The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-04-02
FARMERS COLUMN.
FARM NOTES.

There is no way Of discovering the sex
of an egg before Matching.
The seed of the amber sorghum cane is
said to be valuable for hens.
The luslre of morocco leather is restored
by vanishing with white of egg.
Ground bone, fish guano and wood ashes
are excellent fertilizers for Strawberries.
Nearly nine tenths of rice is starch; Of
Indian corn and barley more than two
thirds.
--All explosions of petroleum lamps are
caused by the vapor or gas that collects above
the oil.
Early springs rarely bring bountiful
hnrvosts. 1t is said that March grass makes
light haymows.
The refuse corn, after the glucose has
been extracted, sells in the West at So to 81
per ton for food for stock.
Corn requires fertility and cultivation,
without which, it matters not how good your
seed, you will never have a good crop.
If you want good-sised potatoes, use
good. sized tubers for seed. Do not, if you
can avoid it, cut more than one eye in q set.
in France it is generally recognized as
rule that the sugar beet should never be
cultivated upon fresh manure or barnyard
manure.
Every acre Of land that farmer owns
that pays him nothing and is not, increasing
in value is running him behind, because the
taxes must be paid.
The imperlections Of the diamond, and
in fact of all gems, are made visible by put
ting them into oil of cassia, when the slight.
est flaw will he seen.
The usual time allowed for lambs to
suckle is four months. When separated
from their mothers they should, IL possible,
be So far removed as not to hear each others
bleat.
"A good neid proof cement is made by
mixing a concentrated solution of slicatc ol
soda with powdered glass. to form paste,
This is useful for luting joints in vessels OK.
posed 10 acid fumes.
Farmers should now be getting theil
tools ready, and they should be sure that
their ploughs are in good order, their hOr-
nesses well oiled and examined for weak
places, which should be repaired.
Cement for an aquarium that will moi
crack or peel from glass or galvanized iron
T,ka hv n,aoeura tan marie ,r l;fb,,oa ,,,
parts Of plaster Of Paris, ten parts of fine
dry white sand. and one part of finely pow
dcred rosn. When wanted for use mix
into a stiff putty with boiled linsced oil
Do not use the tank for three or four days
nf;or cemented.
An English shir captain states that h,
can always get a bullock upon shipbonrd
when nther measures fail, by adopting III,
following simple method; Taking out tht
stopper of a vinegar cruet, placing his fin
ger on the mouth of the cruet, turning it NJ
and then applying his wet finger TO III,
nose OF the least. The effect is instantn-
neous; tho bullock, with snceze and u
shake of his head, is on his legs at once.
Hens like to he secudoi when they
lay and set hence nests sheltered from the
vulgar gaze will be preferred. The nest
shoul not be so formed that the hen must
jump into it, since this sometimes shake,
the eggs so violently as to break them A
box with the bottom asd one side out will
form a snug nest il put next wall and
kept well supplied with fresh straw chol.
ped in short lengths. Ii rats abound rails,
the nests from the iioor. Wire basket nest,
are excellent. If hung on the walls of q
house board should 10 fixed to the wall
near to the basket, so that the hen can gel
quietly into the nest without jumping in.
For nest making, such material as is insec
proof is preferable. Dried moss is good
also oat or wheat straw. Barley straw OF
hay are apt to produce vermin. Change
the material of which the nests are made
often. Hens appreciate cleanliness. d.
not, however, change the position of the
nest, as it disturbs laying hens, and they
may retaliate by laying no eggs for day OF
two.
The carrot is the most esteemed of all
roots for its feeding qualities. When an
alyzed it gives but. little more solid matter
than any other root, clghty-fve per cent.
being waterj but its influence in the stom-
ach on the other articles OF food is most fay =
orable, contributing to the most perfect di-
gestion and assimilation. This result, lol e
known to practical men, is explained by
chemists as resulting from the presence of n
substance called pectine, which operates to
coagulate or gelatinize vegetable solutions
aud favors this digestion in all cattle. Horses
are especially benefited 10y the use of car
rots, and they should be fed frequently with
their other food. Most all the sections Of
the western country produce, when thorough
~ cultivated, beautiful crops of carrots, and
they can be raised at a trivial expense. II G
land upon which cirrots are to be cultiyaicd
should he mellow, and be ploughed deeper
than usual.
"A man who had much experience in
managing horses says: whenever nervou,
horscmen notice their horse directing his
ear to any point whatever, or indicating tie
slightest disposition tn become afraid, t
them, instead of pulling the reins to bring
the horse toward the object causing lie her,-
ousness, pull it on the other side. Thls
will Instantly divert the attention of Il Q
horse from what is exciting his St s c /,
aud ninety-nine cases out Of hundred the
horse will pay no more attention to the uL-
jecl, from which he would fly away if lorc
bly, driven to il by pulling the wrong rein.
The practice most persons have Of forcing a
horse up to the object frightening them, is
dangerous and useless.
The trouble with most persons who
keep horses, no matter whether for farm
work or for driving purposes, is they feed
too much hay and Ia this can be attribut
ell the general sluggishness oilen manifest
ed 10y horses until they have been working
a couple of hours, while their wind is also
much impaired. Night is tho only time
when hay should be fed, especially to ami
mails used for quick work even tho slow