Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-03-17
agricultural.

MARES in foa' should not br tied up in their
stalls; but kept in loose rOomy stalls not less
Than 9 x IL feet. 1t would be far better If no
horse were in stal. of less size than this Some
horses will not lie down in narrow stall until
forced 10 by fatigue, and many wounded hips
and backs caused by contact with the walls
Of narrow stalls. Brood mares may be worked
ightiy they are better for he exercise. fred
Df carrots, ruta bagas, or sugar bcets daily, will
be useful, or instead OF these quart of linseed.
Dill meal, with their usual feed, may be given.
Costiveness in any breeding animal IS TO be care
fully guarded against.
PLANT early potatoes as soon as the ground
is dry and warm. A few earIy frosts will do no
harm if the young shoots are kept covered by
the hoe or the plow when the frost is feared.
The carrier the crop, the higher :he prices.
difference Of 81 a bushel.
CALF should never b. allowed to suck IL il
is possible to avoid il. As soon as its coat is
dry il should be taken from the COW and put into
q stall next to her where she can see it. This is
better than separating them altogether, unless
the calf ean be removed entirely To where the
ca" cannnt hear it. calf may be taught to
drink in one lesson If patience is used, and il has
not sucked the COW. 1t should have the fresh
warm milk for a week, then warmed half skim
med milk for tue, and finally warmed skim
med milk. While the weather is cool, the milk
should be warmed and gwen u little sweet well
boiled linseed-meal Cruel is an excellent addition
TO the milk.
IT is now that vermin give most trouble.
Whenever 'cow lcks" are seen upon cattle lice
may be found. 4 good remedy consists of an
ointment made of pound each of lard and
crude petroleum mixed together with a quarter
of pound of flower of sulphur. This rubbed
along the spine and the nsi1e of the thighs of
calves and cattle will soon free ihem from lice.
1t will also fae hogs and poultry from fees, and
is not Injuriou. in any way. Bare irritable spots
upon the tails or necks of horsrs may be also
treated with this.
No piow should be put into the ground until
the soil is dry. When spadeful Of earth thrown
down crumbies into loose mellow heap, the
plows may oc started, but not while the spade
comes out smeared and soiled. A few days de-
lay is better than being day too soon. The
first in the field is often the last at harvest
A1HericGn Agrie'sItprist.
EARLY PLASTISG.-In the haste TO get forward
with spring work, there is always the tetBpta-
tion to paut before the ground is really ready
for it /; that is, while it is yet wet and cold. In
some things, such corn, il is now weIl-under-
stood tkat nothing is made by putting the seed
in till the ground is dry. The young pants get
yellow and sickly, and the later-sown seed gets
ahead of it in time but it is as true of every
thing as of corn, even the hardest kinds. Trees
and shrubs in the same condition. There
is nothing gained in setting them when the
ground is wet it is far better 10 wait till the
Season advances enough to dry the ground. so
far as the GOODNESS of the soil Is concerned, it
does not make much difference in the case Of
trees hut the dryness OF the soil is an essential
point.
In the case Of farm or garden seeds, very much
may be done in the way of obtaining the desired
earliness by keeping bitches and water furrows
lear, so that water may drain easily away. Il
10 HO uhuoudi eiSht " hOtC O3i ldilDb EcuSIdill
well kept the little water courses, open by the
pIow in the fall, almost full from the thawing
earth through the winter, and which a very little
work would correct. Very often all this might
be done by few hours work, and this would
result in many cases in having land advanced.
This is not much so far as mere time is concern
ed, but is a great deal In spring, both in getting
IL uh,, In tr;v; ,Ia
GermsTtorn Telegraph.
THE BARs-YARD.-The barn-yard nay be
taken AS the Index of the character a q fsraSr
1t is well that all of Us should remember that in
this case it is no figure of speech to say that
''straws show which way the wind blows" The
arrangement of the barn yard is not for show
altogether. The profits OF tie farm depend 20 Il
great extent upon it. 1t is in the yard and barns
that the produce of the farm that i not sold
outright, is converted into beef, pork, mutton,
wool or milk and butter-articIes that may be
proitaby sold. 1t is in the yard also that the
manure is made and kept. The barn and the
barn yard are the manufIctory of the farm, and
if they are not arranged with view 20 economy.
a large waste results that reduces the farmers
profit. Useful buildings may be made of logs
or prairie sods, or poles and coarse hay and
these, by skillfui arrangement, may be made to
serve as useful purpose as dressed lumber and
pain: or pressed brick. The main points are
warmth, dryness and ventilation for food Is
wasted when animal shivcrs in its stable or
when its health is injured by damp filth or bad
air. farmer who is thoughtful about such
small things as this (although this is more i'm
portant than it appears), may be taken to bea
careful, thrifty man who, by and by. will be able
to build barn with all the improvements, aud
TO build it properly, too. The old proyerb, stake
care of small things. and large ones will take
care of themselves" is applicable to matters
about farms, and burn-yards especially. When
the small things are we'll watched. large ones
are not forgutten.-4merican Agrie.slt,rist.
PLANTING LARGE TREEs.-We we're astonlsbed
to read in paper lately-a paper which mos; Of
US are accustomed to look with a good deal Of
re>pect-an article against the planting OF large
trees. 1t was because people planted large tees
that so many trees died. There was barely the
ghost of chance of success for anyone
would plant a large tree.
Then We are told what lIrgs tree II IL
writer's mind. ''An evergreen ought not
over two three feet high and "from
six feet is enough for a fruit or shs
Now we quite willing to admit
trees which we sometimes see around
tributed by the prddlers, even thesr
generally too large; large numbers
want of roots the result of poor cul
nursery, or from being dug with pl
spade, and therefore what few Roots
have had being left in the ground.
than likely the article we refer to v
by such trees as these, and if one h.
any other than these, aQ wonder
down on big trees
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