Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-12-29
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Farm and Live STOCK Notes.

Waste in feed is criminal.
Resolve 10 SOW more clover.
Lime helps damp sour soil.
Leghorns are great wanderers.
On mild DAYS clean dead bees from
hives.
Are all the tools and vehicles sheltered
In Japan one-half the people are farm.
ers.
Make all but fattening animals take ex-
ercise.
/ There is a close relation between the
manure pile and the farm profits.
/ We boast Of American progress, and
yet eggs are mostly sold By count instead
Of by weight. as in European countries.
| II large trees surround the house OF
other buildings. at about 80 feet away,
I little danger need be feared from light
ming.
A cross between improved blooded
males and common live stock will yield
results about equal to those from pure
breeds
An ounce or two Of saltpeter dissolved
in water and given to a COW that yields
bloody milk has been known to remedy
the trouble almost at once.
For some weeks before a COW calves,
prepare her system for the event by Civ
inga liberal mess of wheat bran as a slop
every day. A tablespoonful of wood ashes
added to the slop twice week will also
benefit.
Quieting Bees.-Boys and men, too.
who are interested in bee-keeping, need
not make the fact that tobacco smoke is
a useful bee-quieter, an excuse for learn
ing to smoke. There are good sub
stitutes for tobacco smoke which have
no relation to the slavish smok-
ing habit. One of these is partly de-
cayed hard wood. Let it be gathered and
dried perfectly and it will burn like punk.
the smoke answering we'll to quiet swarms.
The smoke Of the puff ball is also effective
aud will cause the bees to drop like dead,
but only requiring fresh air to restore
them.
Fowls in Mid Winter.-To let fowls
shift for themselves at this season is los
ing piece of business. Now, if ever they
need the best of care, and such will repay
tenfold for the trouble before six months
are past. Keep the houses both warm and
dry if any snow has worked through the
small crevices Git would be much better if
there were none of these) during severe
storms. let it be removed as quickly as
possible. Feed good wholesome grain
and other food, giving meat once or twice
week Regularity in feeding is impor-
tant; 'ieast and starve" system"
never will answer. Be particular
to provide clean water in clean
trough daily. If water should become
frozen, take the trough into the heat and
thaw out clean before furnishing a new
supply. Those who trust to fowls get
ting a supply Of water from the snow de-
serve no success with them, end never
have it. Supply dust baths, stocked with
sand. coal ashes and little lime. By
careful attention to these various points,
the hens will be sure to 'shell OUT freely
before spring, and while eggs continue to
bring the highest prices.
Double Doors and Windows.-Two sets
oil sash with glass in them in each window
will edmit light into a cellar or building,
and keep out cold about as well as though
the space was stopped with straw or tan
bark. The same is true OF stable doors q
second one hung on the opposite side OF
the frame from the regular one, and
swinging away from it, will save a great
deal of cold from entering, and offer lew
Inconvenience. During mild weather
the extra one may be left open.