Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-09
AGRICULTURE.

/ FLAxsEED FoR STooK.-From all ac-
counts, the amount of flsxseed sown this
season Is unusually large. In many places
where the prospect for crop of fall-sown
wheat was poor, the ground was plowed
up quite early in the spring and sown 10
fax. In some parts Of the West, farmers
SOW fax or newly-turned sod for the pur
pose of preparing the ground for crop OF
wheat the following year. 1t reqires less
labor to SOW ard harvest a crop Of hax
than to plant and gather crop of corn,
and many state that the ground is in better
condition after the fax than the corn. Sod
corn is not salable, hat faxseed always finds
a ready market. The expense of market
ing faxseed is less than for any crop that
can be raised en- the same amount of land.
Ii is generally worth more per bushel than
any kind of grain, and it is manufactured
in the West instead Of in the East. In
many sections the manufacturers of linseed
oil furnish seed to homesteaders and other
poor farmers with view of securing their
crop when harvested. The manufacture
of this oil is very profitable, as the oil-cake
sells for more than half the sum paid for
the seed from which it ismade. Nearly all
of it goes to Great Britain. where its value
for feeding to all kinds of stock is better
appreciated than in the this CO Intry. But
| little use is made of oIl-cake or OF ground
f'axseed in the Uui,ed States. except To
| feed to calves and milch COWS that are IN
poor condition in the spring. Few have
employed either of them as part of the
regulsr diet for stock, or for the purpose of
preparing animals for the butcher. There
Is no necessity for extracting the oil from
tiaxseed before feeding it TO stock. In
fact, the oil it contains is the most valuable
portion of 1t. Pure ground fiaxseed, when
fed alone, is too rich, but If mixed with
meal. bran OF shorts it Is excellent for all
kinds Of stock. An experienced feeder
recommends mixing one bushel of faxseed
with seven of corn aud the same number
of oats and grinding them together.
There is no better feed for calves "brought
up by hand" than boiled fiaxseed and
SKINNED milk. 1t Is the best substitute for
fresh milk. A small amount OF fiaxseed
should be fed at first, but the amount Can
be increased TO pound day by the time
the calves are month old.
RoAp Etiquette Perhaps there is good
reason in Gespising some of the rules OF
etiquette imposed by fashionable ciety.
If q man wishes to eat his mashed potatoes
with his knife, or prefers to pour his hot
coffee into saucer rather than to burn his
throat, we are willing he should have his
liberty. But there are some things no man
has no right 10 DO, and that no well-bred
man will wish 10 do. No man will wish
to put his fork into another's plate, or
drink from another's cup. If two men
sleep in the same bed, and one of them
crowds the other to the rail, he Is called a
hog. Now, there are certain rules of good
breeding that apply to the road as well as
10 the table or fireside. We are not talking
aboCt any laws in regard TO the road, other
than the laws CT common sense and good
breeding. When two teams meet god
breeding requires that each give half of the
road. Yet we often meet those who refuse
to obey this simple rule because they have
the advantage at the time. 4 man wi n 9
heavy lumber wagon las no more right to
| crt wd light carriage or buggy into the
ruts or bushes than burly lubber would
have 10 force his weaker bed-fellow to
sleep on the rail. If some peculiarly in
his load requires him to keep the track, he
can stop his team and politely ask for IT,
and thank the other for giving It, When
a person wishes 10 pass another on a dusty
read he should ask the privilege of doing
so, especially if there is lady IN the for.
ward wagon. When the forward team
dc hat d e1x .I,
the other. he should hold his horses to theiI
slowest pace till the other passes. A mar
has no more right under these cireumstan
ces 10 whip up his slow team just to keeI
The other in the rear, than he has to ballC
q fence across the public highway.
Ice upon the farm, and especially in ttt
dairy, is more and more becoming neces-
sity. The saving ID food, Neat, etc, by
the use of ice alone should lead every far.
mer to build an ice-bouse this fall. and Ill
it with ice this coming winter. 4 house car
be built that will supply family with ont
of the greatest comforts and convenience:
of tine hot lICnths, at u trifiing expense. Il
is wise economy TO build one that Is Sub
stantial, and will last for a long time. Il
ordinary circumstances of harvesting the
ice, and with house to hold from % t.
So tons, the Ice can be furnished for lift,
cents a ton. At such low rate, surely
many farmers cannot afford any longer t
deny themselves Of ice during the no
months of summer. Let an ice-house b,
built this fall in time for the ice crop.
MIXED FEEDS. One of the strong point
in favor of the much praised ensilage, ii
that animals eat it with relish. NJ
food, however rich it may be in food ele
ments, will prove profitable if the farm
stock cannot be made TO take to it kindly,
1t Is on this account that mixing of feeC
has been SO successful. Sameness palls
upon the Appetite change of diet en-
courageous and shar pens it. A few roots
cut, or better, pulped, and given to the
animals. will make them eat tie corn-fod
der or cut straw with all the greater relish.
Try and make little change in diet of the
animals, even though 1t be only once 8
week, with some roots, potatoes. apples,
ETC.; it will pay. The more an animal
eats, and healthfully digests, the more
profitable it is.
DRAINING. Ohio farmer SAYS ne
has been putting in tile for the last fifteen
years, until he has three farms ali tiled
and his crops are much better than his
neigh5ors'. He did not have 10 replant a
single hill of his corn, while many Of his
nelghbors had to replant most of their
corn, and while he is getting from three to
four bushels of corn to the shock his neigh
bors, with equally as good soil, got bu,
three-quarters to one bushel of good corr
from their shock. Still they cannot see
why 1t Is.
MANURiye IN THE OkcHARD.-No at
tempt should be made to grow any crop in
the orchard without heavy manuring, but
if no crop is grown heavy mulching will
keep the trees in thrifty condition until
they come into bearing. providing the land
was in good condition when the trees were
set. When the trees begin to produce
fruit, every few years the land should re-
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