Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-04-21
FARM AND uOMA


I,nrLs LABELS placed In linsecd OIL
and soaked will hold paint mark plain
for years.
SoAKIsd Srgps. 1t Ia recommended |
10 soak seeds in water that has bccs
dignity ncidificd with nitric acid. :.
title ammonia added 10 tho water VII
hasten termination.
WurrR Upuns. Mixing salt with ma
nuros and composts will kill white grubs
~ we'll ~ socds Of weeds. Aitcrwarj
spread broadcast and plow, harrow or
cultivate into the soil.
YouSo Onou.nDs Trim ,rcss in opon
weather Scatter Nil tho wood ashes you
can get undor tho peach trocs and cu'
back tho now growth one.hnlf Bow ref.
nso salt aud brine broadcast undcr all
fruit trees
EEL dnsss. Eel grass is almost In
dcstructiblo in tho hog pom or barnyard.
and yet can be easily decomposed by
composing with quicklimc or wood ash.
%, when IL makes valuable fertilizer, M
IL contains ono.third per cent. nitrogen,
per cent. potash and quarter Of !
per cont phosphoric acid.
SoALY LEas An authority says that
hens badly afflicted with scaly logs
should not be used as sitters, M the dis
case will be communicated 10 the
chicks. Tho disease is::causcd by para
site, and 40 il would no better not 10 al
low tho hen TO hood tho chicks, even II
she batchod the eggs. II IL always well
TO set several hens at once, and give all
tho chicks to one hon. Early broods.
however, had better each DO taken care
Of by their own mother, ms during the
cold weather enc hen cannot keep more
than ten or twelve chicks warm.
Dry Cows.-A writer, referring 10 the
common practice among dairymen TO
give their COWS, when dry, scanty living,
says: when COW ceases TO give
milk, or is dried up, any feed is consid-
cred good enough for her. think this
is great mistake, and the result liz q
diminished product Of milk, both in
quantity and quality, when she does
-ome in. There is n large draught on
the system to sustain the calf whilo the
COW is carrying it and 10 keep the COW
in good condition good feed IL as impor-
tnnt as when she is giving milk. 1t Ia
1 hat lalI ~
food when the COW is dry il worth 81. 90
after she comes in. An animal in poor
condition cannot digest ~ much food az
An animal in good condition. II the
Gov is poor when she comes in she will
not digest enough food to support the
system, and, at the same time, TO make
q large quantity of milk"
IT has been estimated that unless 9
mich COW will pay her owner prof.
every year of S44. 80 she is being KEEP
at loss. This fact has had much to dc
with the growing desire to improv,
dairy cows, which is resulting in in
reased importations of. Holstein nnt
Jersey stock, in whom a profit is ordi
narily sure thing where the COWS ar
properly managed and cared for. Dairy
men throughout the country recognize
the fact that it does not pay to Deepen,
dpon the old-fashioned scrub COW, AMI
the practice OF investing in high grad
animals for dairy purposes is becoming
quite general. Among the dairy cattl
there is no breed which more complete
ly fills the requirements Of both butte
and cheese makers than the Ayrshire
and there are good many exclusiv
, dairy farmers who insist that n goo
. ayrshire cross on n high-grade Shor
, Horn will produce not only excellen
r dairy stock but such animals as can b
r disposed of for beef purposes when til
q time comes. Breeders OF beef cattl
q will doubtless take exceptions to sac
IN idea, but if there be any merit
tis butter and beef combination Ill
p jnterprising Western farmers will di'
. cover and take advantage Of it.
o CLEANLINESS PREVENTIVE OF Ho
0 DISEASES. has been great de'
= said and written upon the subject {
% Allowing hogs to run in pastures. I'll
" discussion both in and ont OF the new
o papers has been watched with great Ia
II q interest by hog raisers, whose rrn''''"
), knowledge, acquired by experience, hi
d enabled them long since to form opinion
% upon the subject. These men, who la,
-s money invested In the business. al
d prone to arrive at conclusions base
II upon actual observation, from whiC
IF they form common sense ideas Of VIII
It Is beneficial to their stock, and the wis
d acres who read them long, self-cons
y quential lectures upon subjects nbo
10 which they have no personal knowledl
IL receive but little consideration ut Il
70 hands Of breeders. 1t is common I
ir mark that most anything is good enoul
ID for q hog, and to this senseless prop
n sition is traced the diseases among swi
,e owned by breeders who indorse il. Sin
IN time immemorial the hog has been call
I'd the farm scavenger, but, nevertheless
MT the successful breeder Is he who reli
n the least upon the overestimased chars
IS teristic Of the animal. Bad water. VOL
IS treatment in handling, and asuperabun
%, ance OF. filth are the foundations Of
be diseases to which hogs are subject. q
VS. it is consequently easy 70 believe II
IS the health Of the animal and the quail
IN Of the meat must increase in proporti
er TO the cleanliness Of his food and u
,is roundinRs. II Is believed that there