The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-07-25
HINTS FOR FARMERS.

the highest favor of gas tar for paint
ing wagon wheels, stating that 1t tight
ems tires and spOkes better than any
thing that can be tried.
Turnips are healthful for horses.
They should be cut into thin sllces' OF
what is better. pulped finely and mix
ed with a little meal ana some salt
Rutabagas are better than white tur- .
nips.
a little dry sand covered over pota .
toes when they are first put into the
cellar will destroy any unpleasant
odor they may have. A sprinkle OF
dry, air Stacked lime will mitigate a
tendency to rot.
Market gardeners in the vicinity of
Boston are discarding lath trellises
for tomato plants and substituting
straw. This material is placed loose
" under the plants which rest upon 1t.
It serves as n mulch and also keeps
the fruit clean.
Stale bread mOistened with sweet
milk is recommended very highly as
good feed for young chickens the first
few days When a week old they
may be fed on cracked grain scalded.
" uCu OlNl GlOuAu W 2heAAC" 0ANNAAA
give them plenty of it.
The mad itch in cattle is said to
arise from their eating indigestible
substances, such as the woody fiber Of
cornstallIs after the juices have been
extracted from them by hogs, and the
feeding Of hogs and cattle together in
the West is given as a reason for its
prevalence there.
A German gardener is reported as
saying that he prevents lettuce from
running to seed by drawing a knife
through Onc-halt of the stem to which
the head is attached. This weakens
the plant by depicting it of its sap,
yet leaves enough to keep it fresh and
growing for another week or two.
Hens should not be allowed to dis
turb the settersiby laying in their nests.
Broken eggs and a bad hatch will re
suit If the setting hen cannot be iso-
lated in any way, cover her with an
empty coop, basket or box, being
careful to have her come off every day
for feed, water, exercise, and dust-bath.
Large quantities of parsnip- feed for
pork are made by the thrifty farmers
of the Channel Islands, and a cores
pOndent of the Toronto GlObe, speak
ing from n whole seasons experience
states that though less firm than that
fattened on barley, them eat IS infinite.
" sweeter and more delicate in flavor,
He further recommends this root fol
cattle and human kind.
To raise good tomatoes, says an ex-
cellent authority, take away a wheel
barrow of earth from where each vine
is to stand, fill with half soil and hall
coal ashes and therein set out the plant
Plants thus treated will bring out
nearly double the fruit of others, and
much smoother and larger, in this
soil, though in case of drought the
plants require water sooner, and more
of it, than those growing in common soil
The analysis Of hay cut at different
periods of growth at the Connecticut
Experiment Station shows, says the
CUhirdiOT, that the early cut hay is
scarcely better than the later moved
while the feeding records give nC
greater actual value to the former
The early cut hay, moreover, is reckon
ed to diminish the crop on seventy
five acres by some twenty tons Oh
account of shrinkage This is contra
ry to the general belief
The Norwegian method of making
hay is as follows: The grass, wheI
cut, is hung up on poles to dry, wher,
it remains until the wind and sun cure
it. The sun does not bum it; on tn,
contrary, it is as bright and green a.
when growing. In some fields strings
of fences are seen, bearing thin loads
of hay, several rods III length. Some
farmers plant posts in the fields twelve
feet apart, and in the upper part o
these posts pegs are inserted abou
one foot asunder. On these peg
poles are laid, and on them the gras
is hung, where it remains until it i
thoroughly cured. The result is tin
very best of hay.
The editor of the Southern PlGptei
says: The other day we met a gen
tleman from Alabama, who gave us
piece of information as to ascertainin!
the age of horse, after it has passed
the ninth year, which was quite new
to us, and will be, we are sure, to mos
of our readers. 1t is this: Afte
the horse is nine years old, wrinkl
comes on the eyelid, at the upper col
ner Of the lower lid, and every yea
thereafter he has one well-definet
wrinkle for each year of his age owe
nine If, for instance, a horse ha
three wrinkles. he is twelve; if -four
thirteen. Add the number of wrink
les to nine, and you will always ge
at it. So says the gentleman and h
Is confident it will never fail"
The horse is an erpenSjre GHinIO
10 keep. Three feeds of oats per da,
of four quarts each amount to l3
bushels per year, worth say S4S.
estimate the hay he will consume a
$50 for the same time, shoeing s.
care Sl5 at the lowest, interest on hi
cost (say Sl5O) $40 so, loss by wea
increased age and liability to acciden
and disease S7-giving Sl35 80 rs tn
yearly cost Of keeping one horse, from
which / should deduct $40 as tie val
ne of the manure he could make
Many farm horses are kept at half thi
expense, hut even then the cost o
keeping six will make n gap i'm tn
profits. Three good, prompt-steppin!
horses, well fed and cared for, will d.
the work Of five that are aged, Grip
pied and deOilitated.
An exchange tells Of a farmer VIII
plants. two or three weeks after th
crop is put in, new hill Of corn ever,
fifteenth row each way. He gives tn
following explanation as a reason 70