The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-11-03
gARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Early BresKfa st for Fowls.

In keeping fowls remember that the
morning meal with them is the most
important one of the day. They are
cold and hungry; and for that reason
need some kind of warm, cooked food.
Fowls will eat almost anything if it is
served up right, Boiled potatoes. tur-
nips, carrots, anything in the vegetable
line, mixed with cornmeal, oatmeal, or
bran and shorts, seasoned with pepper
and salt, and fed warm, will suit them.
Feed a few handfuls of wheat SCREEN
ings at noon, and at night give them a
liberal feed of some kind of whole
grain.
Sowing Rye Among Corn.
One mode of getting green food for
cattle and sheep in early spring is to
sow rye in corn stubble early enough
to get good fall growth. What feed
is thus grown is as nutritious as ordi-
nary pasture or roots, and costs moth
ing except for seed and cultivating un-
der. Really the feed costs nothing, for
| in sowing the rye many weeds are de-
stroyed, new surface is turned up,
and the weed seeds which sprout perish
in the winter. This alone is ample pay
for labor and seed. There is further
advantage in having the soil covered
during the winter instead of being
|
| sown now will give considerable feed
for sheep and cattle this fall, and more
vet in the spring before blowing. This
spring feed is especially valuable for
ewes with lambs after the ground has
settled. AS we are likely to lose our
clover, fear, for term of years, some
thing must be found to partially take
its place. Drilled corn and millet may
be substituted as winter feed, but they
are not available for late fall or early
spring - Correspondence of Country Gen
Food for Calves.
The cause of calves securing is @
change in their food too wide and sud.
den. Animals but a few days old
can bear but little change in their food
They will be easily killed by variation
which an adult would bear with i'm
punity. Calves, like infants, are toe
often made sick by change of ont
cows milk for that of another. Tht
food of calves may be modified almos
indefinitely, but it must be varieC
gradually. When they get more ag'
they will bear change better. Wher
taken from the COW, feed first the moth
er's milk warm. The difference be
tween sucking and feeding is chang
enough to begin with. In few days
little skimmilk may be substituted fo
new milk as part OF its mess, but
should be warm as the new milk. b.
degrees the skimmilk may be increased
if it is fed warm, till the new milk en-
tirely drops out, and DO securing o
other iii effects will follow. In tn
same way, whey sweet and warm ma
be substituted for skimmilk. or littl
well-cooked meal, or what is better,
little oil-meal may be gradually worke
in as a substitute Tor milk and tn
: change will not be materially felt. ]
P. w. @. will bear in mind that tn
: essential points in feeding young calve
are warm food and slLw changes, b
D will not only stop the mortality in hi
! herd but he can have thrifty !animal
. growing up on other food than neN
! milk, by using milk to start with
Q Sweet whey in moderate quantity
y good in connection with grass. 1t woul
. be found an improvement that woul
: more than pay cost and trouble to dis
solve a little oil.meal in it.-NeT Y0T
t Tribune.
The yo!k of an egg binds the cru:
much better than the white. Apply
the edges with brush.
v Old potatoes may be freshened up b
. plunging them into cold water befol
r cooking them.
n Never wash raisins that are TO be use
l. in sweet dishes. 1t will make the put
/, ding heavy. To clean them wipe in
dry towel.
s In boiling dumplings of any kind pl
2, them into the water one at n time.
n they are put in together they will M
a with each other.
K Outlets and steaks may be fried
n well as broiled, but they must be put
"a hot butter or lard. The grease is b
IL enough when it throws off blacks
smoke.
~ There is a greenness in onions al
= : potatoes that renders them hard
y, digest. For health's sake put them
y warm water for an hour before cookin
n