The Osceola times., 1880-01-17
FACTs FOR FARMERS.
Improve your Pouliry--sen-Cu Utilization
spAre the Caises--NotsS. etc
sEIF-crITIyATIoS FoR THE FAHNEE

Improve your PogItry--self-Cui uiti,aiion--
spare the Calsss--NOtsS. etc
sEIF-crITIvATIoN F0R THE FARNEE-
The farmer rausi lot neglect the cUl-
tivstior Of himself These lcos winter
nishts afford a. excellent c?p-ort1Ilty -
read many good books. The farmer
should keep himself vel posted ii the
literature Of his profession. II he would
make the most Of II with the ieas labor.
This winter season isthe time tor self
culture. Beyond the reading q books
which relate to his own business, the
farmer should lay in q stock of general
knowledge by reading books Of history.
biography, travels and general literature
and science No other oocupatiun furn-
ishes 20 good an opportunity for thought
and quie; meditation as farm work, and
if the farmer viii lay in good supply Of
the material Of thought, he viii relieve
his field work Of much q the monoiOny
that has been So often a subject Of som
plant.
IMPROVE YOUR POVLTRY.
1, should be the aim of every farmer
and poultry breeder t0 Try t. have each
successive year show improvements in
the poultry yard. In order to DO this,
il is necessary to sort out, al this season
OF the Y ear. all the fines; hens and pull
lets and breed them 10 only the cJck- or
ooOkerels. II ysur poultry is Of the
common kind, and you are not allie ~
buy Of the improved breed, We
would advise YOU b. select out those
hens that laid the hest and were the most
thrifty this last year, also some Of the
most thrifty pullets Of last springs hatch,
and If you can possibly spare the money.
buy males If the improved breed 20
breed to them. Proper attention to this
mstter i almost sure to prOsluoe good
results.
PLANT sEEDs AND NUTS UF TEEES.
Six wears ago We transplsntei some
seeding American chestnuis in a nursery
row, and this season they have num-
Der of chestnuts on them. We often
wonder why more seed and nuts are not
planted out, especially in treeless sec
tons. The seed, if properly saved and
planted just a. winter sets IN, VIII al
grow. The nut bearing trees IN this
section are loaded, and many Of them
are beautiful. In fact, grove OF few
scattered trees like the American chest
nut. beechnut, buiternut, black walnut;
hickorynut. az also the elm. maple ami
basswood l. q beautiful sight TO see
Fruit Recorder.
BASIsH EVERY DAIRY PAUPER.
Ono-third Of all the COWS kept by
dairymen in the United States produce
less milk than will pay their keep.
These are simply 3 clog upon the busl-
ness, and are better gwen away than
kept 50 saws the Chicago Lirs Nort
Journal, which very sensibly appeals to
dairymen everywhere, that they set
about wedding out their poor COWS, so
that they will be able to reap 2 harvest
with good market and protect them
selves against 4 great los with low
prices.
SPARE The CALVES.
The most important point We wish to
impress upon the cattle raiser j.. that he
cannot afford, under any circumstances.
to neglect his calves. One dollars worth
Of food given TO a calf under six months
old, which has never been neglected,
will produce more growth than two dol
Lars worth after that age on calves that
have been fed poorly when oung.-IoUa
STATE Register.
NOTES.
TnE average size Of an Irish farm Is
twenty acres.
A MAN in Easton. Ne, has this year
harvested 10000 bushels Of potatoes from
~ acres OF ground.
A srRoSG decOction OF peach tree leaves
is reported to be a specific for chicken
cholera: dose, one-halfteasDOOuful NJ q
time.
The farmers Of the Northwest have
made from $4,000 10 100000 10y the
raise in the price Of grain during tins
season.
ATa recent potato show in England,
where nearly 400 plates were shown,
a large number were Of American yarie-
ties.
MACHINES for shearing sheep aud milk
ing cows have not proved successful.
| These processes are best performed in
the old-fashioned way.
A WRITER truly says that there l. no
need 10 60 beyond the farm yards and
stables TO estimate the condition Of the
farm or to judge of the success of the
owner.
The French farmers do not take kind
ly to scientific agriculture. as the sdyants
understand the term. They cultivate
well and save in every possible item OF
cost.
ONE hawk has destroyed for Charles
| Gillen, of Chester county, Pa, over
thirty chickens in one month |, i, Of
the kind called the long-tailed pheasant
hawk.