Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-11-01
AGRICULTURE,

CARE OF HARNKss IN So SuAAKR.-Hsrness |
Is more rapidly injured in summer, than
IN winter Ii Is sometimes soaked with |
rain, and again subjected to heat and dry |
ing, and The persp.ration of horses does ii |
no good. II kept well oiled, all these In |
iuences will cause little injury. There are
riauy different applications used, and diff |
ferent nodes are adopted for employing |
them. A common way is first TO wash |
thoroughly with soap and warm water, and |
then apply nestsfoot oil, as the best oil for |
the purpose. But different course is |
adopted by others One team manager IL |
forms us that the first thing to do is always |
to apply one or two coats OF castor OIL with |
enough lamp back to give proper color. |
by thus saturating the leather with oil first |
toe soap ana water applied afterwsrd do |
rot penetrate it, and when leather Is per-
mitted to absorb water it hardens 1t and |
excludes the oil By oiling first the dirt |
is softenei SO that 1t Is easily washed OF, |
and this obviates much of the scraplng |
otherwise required, and the whole opers- ]
ton NAV be performed at once. After be-
ing oiled, wash IT with It with q sponge |
and soapsuds, and when dry, rub over IT q
mixture of equal pats of oil and tallow,
colOred with lamp black. aud q smsll por-
ton of Prusslsn blue. THIS is substantially |
the process recommended, snd We shall
lie glad 10 hear IRON those who have tried |
different methods, as to their comparative
value, AMI of the benefit of applying the |
oil first, and the fitness of castor oil as
compared with other applications While
on the subject of using harness in farm
work in summer, II is well TO recommend |
for any field work the simplest harness
that will answer the purpose, both for the |
comfort of the horse, and to prevent the |
needless wear and tear of leather. Bin |
ders are not needed, belly band nor crup- |
pers. Simole harness for the farm, kept |
always in good order, not liable TO break |
age, will be thing of economy in more |
ways than one, aud sometimes prevent
costly delays in the most busy days of the |
year.
KEEP THE BEST HEIFKRs.-Ssving hei |
fer calves only from the best mixers, and
then wedding out the poorest of these, will |
soon lay the foundation for a choice dairy /
herd. And let US make the further im-
portant point, that selecting a pure bred
male from an especially god milking strain
and then selecting the beifer calves from
the mixers, the following up OF this mode
of breeding for even ten years with males
from the same strain OF blood. the blood
Of The progesy becomes uni1ed and inten-
siied 10 q degree of prepOtency almost
equal TO a thoroughbred. The dairymsn
may then place a strong reliance upon the
milking qushty OF the future progeny. he
has thus moulded breed to suit bis own
wants. When dsIrymen shall proceed on
this systematic plan of growing their own
dairy herds We shall hear mnch less of the
unprotitableneSs of the dairy. Of course
| great care must be taken to study the wants
of these yOusg ANIMALS as to food and
| shelter. Good food and care are necessary
to show the capacity of any strain of blood
The best blood will soon deterlorate under
unskilful feeding. The heifer calves from
the best mixers should be generously fed
| from tbs beginning with such food as will
grow the frame and muscles, consequently
niiroge1ous food is most important. Skim
milk, oil meal, wheat hran, oats, barley and
clover are sIl good. The must always be
te with more nItrogenous food.
A WRITER says in building a fence
around our young orchard, several years
ago We tired many plans for preserving the
posts. Having occasion to remove the
ience last winter, We noted the condition
Of the posts as follows: Those set with no
preparations were decayed an inch or more
IN thickness; those coated with a thick
coat OF wash were better preserved, but
were quite seriously attacked by worms;
those posts coated with hot tar were per-
fectly solld; those painted With petroleum
and keroSenewere equally sound and as
good as new. In the future We shall treat
our posts as follows before setting: Let
the posts get perfectly dry and then with
pan OF cheap kerosene oil and white
wash brush give the lower third Of the I
post, the part to 60 in the ground. two or ,
three applications OF the oil letting II soak ,
In well each time. Posts so treated will
not be troubled with worms or insects of ,
any kind but will resist decay to a remark
able degree. This We fad to be the srmplest +,
easiest, cheapest and best preservation.
HE Cur UT-WeRN.-The best method OF
exterminating them is to take the course c
described by correspondent, Of searching {
for them wherever there is q suspicion that '
they may be lurking, and destroying them S
when found. Another means Is to trap 6
the moths by lights IN the garden at night; (
barrel tsrred around the inslde can have 8
light set In II, around which the moths
will ilutter. unit! they happen to touch the
sticky sides. where they will be held. An
other device is 10 suspend lantern over
wide, shallow dish, of kerosene or other
oil. INTO which the insects will eventually
drop.
TBR artificial roots used for young horses /
should be rich in flesh formers, like Gle yer. @
hay, beans, peas, oats and linseed cake. A
few cut weeds daily aid digestion, and Tend .
to maintain the general nealth. Regularity
in feeding Is an important point. Com pared .
with the bulk Of the animal itself the stom-
ach of the horse is small. hence 1t should u
be frequently replenlshed. Long fasts
produce fiatulency and indigestion.
PLEUeo PNEUMONIA is still making itself q
felt beyond the Atlantic. AS consequence i,
Of an outbreak near Brighton. England, no q
less than forty dairy cows have been a
slaughtered. There were 72p cases of N
pleuro-DneumonIa reported over there last :,
wear, In about one half of which however "
70 more than one outbreak occurred In a n
herd,
AFTER pruning the orchard care sl.ould O
be taken to clean up and burn all the brush o.
before the embryo insects hsrboring In it o.
have time 10 mature The loose balls IL
should also be ecrsped off and burned, and ts
every cluster OF eggs OF the tent caterpillar n
1e removed betimes and cast into the fire a,
TO these matters will save great
ieal of vexatlon and less.
SAMUEL G. WISAST, of Rossville. one p'
II the largest strawberry growers on Sta b'
EN- Island, has. during the past season, b'
that many of the early
blossoms were killed by the frost picked IN
bout 30, 900 baskets of berries from his u,
latch OF two and a quarter acres, from "a
vhlch he realized 81, 100.
PROFESSOR BBAL says that a neighbor
ghO Was NOR culrivot,r bod 49, "