Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-27
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pUTrryG ArAY TooLs-1he wearing
out of farm implements Ia, as rule, due
more TO neglect than 10 use. If tools can
he well taken care of, it VIII pay TO buy
those made of the best steel, and flushed
IN the best manner, but In common hands,
and with common care. such are OF little
advantage. Iron and steel parts should be
cleaned with dry sand and cob, or scraped
with q piece OF soft iron, washed and oiled
if necessary, and IN a dav or two cleaned
OF with the corn-cob and dry sand. FIN
ally paint the iron part with rosin and
beeswax, in the proportion OF OF rosin. to
/ of wax, melted together and applied hot.
This IS good for the iron or steel paris Of
every sort of tool. Wood work should be
painted with good, boiled llnseed oil, white
lead and turpentine. .colored to any desired
tint. red is probably the best color. Keep
the cattle away until the paint Is dry and
hard, or they will HEX, with death as the
result. II IT Is not desired to use paint on
hand tools; the boiled oil with tnrpentine
and liquid drier, does just az well. Many
prefer TO saturate the woodwork of farm
implements with crude Petroleum. This
cannot be used with color, but is applied
by itself go long as any is absorbed by the
pores of the wood.
CHARCOAL FOR SICK ASIMAs.-ln nine
cases out oil ten when an animal is sick,
the digestion is wrong. Charcoal is the
most efficient and rapid corrective. The
hired man came in with the intelligence
that one of the finest cows was very sick,
and kind neighbor proposed the usual
drugs and poisons. The owner being ii
and unable to examine the COW, concluded
that the trouble came from over ealing. and
ordered tesspoonfui of pulverized char
coal to be given in water. II was mixed,
placed In junk bottle, the head turned
downware. In five minutes improvement
was visible, and In few hours the animal
was in the pasture q Iietly grazing. Anoth-
er instance of equal success occurred with
young helfer which had become badly
blOated by eating green apples after hard
wind. he bloat was so severe that the
sides were as hard as barrel. The Old
remedy, ssleratus. was tried for correcting
the a5idity. But the attempts at putting
IL down always raised coughing, and it
did little good. Half a teaspoonful OF
fresh powdered charcoal WAS given. In
six hours all the appearance of the float
had gone, and the heifer was well
PRUNING PEAR Trees Il saw, IN a re-
cent agricultural paper, an elaborate srti-
Gle on pears, in which Summer pruning
for fruit was strongly advocated. | don't
belleye In Summer pruning except 10 pinch
off the ends of growing branches, to keep
up symmetrical growth Standard pears
require very little pruning. and the less
the better, provided the tree was properly
cut back al planting time. If this is done
watch the growing shoots and If one branch
seems to be getting ahead of Others, pinch
of the end. The only rule in this case Is
TO secure symmetrical growth. Another
caDse for pruning may arise from crowding
branches. In TINS case, cut out the small
lest or those that can be most easily spar
ed. II a tree grows slowly and seems
weakly II is sometimes necessary to prune
1t hack quite severely, and the bes, time to
do this Is in the Winter. But nv object
in wiring this is to protest against indis-
crminate Summer pruning. for believe it
10 be very injurious. i ann to preserve
all the foliage my trees put forth in Spring.
The oinchi1g back advised does not inter-
fere with the foliage, and secures the erd
that Summer pruning has in view. never
saw fruitfulness improved by Summer
pruning. Has any one seen il!
A wPITER to the Prairae Farmer tried
the experiment Of hat and hill cultivation
for vines. This year squashes. pumpkins,
melons and other vegetables were planted.
part in hills and part fiat. tie recommends
the level cultivation as the best as no,
weather did greater damage in the hills.
In ten days the difference was very mark
ed. Although the fiat cultivation was su
perIor for dry season the hill system is
preferable for wet one.
HE American Dairy Association re-
ports that one bushel of cotton seed meal
will produce as much milk as two bushels
Of any other food yet tried. The Depart
meEt of Agriculture at Washington city
bears testimony thst II is one of the most
valiable of all kinds of food for cattle. and
that the meal. IN consequence of having
been separated from the hulls, cooked, and
the oil pressed from it, is more than twIce
the value Of the whole raw seed as q stock
food.
IL fowls are IN fair conCitIun when
first coOped, two weeks of good feeding
will bring them up 10 the proper order for
market. They should have comfortable,
retired, and rather dark, quarters, in which
they will be ccntented and quiet. The
principal food should be corn meal either
scalded or mixed with cold water. Table
scraps, wheat or whole corn may be given
tor variety 10 shaIpen their sppetites.
Provide plenty OF coarse sand or gravel
and give all the milk they will drink.
WHEN farmer finds some new kind OF
insect, beetle or worm with whose habits
he is not familiar be should resist the pro
pensity to uestroy it. Mere than likely it
is friend preying on some of his insect
enemies. Nothing in insect life should be
destroyed because 1t is offensive in apr ear
ance or for the fun OF the thing. In our
fight against insect enemies We need all
The help We can get.
A NEW YORK fruit-grower reports that
he has about ruined plantation OF black
raspberrles by cutting back the young
canes, Immediately after gathering the ber-
have either pinched them of when they
had obtained the proper height In May or
June, or have waited until after the .u,.
pension of growth.
The BURDcCK-The burdock is a bien-
nial and SEEDS freely the seeds retaining
their vitality for several years. If no, al
lowed 10 perfect its seeds II may be readily
exterHInated by cutting of with a hoe
just below the surface of the ground, and
covering the stub with salt. The moisture
which The salt attracts causes the root to
ro'. If not salted the root will send up
shoots though cut low in the ground.
If valuable for nothing else, gulneas are
worth considerable merely to keep of the
hawks and crows, and are good to have in
The poultry house roosting with the other
fowls, fer chicken thieves, no matter how
wary they may be, are sure TO receive
salute the moment they enter the premises.
WITH corn at one dollar and wheat at
one dollar and ten cents per bushel what