The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-07-15
COLUMN.
FARM NOTES.

Poorly ventilated stables are hotbeds Of
disease.
Feed the corn crop, and cultivate often
and not deeply.
The secret Of procuring winter squashes
is late planting.
Now is the time to watch for vermin in
the poultry houses.
The best crops of corn are produced on.
ly by thorough tillsgc.
In order 10 know what fertilizers are
needed test them on different fields and
crops.
1t is not proper to expose stock because
it is summer. Good shelter is necessary at
all times.
1t is not yet too late for setting out
sweet potato plants. Let them go out after
the frst rain.
In selecting animals IL SHOULD be borne
in mind that those with small chests do not
latten readily.
"A cultlvaior is an article that should
be allowed no rest by daylight. Keep it
moving all the time.
The theory lately advanced, and well
supported is that fat cultivation is better
for corn than billing.
--some American breeders are gaining
favor in Europe. Al the last great agricul-
tural fair in Denmark the Poland China
hogs carried of the main prize.
The non sitters are the Leghorns, Ham
burgs, Polands, Hondans and black Spanish
Tney lay white eggs.
1t is claimed that dry fish guano con
tains more than fifteen times as much an
nonia as ordinary stable manure.
In highly.bred and liberullyfed ami
mails the teeth are produced earlier than
those living under reverse conditions.
The apple crop promises well in New
York, Ohio and Kentucky, and Eastern
Tennessee expects an unprecedented yield.
Let hens set il they will ,as late hatcl ed
chicks will pay better than to waste time in
breaking the hen from setting
The selection OF breeding stock requires
an examination of every point that assists
in the general makeup OF the animals.
"A correspondent of the Fruit Recorde,
states that by busting Paris green, mixed
with -four, ON plants the cut-worm is easily
killed.
Hen manure carries much less watei
than stable manure, but more nitrogen ana
organic matter. The proportions of potasi
and phosphoric acid are nearly the same.
Crab grass is persistent grower. Ate
cultivating to eradicate it place the accumu
latiun of grass around tomato vines, straw
berries, etc., as 1t furnishes an exec len,
mulch.
Fifteen dollars was the price paid for =
trio of brown Leghorns recently by Mr.
Maddox, of Terre Haute, Ind, to B. W
Harvey, of BloomJugdale l; pays to rais'
fine stock, even in the poultry line.
"A hog of the proper sort should not on
ly be extremely wide though the shoulder
and fore parts, but that great width should
be carried all through the carcass, so tina
when fat they are just as wide through tn
hams as at the shoulders. A broad, well
covered loin is also an essential point.
Some Of the finest walnut trees in III
mountains Of the North Carolina have bee
sold at $40 each just as they stand in lh
woods, the purchaser reserving the PrIvileg
to take them away within certain numbe
of wears.
Even the most tender fowls will bes
much cold, but wet snnn generates diseas
This particularly applies to crested fowls a
W zen the crest becomes once wet it is a Ion
tim drying during wet weather. Sev,I
col Is in the head are liable to follow in sue
cas- IS.
On the Island of Jersey, the home {
tn Jersey cattle, no attention whatever
pdd to color,the great aim Of the best breed
ers beng graceful inrm aud grand mIlkIn
qualities. There are many colors theI,
from the silver gray down to the commo
red and white, and few, very few, black
Cornelius sullivan, manager Of the Wis
consln State Fish Hatchery, located at Nil
,, waukee, has made another plant of 900
900 spawn in the lake opposite that city
This will make 1900, 900 that he has del Of
tied this season, aud the work is about ov,l
the spawn having been about all planted.
-lhe greatest wool-grnwinG county j
the United States is said to be Washingto
county. Pa. ltproduces annually 100000
tn 5000 900 pounds of wool, worth in cas-
81 ,O0O 900 for the wool alone, besides tn
sale of fine sheep for breeding purposes, an
> mutton sheep and lambs for the meat maj
l kets ol the East
The cold, backward weather Of tn
spring has proved detrimental to the inter
. eas of all who raise chickens, and the thri
! ty hIus"keeiier finds her lucks UNUSUAL
: small for the time of the year. But N
early maturing breeds, Leghurns especisll,
can be successfully reared though hatch,
! AS late as July Is. or evea later.
e TIL, Rurai Ne,0 Yorker states from tra
/. , that young tulip trees may be easily an
safely removed by cutting back the entil
stem within two or three inches OF the nerl
4 leaving only neck aud roots To be set on
y llund. eds OF trees thus treated mostly gre
vigorously. sending up from near the roo
new and straight stems.
: "A correspondent oi the american Aqr
eultHrid claims that winding string Ii.
= ly around the body ora limb IN June
July, will cause barren fruit trees Ia yirl
d d the following season. Let our readers try
} on the single limbs aud alternate trees tn
summer. The string should be cut the fi
- lowing winter or early spring.
M The most successful sheep men are tho
who began with a few. or were shepher'
Tor some one else, taking part of their pa
in sheep. Such men own the bes: grade
= sheep, and have less loss hy disease or acc
] dent than those who begin with quite
tinek, because they know Just what tu q
e, and have learned their trade from tue b
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