The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-01-18


practical manure on the farm.
While the English farmers use large
quantities of bone dust upon pastures,
they prefer superphosphates for titled
crops.
Mulching grRpevines with corn
stalks, straw OF grapes will help them
to Withstand drought. II necessary
they should be watered.
It has been found bv careful and in
telligent experiment that pigs in pro-
portion to their weight consume far
more food than either cattle or sheep.
Too much attention cannot be paid to
the cleanliness and ventilation of stables
and pens. To insure the health and
comfort OF animals they must be kept
dry and warm and have plenty of light
as well as pure air and pure water.
All the elements of growth and de-
velopment of tree and fruit should be
combined in a dressing for orchards,
Well rotted barnyard manure will sup
ply organic matter, ashes will give the
potash and ground or dissolved bones
will furnish the phosphates.
A good COW has a full eve. a small
and short head, dished in the face and
sunken between the eyes, soft and
loose skin, deep from the loin to the
udder, and very small tail, q thin
udder and square bag, with teats
good distance from each other, and one
which, when milked, shrinks to a small
compass.
Onions should not succeed potatoes
or tuynips. They do we'll after carrots.
Being potash plant it should not fol.
low plants which require potash. It
is gross feeder, and ten cords of
manure per acre will not be too much,
Well rolled horse manure and potash
salts are used by the most successful
onion raisers.
a celebrated French agriculturist,
who for many years held hrst rank in
tue art OF fsttening sheep, when urged
20 olvulge his secret replied: +" NY
secret! have none; it is only ques-
5ion OF fare. Induce the animals to eat
aounda1tly by large, choice variety
ana good preparation of food; that is
al there is to it.
In Denmark, in the management of
the dairy, rape cake, oats and wheat
bran are reckoued as first.class butter
foods palm-nut cake, peas and rye are
placed in third class. BY the employ
ment OF first and second d-class foods,
With cut straw, hay and roots, an abun.
dance OF excellent butter is produced
throughout the winter.
Test your fences and find the weak
spots before the cattle find them. It is
n ~ al l.
farm through broken fences in the fall
simply because there is nothing for
them to destroy. They will remember
and seek out the same places in the
spring, and unless the fences are strong
enough TO resist them will free their
way through.
While working with the bees, avoid
all sudden jars, quick, active motions,
and never fight them. Careful hand
ling Will cure all cross bees, while with
careless, rough handling the most quiet
will become cross. 1t is part of the ma
ture of the bees to gorge themselves
with honey when alarmed, and when in
this condition they rarely, if ever, sting
unless pinched.
The Dublin Farmae,. claims that full
feed of hay to horses, to follow concen-
trated food, is wasteful, and crowds the
latter out of the stomach before diges-
tion occurs. This authority claims that
the hay should be fed first to avoid the
above mentioned trouble. A hearty
drink Of water upon full stomach also
operates to push its contents into the
ton.
Farmers ere often at loss .how to
clean an old pork barrel, making it
fresh and sweet. We have seen the
following plan recommended, It is
simply to fill the tainted cask or barrel
with fresh earth; let stand a couple
OF days, when this should be emptied
out and more earth put in. After two
OF three days empty this ont, and to
make assurance doubly sure, invert the
barrel and burn under it some bits of
cloth saturated with solutions of sui
phur birthstone.
Do not feed for at least twelve hours
before killing poultry. A fowl killed
while digestion is going on will not
keep week. The spotted appearance
OF the skin,of dressed poultry is caused
by the feathers having been plucked
while the blood was still fluid. 1t is
better not to pick the birds while
warm. A full crop and oarelessne ess
In dressing will greatly lower the mar
ket value of fowls. Pack when entirely
cold but not. frozen. Lay them with
the backs upward and the legs out
straight.
Recipes.
A GooD MAYoNEAIsE Dressing. Put
the yolks of two eggs in deep dish
with little salt and white pepper into
these stir briskly some olive oil, which