this morning, and the shell
just as L forward it to you. I have
written this account because the plan
may be useful to others in similar
cases"
Killing the Cuckle Burr.
I have had some experience with
them, but they are not very plenty on
my farm. If the weeds are not numer-
GUS, pull them up. If they are, seed in
timothy and clover, and NOW in July
before going to seed, and NOW again in
September, and be careful that not a
burr ripens sufficiently to grow. This
process may need to be continued two
or three years, as the seed is said to re-
tain its vitality in the ground, or on
the ground, for that length of time.
Some advise pasturing closely with
sheep. The weed is terrible bore.
Two good crops of them are more ex-
haustive in the soil than ten crops of
corn, and will make the land SO poor
that a plough sometimes will not scour.
The weeds need to be legislated against
like the Canada thistle for the burrs
travel too fast and too far, from farm to
farm, on cows tails and on rabbits
backs. Every farmer should by law be
compelled to prevent these burrs from
going to seed, and in case of neglect
the proper authority should hire help
and eXterminate them at the expense OF
the landowner. [ believe nothing
short of the vigorous execution of such
law will save whole sections of oul
State.-A. J BlakeLy in LoUa Herald
Farmers Diaries.
The Cincinnati Enquirer contains
the following:
eff our farmer friends knew how
little trouble it is to keep a diary, and
with what satisfaction they would look
over it in a few years, we feel sure they
would many of them be induced to be-
gin one. A simple record of the wealth
er and the operations of the farm, the
writing of which would not occupy two
minutes day, will, in after years, bt
not only source of pleasure, but alst
of great practical benefit. By referring
back to the record of former years one
can see how late we have planted Ger
tain crops, and at what time they ma
tured at the end of each year. One OF
two hours will enable you to make al
abstract, which should be copied in
book kept for the purpose. The diar,
may be kept with a lead pencil, but th'
abstract should be copied with pen ant
ink. and should give brief record O
the weather and crops, and also item
of interest to the family, prices, &c
We began journal of this kind in tn
year 1857, and now consider it the mos
valuable book in our possession"
How to Replace the Timber.
The Ohio Farmer says that trees TO
timber should be planted along the roat
side, in clumps IN the pastures, or any
where you can, and save the timber yol
have as the most valuable product o
the farm. For fire wood cut only tn
dead and dying trees, this and trim
mings make the best of summer fir
wood. 1t says that the young timbe
left in the woods are so thinned that tn
trees grow low and branchy and go t,
leaves and branches instead of body
and for practical use, as construction
timber, they are useless, and the practic
of browsing woodlands is both starvin,
the animals and killing the growth o
the timber.