Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-25


united, but on the Matching day, 1t
occurs that, to prevent the newly born
chicks being crushed by the eggs that
are behind time, we wish to give all
that are Matched to one hen, while the
other takes care of the eggs alone. Not
only does this give security to the chicks
who lun great hazard of being crushed
by the eggs if they are kept for any
prolonged space under their mother, but
the unmatched eggs also stand a far
better chance; for when a hen finds
chickens under her she sits higher from
the eggs, and less warmth Is afforded
them at the time they require most.
BREEDING geese are in their prime
from 3 to 5 years old. The gander
should be a year older. Eggs from young
geese do not hatch so well, the goslings
are not SO strong, hardy. or large as those
bred from older birds. One gander to
3 is sufficient, but if only 2 are Kept
with him 1t is much better, as the gan
der is really inclined to be moncgam-
Isl. If geese are well fed during winter
they will begin to lay early In March
from s to IL eggs. They generally give
2 or liiters In a season, varying from
6 to 10 eggs each time, according to
breed, feed. and care given them.
SECRETARY SHAFFER, OF the Iowa
Agricultural Society, says the cabbage
worm has destroyed whole fields and
acres of cabbages. and the remedies of
lime, ashes, brine, salt and lye have been
failures. Birds do not take them, and
hens and chickens tied among the plants
which were previously covered with
meal, never touched q worm or drove
away the swarms of butterflies which
were SO numerous as to appear like a
snowstorm. But the use of pyrethrum
was attended with entire success. A
pound of the leaves of the plant, mixed
with $50 gallons Of water, killed every
young worm with which it came in con-
tact, while it is harmless to man.
THE Homestead hopes there are no
farmers in New England who are in
tending to use cotton seed meal as a
fertilizer next season, for the practice is
to cattle, and the manure used on the
land, much greater benefit is received
for the money invested Fully !; OF the
plant food In the cotton seed meal pas
ses INTO the manure. while the rest pays
a good profit on the whole i'll milk or
beef. So buy cottonseed meal and feed
it out III winter instead of extravagantly
applying it directly to the soil IN the
spring, thus losing one profit.
The English agricultural Gazette
claims that good Jersey COW will yield
haIf her own weight Of butter in year,
as she rarely exceeds 800 pounds i'll
weight, and 700 pounds is her average.
Such COWS can be found in every good
herd. SIX quarts of her milk will pro-
duce one pound Of butter. and there
fore, there is less water 10 handle. less
milk required, fewer pans needed, the
color is better, the flavor superior, and
the texture adds to the quality. More
than this, she comes into profit early,
her first calf being dropped before she
is 2 years old, and her gentle disposition
enables any one to manage her,
The sheep is close grazer, and even
prefers short pastures. 1t Is scrupu
lously clean, though not very select in
the choice Cf heritage on which it leeds.
Wool, beng a highly nitrogenous sub
stance, requires larger supply OF al
buminoid food for sheep than other ru
demand. Wool being the chief
profit of sheep farming, it Will be econ
omy to feed oats or oil cake pretty free
ly to secure liberal growth of this
staple.
SANDY soils are, in the average far
mer's sense of the word, the Iightest of
all soils, because they are the easiest to
work, while III actual weight they are
the heaviest soils known. Clay, also,
which we.call heavy soil, because stiff
and unyielding to the plow, is compar-
atlvely light soil IN actual weight.
Peat-so are light IN both senses of the
word, having little actual weight and
being loose or porous.
A FRUT-GRowER in Western New York
sold the past season $1,000 worth of
ounces from an orchard of 10, 600 trees
which have been bearing years. Every
year hereafter the sales will, or should,
largely increase. So far the only ma
nure used has been a mixture of salt
and ashes The orchard is kept cleanly
cultivated, and the trees are now too
large to grow other crops among them.
The greater part of the water found
in plants, and the earthly or mineral in-
gradients, including the ..nitrates, enter
the plants by means of the roots. Pro-
badly gaseous matter may also be alb
sorbed by the roots. Absorption of
fluids by the roots is due to diffusion.
by virtue of which liquids of different
densities have tendency to mix, the
thinner passing into the thicker liquid
the cell walls.
THERE are fewer cattle now III Color
ado than there were or 4 years ago.
The profits of herding were great, and
there was rapid increase until drought
and subsequent severe winter caused
the loss of thousands Of head from star
vatlon and exposure. 1t Is probable
that Colorado will not in many years
have as many head ef cattle as it had
before this disastrous experience.
ASHES should never be thrown upon
manure heaps, nor mixed with any kind
of manure, as the caustlc potash liber-
ates, the ammonia, which is very diff
cult to save. Therefore, spread ashes
Immediately upon the land, whether
grass or cultivated.
Or. STURTEyANT says IN cutting a
potato for seed it seems, so far as he at
present knows. to be advantageous to
pre- pare the seed few days in advance
to use and to place i'll such a position
that their cut surfaces shall, to GER
tain extent, become dry.
The straw that has been spread
around fruit trees with advantage dur
ing the summer as a mulch, will now
soon become a damage by harboring
mice. 1t should be removed and bank
of earth be compacted around the tree
to the height OF a foot or more.
CAMELLIAs raised from seed will bios