The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-10-19
Farm Notes.

--Scions may be cut whenever vegeta
ton is at rest, and better before severe
weather. Label the sorts carefully. Saw
dust, as it comes from the mill, is best ma
terial to keep them in; sand or light sol
will preserve them well, but the scions are
are less pleasant to work on account Of the
grit
Too much cannot be said in praise OF
onions for fowls They are preventive
and remedy for many of the diseases to
which domestic fowls are liable. Fol
gapes the onions are the best thing they
can be fed. We recommend giving fowls
and especially young chickens, as many as
they will eat, as often as three times week.
They should be chopped up fine.
In the garden at Billancourt, Belgium,
may be seen at the present moment an APP
pie tree loaded with fruit. There is moth
ing extraordinary in this, but the stock of
the tree is cherry, on which has been graft
ed the apple, a Species of golden pippin.
The fruit precisely resembles cherries
the same stem, the same size, the same
form, and nearly the same color; but its
taste is that of an apple, and it contains
pips instead of stone. Specimens of this
botanic phenomenon were recently submit
ted to our inspection. 1t must be real
curiosity, for it is generally thought impos-
sible to graft bearing fruit on the
stock of tree bearing stone-frut.
When man allows any building to
have a leaky roof beyond the Summer
months, he needs to have friend to give
him few words of advice-to tell him
how his hay is being badly injured how
his carriages and harness are damaged by
a leak in his wagon house how his hogs
lie in the mire in consequence of a leaky
roof, and how his sheep suffer from the
droppings of water upon them during cold
storms, through the roof of their sheds
Farmers, now is the time to attend to these
lealsy roofs, and also to other needed re-
pairs, as leaks in all buildings cause more
VI less decay in their frames, till in few
years new plates, stills, ETC., are required,
costing perhaps ten times the expense of
stopping the leaks.
"A California paper highly recommends
charcoal for fattening turkeys, and says
that it should be pulverized and mixed
with mashed potatoes and cornmeal, as
well as to feed to them in small Jumps. 1t
mentions that in two lots of four each,
treated alike, and one lot given this mix
ture and the other not, there was an aver
age gain in the weight of the first of one
pound and a-half each. In commenting
upon this, another writer says: "While
we condemn the the practice of mixing
the pulverized charcoal with the other
food for turkeys, compelling them to eat it
whether they want to or not, we have no
doubt of the excellent effects of supplying
them charcoal broken into small bits, es-
pecially when fattening for market We
have had evidence of what we say, and for
number of years have recommended char
coal for this purpose.
Every farmer should have a small
room, tight and warm, which he can lock
and where he can keep his small TOOLS
Then he wants good, solid work bench,
with an iron wise on one side and wood
en- one on the other. For iron working he
wants solid piece of iron for an anvil,
seven pound steel-face Tor hammer, a riv-
citing hammer, one large and one small cold
chisel, two or three punches from one-fourth
to three-eighths inch, a trimmer and coun-
ter sink, to be used with bit-stock, a
screw plate that will cut screw from one
fourth to three-e ighths inch then, with
round iron of various sizes, and ready made
nuts, he can make any bolt he wishes
For carpenter work, he wants square, a
shaving horse, drawing knife, set of
planes, augers from one-half to two inches,
a fine hand saw, large cross-cut saw for
logs, and grindstone.