Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-10-14
FARM AND GARDEN.


muck, Imn, ami ashes are 10 loads OF
pile abont 10 feet wide and 40 feet long.
Then three or four bushels of fine air
slaked limo and az much ashes mixed
as much as possible with the muck by
leaving the muck roughly spread then
load of manure then 10 loads Of
muck aid lime and ashes as before, and
50 On until the hep is five feet high.
This will give about 80 to 100 loads,
which is enough tor one heap. 1t Will
soon bent, but not enough to hurt, a.
tue muck VIII require good deal of
heat to rot It. Bat ii ii is turned over
AID wei mixed Gree in the winter 1t
VIII be IN fine condition by ihe spring,
and will make n rich top dressing for
fall grain or grass
APPLE BUFFER Apple butter is
made rs follows Pared and sliced APP
piles are stewed in fresh sweet cider IN
iii the cider is boilt d down one half :.
the apple Is then of the cOnkistenca of n
thick paste M sugar is added n, the
cider Is 81 fliciently sweet from the con-
centratlon of It's sugar. If spice is de-
sired for fl ,voring, that may be finely
ground and added to the apples during
the noking.
POULTRY HOUSE FOR Fifty HENS
II ought to be at least 80 feet long by
10 or more wide--even 90 feet wide
would not be amiss. Il should have ten
feet posts, and slant roof of rise of
to feet TO its peak, with an ample
ventilator in the centre, with OPEN
>lAtted blinds. A window about Is 10
Il Inches la-ge, with Venetian blind.
shonld be pu' into each gable, and also
ia the centre of each side, directly under
the Roof. All these are necessary for
ventilation, except in very raw, cold
weather, tnen the blind and the window
facing the wind must be closed, other
wise 1t would expose the hens 10 get a
catafrh, which Is very dangerous for
them. Tie great fault with poultry
honses generally Is that they are not
sufficiently we'll ventilated. In conse-
quence OF this, roup and other fatal dis
eases are generated, causing numerous
deaths,-if not the'entire destruction of
The fl eek before the disease can be
stopped.
1t 1, is desired to increase the warmth
Of the house in winter sliding windows
iour or five feet high and as wide as
one please', may be set into the sonth
side of the house. Put wire netting
against these, SO the hens cannot Jump
or fly against the glass to break it.
These may lie removed during warm
weather, aud solid or blind doors hung
in their place to keep ont the sun in hot
nnVG III 4 =.
danger from thieves or vermin, the
whole south lie Of the poul'ry house
may be left open. In this case it would
be so we'll ventilated that the posts
need not be over seven feet, and the
ROOT not carried up so high {; but the
ventilatur should still be put on the
certre Of the roof and window and
blind nj each gable end. For the
perches use inch thick stats two to four
inches b:oad, so that the hens can sit
comfortably on them. Small round
poles for perches are very trying to
their legs, as they are obliged to cling
close TO these with their claws, and this
iires and strains them during The whole
tine they are at roost. Don't set these
perches hike steps, one a little beyond
and higher than III" other, if you do the
h' us will he constantly fighting and
sirug CLING 10 obtain the top one. Set
al n The same height, and so distant
from each other that the hens on one
pelcl cannot reach TO peck those on
The other. As soon as they get on TO
thtlt roosts all seem to de igGt in this
torment.
FROSTED FODDER "A Plainfeld, NJ.
farmer writes: There ara farmers
who insist that corn fodder is ruined
nuiesS 1t is cnt before the frosts have
touched 1t. On the other hand, there are
farmers who just as earnestly contend
that frost does not hurt it. Now m,
opinion Is that the best way is to GU the
fodder before fcost if you can conren.
iehtll however, would not neglect
any important farm duty for the sake
9 accomplishing this. But / can tell
you what | would do. | would cut my
corn fodder Immediately after frost
and then | would save it all right. 1t
IS a bad plan to let frost bitten fodder
stand through rainstorm. and for that
reason | say cut 1T Immediately after it
Is frosted and before rain comes. |
consider corn fodder The best OF rough
feeds aud shall continue to depend
upon 1t IN the face of the ensilage
boom.
STORING PoTAToEs.-J. G. H., Gen
esee County. N. Y, writes: "a plan of
storing potatoes, which is practiced in
this country by some of our best farm
ers, in pace Of burying the tubers in
pits, is placing them i'll bins to a depth
os say three feet AS soon as stored in
the bias, the potatoes are covered with
a layer OF straw to keep them from the
light, also TO absorb any moisture that
may be generated. On the approach OF
cold weather, dry, light earth. such Us
sandy loan, Is spread over the straw,
say three inches deep. As good
farmer IS II. Ives advocates this plan.
He uses bins that hold from so to 200
bushels each.
WHuEwAsHlNG From Mr.. Charles
E. R-ntun, he Sharon correspondence
ol The COnnt cticm Farmer. we have
this useful note on whitewashing the i'll
side Of stables The milk company
II quire farmers to wbitewash stables
end milk houses once a year But any
one who has once enjoyed the luxury of
n whltewashed stable will not be likely
to discontinue the prac ice. Armed
with small fol c3-pump and barrel of
whitewash more whitewashipg cm be
done in few hours than can be done i'll
a week with brush.