The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-06-25
EAIsNI ~OEES.

-Otdi 10 DTeUu uOlstencd Win sweet milk
is good feed for young chickens the first few
days When a week old they may be fed
on crack d grain scalied. When old enough
to eat grain, give them plenty of it.
In setting out currant bushes care should
be exercised not to place any buds under
ground unless the buds are cut out of the
shoot, or they will push out as SO many
suckers. Currants should be highly manur.
ed, to promote vigorous growth and bear
ing.
Large numbers Of camels are said to
roam along the ella and Salt River bottoms
in Ariz, ra. They are supposed to have
sprung fiom number of the beasts whicl
were imported into Texas In 1858 for use Oh
the sandy planes, and were turned loose
when the war broke ont
Mr.. James Hedden, Of Michigan, who's,
bees have brought him q snug little fortune
concludes that cholr hives are too costly and
cumbersome. IIe has also given up hi.
house apary Many OF these structures wer
Lult few years since, but they arc mostl,
deserted NOW.
Wood ashes, hen manure end lime, are
all coed iertliaers FOR corn, but the lime
should not be mixed with the ashes aut
manure u til just before it ia applied to th,
soili ond when applied, it should be har-
rowed in t oiore the corn is planted. If mix
ell long b fore applied, it separates the am
mona lron the manure, which is thus los
The london Ae'es says; "Ofal poul-
try Lrcoiing, the rearing Of the goose il
favorable situations is said to be the cas
trouLIes me and moat profitable. 1t is not
surprising, therefore, that the trade has O,
late ye,rs been enormously developed
. Geese wi live and, TO certain extent thrive
on the ccarsest Of grasses"
II colt is never allowed to get an al.
vantage, i. will never know that it possesse,
! a power that man cannot control, and Il
made familiar with strange objects, it will
not lie skittish and nervous. II horse !.
made accustomed from his early days to
have objects hit him on his heels, back OF
hip, he Will pay nd attention to the giving
way oi harness, or wagon running aguinsI
him at an unexpected moment.
-Buckwheat may be made roGtabe II, =.
on piece of rough or newly cleared ground
No other crop is so effective in mellowing
r,ugh, cloddy land. The seed in northern
localities should be sown before July IL I;
; otherwise carly frosts may catch The crops
Grass and clover may sometimes be sown
successfully with buckwheat.
Moderately broad wheels are preferable
to narrow tiers for use on heavy wagons.
Tho outlool; at the present time is o
promising ole for a most splendid heryest
in 1881.
Tho practice fscnding live fowls to pur-
chasers or to market by express has grown
to a very great extent.
1t is estimated that the total production
of wool in the United States for the year ! $50
was 200 600 900 pounds an increase of 3d..
' OOO,O 900 over the clip of 1878.
Recent shipments Of honey from Cali
forna to Great Britain have been received
5 with great favor. An English order recent
J ly received calls for 5s,OoO pound cans.
The three important requisites in max
ing cranberry plantation are a peat bog, or
! swamp, adjacent sand or gravel banks, and
capacity to 1owage at the convenience OF
the owner.
TO care for the comfort and health Of
horses should be the first thing to be eonsid
cred when building or repairing a horse
stable Pure air and sufficient light should
be gwen in all stables when possible
An automatic bulletin has been placed
J over the clock in Boston Office Of the
Fitehburg Railroad, which exhibits the tee-
graphic reports ofall western and nothern
trains, tells when they are due and how late
: they are.
Tho best steam engine no existing
> (which consumes two podnds Of coal an hour
horse powerl, yields about one-tenth Of
tho power which the combustion of the coal
would theoretically produce, measured by
thermal units.
One Of the reasons why we earth up
potatoes is to cover those tuhers which grow
near the surface. snmo kinds throw out
the tubers much lower than others. Tubers
exposed to the Weather are spoiled for all
purposes Of cooking, although as seed they
are not at all injured.
A machine has been recently patented
designed Tor threading bolts aud tapping
nuts, aud 50 constructed that when one tap
/. or die is forced forward to do its work an
other die or tap will be Withdrawn. The
mashine thus works continuously, and no
{ time is lost in Withdrawing the die or tap.
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