The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-07-17
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Sheep need shade.
Work of the poor hens.
Provide some rubbing posts.
Keep the front ward neatly mown.
Cut Canada thistIes when in flower.
The work-teams deserve grod fly
-r+s
Let the grind-stone help in hoeing
frne.
Don't make the horses 60 five hours
without water.
Germsny grows Eve bushels of pota-
tOes TO our one.
The fodder OF corn possesses one-half
th7 value Of the grain for feeding.
T'a0n food. pure water. shelter from
0i1dav sun and a run in grass. will
wine in health in the Summer.
Keen the hoed crops thoroughly clean
-=ads. and labor will be saved on
rre crops. as well as adding to the
roducfiveEess Of the present one.
A light airy harm cellar, with a dry
fnor that will afford them chance for
--sfohing. 3 about the place for young
.riokens during bad spells of weather.
Like milk for young animals, the
-rsses furnish a nearly perfect ration
y AL classes of herbivOrous animals.
Nn'hing can surpass succuIent grass as
a milk-Drnduci food. whether quan-
-itv Or fine favor is considered.
II vou don't believe that foreign mat
ter or a tainted atmosphere are capable
Of spelling She quality of butter. just
weigh ont pound OF two and keep it
in close eartherD jar. OF under an in
verted vessel alongside of bar Of soap
OF a few onions for several days and
then see.
Shut in the Chicks at Night.-If al
lowed 70 ramble so soon as daylight ap-
pears. young chicks often get wet and
chilled 70 their damage. That they may
be kept under control until the grass is
dry. and also to give them the benefit
of an early feed. it should be the busi-
ness Of some one about the place 10 shut
up 'Fe mother and her brood each night
until the chicks are a month old. If
the old hen is kept confined and the
brood Is allowed to roam. some grass or
other green food should be thrown down
for the her daily.
Ti1lage. TO kill weeds and grass in
cultivated crops is an important, but it
s rot the most important use of tillage.
The preventio Of the escape of moist
ure from the soil. in the average dry
ness Ot our Summer seasons. must be
placed a good way ahead of it, so far as
direct results are concerned. How till
age saves the loss ot moisture is not
hard 10 comprehend. The surface of
the soil. with being exposed to the free
action OF the sun and the air, is the
point from which the moisture Ordi-
1arilv escapes by evaporation. As il
passes away from the surface, more
moisture is drawn up from below by
capillary action, precisely as oil in g
lamp is drawn up to the flames as fast
as the flames consumes it. Now, the
more compactly the particles of earth
are held together up TO certain com
mon degree. the more perfect is the
capillary action OF the soil, just as q
rfck of ordinary frm1ess draws up the
oil better than one Of loose net WORK
IF flores would. Tillage breaks up the
raupactncss that ordinarily exists il
ruHr0keu soil II thus reduces The
rover Of capillary attraction. Moist
ire. that hut for the stirring of the soil
nd Be drawn up and dissipated, re
tins below for the use of the culti
.4,ed plant. The deeper the tillage the
more is the power of capillary attrac
tfOD overcome. with corresponding ad
vantage to growing plants. Tillage, by
admitting air into the soil, also hasten:
the elaboration of plant food in the sol
and causes the absorption Of ammonia
which the roots then take up.
FLOWERS AND THE LAWN.
TreIhs the tomatoes.
Sow bush peas for late.
Rake the ground after each rain.
If apples have set very thickly whil
some of.
You can't stir tie soil Of newly sc
strawberries too often.
Just after the last strawberries ar
picked. the bed should be thoroughly
and deeply dug over a liberal coat Of olt
manure applied This will Undue,
strong roots to support next year
crop.
An old shotgun, flask of powder an,
a fourteen-year-Old boy, working to
gether, will soon cure the caterpillar
nests in an orchard. Tell him to holt
the muzZle close to the nest.