The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-01-31
Farm, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Parm and GnFdsn Notes.

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Yarn and GnTdeH Notes.
There are some things II never pays
20 doctor. II you have sick fruit tree
of any kind dig il up at once, and in 40
doing dig big hole ready for a thrifty
tree next spring.
II is the opinion of nm intelligent
dairyman that there Is a differences Of
two quarts Of milk day between o COW
comfortably housed and the same one
exposed 30 the cold for half the day, As
we see them.
The English feed for fAttening sheep
consists Of cotton seed and turnips. They
claim that ID viii put on the most fat, Ia
the safest food, makes the best mutton
at less cost, aud produces the best and
strongest manure.
IL you want TO keep your hogs, horses,
cattle aud sheep healthy. give them salt
regularly. There is no better vermifuge
than salt Much oi the so-called hog
cholera il due 10 intestinal worms. Plen-
~ Of salt would prevent the aecumula-
ton Of these worms. All animals desire
salt, showing that il is n want Of their
nature, and undoubtedly for wise pnr-
poses. ColmaH's Rural World.
A correspondent ia the Cincinnati
Grange Bulletin makes this important
statement j am now milking seven
fArrow COWS, % which feed one bnshel
Of corn per day and one shock Of fodder;
and we sell butter enough to pay sixty
cents per bushel for the corn and have
all the butter We want 10 use in family
Of four. Besides we have the milk for
the pigs. This is better than selling
corn nj twenty-five cents busheL
farmer Al home should be found.
And often looking II mis- ground
lnspecting helds, repairing fenoe-
For dollars come by saving pence
Clear the sod from n.oles and slugs,
pFTins the trees, keep on the hugs-
Then fruit aud melnns. Tich and fair.
Van rceompense for AZ your care.
Put a Tablespoonful Of sulphur in the
nest as soon as hens or turkeys are set
The heat of the fowls causes the fumes
of the sulphur 10 penetrate every part
Of their bodies, every louise IA killed.
and, as all nits are Matched within ten
days, when the mother leaves the nest
with her brood, she is perfectly free
from nits or lice.
Drainage, plenty Of manure, and
heavy dressing Of coal ashes. with fire.
quent stirring, is the very best treatment
for AL soils OF close, heavy texture. II
is by such simple means that we have
converted 3 comparatively barren soil
into high degree OF fertility and pro-
dnction. Cottage Gardener.
Those who have the appliances should
remember that they can have radishes
and young lettuce early in February, by
sowing in hot beds nj this time, should
the winter not be terribly cold Every
good gardener, however, should by this
time. If the weather permits, have his
compost-heap prepared for next springs
use. There in always something 90 do
about a well-cared-for garden; and where
there is no outdoor work 10 attend 10,
there is always something 10 make or
repair in the shop-for there should be
q small workshop attached 10 every gar
en--GerDlaRtotcn Telegraph.
Forest leaves are excellent 20 mix with
hot bed material. and where practicable
should be saved for this purpose. They
do not heat 80 rapidly as stable manure,
and In this have an advantage A. tenn
pering its violence, making il last longer.
and maintaining a more regular heat.
They are excellent material to put
round cold frames 20 protect half hardy
plants. A board is put up the height
OF the fnme-boards, and about foot
or more from them, and the leaves
filed in between. IL the plants are
somewhat tender. the bottom OF the
frames may be filed in few feet with
the leaves. Much heat Is thrown on
during the decomposition Of the leaves.
which, though not enough 20 keep out a
severe frost, vet modifies somewhat the
temperature. These leaves, after they
have been two OF three years decaying,
make admirable stuff for potting and
flowers in general. al.-Gdrdener' Month
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wtmter DAirylnR.
II was plain that this subject is fast (
taking possession Of the mind of the pro-
Rressive dairyman. Those who are en-
gagged in milk production for cities and
villages are obliged to keep up q gener-
ous and healthy flow Of milk through
the winter. This has stimulated e1peri-
uents in regard to winter feeding beyond
the mere keeping of the animal through
the winter for summer use. IL is found
that, by providing comfortable aud clean
ly stables-no stable can be really CON-
Portable unless il is cleanly--and feeding
generously, COWS can be made 10 profita-
bly, convert surplus OF hay, meal, and
roots above what is required for their
sustenance into milk; and il Is found
that by providing n proper dairy houae,
in which an even temperature OF the de-
sired degree can be maintained, regard
less Of the temperature or changes OF the
weather outside. butter and cheese of
excellent quality can be made in winter
as well as in summer Furthermore, IL
is also found that freshly-made butter
made in clean dairy house, disconnected Y
from the kitchen and sitting room, and
free from foreign odors and taints lis not
only more relishable, but will find a
reader market and command better
prices, than butter having the flavor of
age and the package, however well made
aud kept. Besides the tastes of consum-
ers are becoming cultivated and demand
a better article than they did years ago
and there is a loud call for sweet, new
made butter the year round. This de-
mand our live dairymen are going to
successfully supply, and avoid the annual
and injurious accumulation of stale
packages at the greet market centres.