Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-11-19
Agricultural.

dOME ADORSMENT.-lt IS curious to
note by what slender ties we sometimes
bind our attachments, and Whist ccs.l-
paratvely small matters Will erderr q
home TO us. And there gre hyt few
rural homes destitute Of tho means
whereby such attractions may be Gre
ated.
TIE meadow, nov dis6gure by a
nud-hole where the shallow creek widens
and the COWS repeir In fly time to cool
their feet and dssh the muddy water
over their eanks, might, by little
lshor, be ornsnented with pond
dam. ba;lt ct cost of few days work,
might be made TO overflow the shallow
spot. end a pool, bordered with fresh
green turf and shady willows, would
add beauty and utility to the field and
the farm, and the next summer there
would be ice in the dairy, and ice-cream
Tor the children, things almost unknown
to farm-houses now, where, If anywhere
they shonld be Indigenous; or the great
rock on the hillside, now bare and devoid
Of everything but ugiiness, ii planted
around by few chestnut trees and fur
nished with rustic benches. would be
q chosen resort for children.
1t is such simple things as these that
make home, not merely the place
where We work, and eat, and sleep. but
where the happies. moments of our lives
are spent, and where our inner hearts
live and find their growth. 1t is around
such things our associations gather and
the memories of them are held sacred
An untutored spring, wandering dark
and dank through bed of tangled,
noisome weeds, is the opposite of lovely;
but gathered into q channel and made
70 trickle musieally from one moss-clad
rock to another, and to give life to
bed of forget t-me-nots, or few nests OF
sweet violets, and GOODNESS to a shaded
retreat covered with vines or honey
suckles, where an hour of rest may be
passed in pleasant musings, Is spot to
be loved and remembered.
A home so furnished will not willingly
be abandoned, and will be left-when
the inevitable time for parting comes
with regret, and with an unquenchable
desire to return ard renew old and
pleasing associations. And where such
a love of the beautiful prevails it is
likely to pervade all the business of the
farm. Fence-rows will be cleared of
noxious weeds, dead trees or leafess
branches will not cumber the orchard
barn-yards will not reek with filth, barns
and sheds will not exhibit great gaps
through which the wintry wind, with
keen tooth may bite the shirking, ,shiyer-
ing stock but the general love of order
will show itself in thrift and comfort,
and on such farm at least there viii
be no question but that farming pays.
DOES IT Pay TO GROW RYE $50 a
friend asked us the other day. We re-
piled, yes-when the straw, after the
grain is out of it, will bring S1S to S25
per ton for manufacturing purposes. 1t
does bring this in many localities and
is grown for no other purpose. Beside
the grain itself Is growing in favor as
material for bread. The consumption
Of rye bread annually increases. Ger
mans use il extensively; its sweetness
and nutrition as served in the German
restaurants and beer saloons is attracting
the attention of Americans. 1t makes
delicious bread; and our people should
know how TO utilize the grain and the
straw and remember that it is not only
an excellent late fall, winter and early
spring forage crop, but an excellent
summer soiling crop as well as good
green crop to plow under. But the
profit 10 be realized from rye as crop
will differ in different localities and
under different circumstances-he hence
when We recommend rye as paying
crop, we do not recommend every man
10 make it one of his crops until he has
found out what its straw, grain, or it as
a forage, soiling or green manure crop
is to him. This can only be done by
knowledge OF the facts and figures.
SUGAR DEETs FOR SwTNE.-Jonathan
Taicott gives statement in the Boston
Cultiuato. of an experiment performed
on Suffolk pig where sugar beets were
largely employed for fattenipg. The
animal was about year old, and the
feeding on boiled sugar beets, tops and
root, began on the 10th Of August, and
was continued three times a day until
the lst of October, after which ground
iced was given, consisting of two parts
of corn and one OF oats, three times a
day, till the animal was Slaughtered,
the meal being mixed with cold water.
The result was, on the 10th OF August,
when the sugar beet feeding was begun,
that the weight was 800 lbs. September
LIST, 800 lbs. October lst, 450 lbs.
November lst, $40 lbs. This is the
substance of the statement given, by
which we perceive that the increase the
last of August, when fed on boiled sugar
beets, was at the rate of two pounds per
lay; the same rate OF increase on the
anne food continued through Septem-
Ter. When fed on ground corn and
,ats, made into cold slop, the gain for
he next fifty days was less than pound
and half per day.
CONTRACTED FEET IN HoRsEs.-T
cure this have the hoof pared close;
open the cleft of the frog outwardly.
Pare until you can see the blood,
then stop. This will, no doubt. make
her more lame, but don't be afraid
don't let the blacksmith, or those
same wiseacres scare you. j am CIV
ing you, not what / think or suppose,
but what know from experience, to be
correct. When the hoofs are pared
down, let her hobble around as best she
can upon the snow, barefoot. Let her
continue barefoot, and if you wish to
use her by-and-by, when the roads per-
NIT, have pair of toe tips, made from
pair of her old shoes, tackled On to
save the hoof from breaking. Make
an ointment of mutton tallow one pound,
gum turpentine eone-fourth pound, spirits
turpentine two fluid ounces. Mix over
slow fire and apply every day.
The YEw PoIsoyors- All the evidence
on the subject of the Yew being poison
GUS to cattle, horses and deer, leads to
the conclusion that when eaten in its
fresh state it is harmless, but when
withered or partially so, it is poisonous.
The clippings of Yew hedges for in
stance, If laid within the reach 81 these
animals and eaten by them hivs invari-
ably caused death but it is known that
when they browse upon the fresh shoots
N parks no such result occurs.
Hon praise is given in foreign jour
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