The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-02-05
EAfsE1 NOTES.

1t is only good seed that makes good re-
sultspOssible.
1t is soon enough to put on shoes when
the colt has reached years.
Illinois manufactured half the farming
machinery made in the United States last
year.
DO not fail to give your hens hot feed,
at least once a day, through the winter.
Early spring pullcts will be certain to lay
. Mt this season Of the year if so treated.
There is an idea yet prevalent among
some farmers that dry stock needs little care
at this season of the year, and that almost
any kind of food will answer for them. This
is a serious mistake.
"A neglected, poorly-ied, stinted lamb
never RECEIVERS, however well fed afterward,
80 as to make as good and as large a sheep
as it would had it had proper care early.
Feed the ewes so that they can supply the
lambs with plenty of milk.
B. F. Maxim, of Wayne, N. Y, raised
fify-six bushels of sheled corn on one-h half
acre of land. 1t was on sod land ploughed
in May, and dressed with a compost of ten
cords of muck, cattle and horse manure,
worked into the soil with cultivator.
-Lantaras requireqich, strong soil, a lib
ersl amount of water, plenty of sunshine
mud free circulation ofair. They are easily
grown from cuttings stuck in moist sand in
warm place. 1t is hardly worth while to
attempt the growing Of cuttings in the fall
or winter.
when fowls are affected with Ecaly legs,
which are caused by minute insect, place
the feet and legs in narrow tin pail of kero-
sene This treatment will soon cure the
Z worst cases, il persisted in. The application
Of ointments and bandages often recon.
mended involves more trouble with no moIc
decisive results.
Filling horses rack with hay, as some
persons do, aud permitting a constant sup
ply to remain before the animal, is one OF
the most probable means Of producing dis
ease, and the most positive IN rendering ami
mails unfit for fast work. Large supplies OF
hay have the effect Of making the stomach
large and weak,
"A rough estimate OF the extent Of the
wild game trade in St. Louis for the past
year places the total amount of transactions
at 81 100000. A single firm exported roi
the holiday season of the London markets
100 dozen quail, 100 dozen prairie chickens
and 6oe dozen wild turkeys and also for tn,
liverpool market 5000 wild turkeys.
IA. s. Gardiner, of Ypsilanti, Michigan
in response to challenge to produce an ca
of corn with 900 kernels, produced basket
iul Of cars averaging a foot in length, an,
none having less than 200 kernels to the cal
One specimen had 1900 kernels. The varet
is yellow dcuted red cob, and was plante
in hills fiur feet apart each way, and yield
ed 100 bushels to the acre.
If you have money to fool away see
down vour Young orchard To clover or tim,
thy or sow a crnp Of wheat or oats. But
ven want your trees to thrive cultivate W,
ill they ale to 10 years old Spread ashe
manure or salts broadcast Step cultivatir
IN August, weeds or 10 weeds. 10 Judge
the condltion otau apple tree isljke iudgil
o the condition Gl sheep in pasture. Loo
at the sheep and not at the pasture II tn,
Gro plump and at the pasture is all right
AuerieaR Cidhrat9r.
1.-The farmer who has neat and we
kept garden IS almost sure tn have % nt
all well kept farm, a comfortable and we
lpniniei home, tidy ontbUilurs a.
st cs IN COOL cuuliloui aud the housew
whs takes prile % Ayr guden generally 4
home 90 take pride in aud 20 be proud ,
AT a recent ht stock show in Enela
point Of interest was worth Doling-a vC
hne cross bred beast hy a shoithOrn bull a
a. Devon cow. At the age of years and
mnntis IL weighed llco pounds. and
qualify was well worthy of the attention
br0cders