The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-22
FARM NOTES.

Cleanliness is half in making goo
butter.
Late sowing of oats will cause a lfgt
crop.
The Berkshire hogs are unexcelled a
ham producers.
Farm animals appreciate the shad
tree. Plant some.
Profit in gardening is directly relates
to the manHre business.
Don't mix wood ashes with manure
but spread them separately.
Choose cloudy days in preference Il
others for transpIanting Of all kinds.
Evergreen can be safely planted sew
.eral weeks later than deciduous trees.
Pleasure in farming driving the
work, instead Of the letting the work
drive you,
Large-growing trees planted at fifty
feet from buildings will, in time. pro
tect them from lightning.
The manure question is an important
enough one, that every farmer should
experiment with different kinds Of fer
tiiizers.
The Norway spruce planted at two
feet apart will with one clipping each
year make a perfect aud beautiful hedge
for the farm.
Don't allow the lantern to be Lit in
the barn. Even if it goes out. better
grope the way to light place, than run
risks OF a fire. These are important
points, to insist upon having the bows
help observe.
Watch the seed buds Of cabbage, tur-
nips, and other brassicas, and as soon
as the leaves show, dust with any SUBJ
stance ike SCOT, wood ashes, or air
stacked lime to kill the black flea. A
''stitch in time'' here will save the
crop.
Professor Arnold states, that the re-
suits Of his xPeIiments in feeding grain
TO mileh cows show, that four parts of
bran, two parts of cOrnmeal, and one
part OF linseed meal form the best and
cheapest dry food for milk producing.
Churning the whole milk has the adj |
vantage Of giving a larger quantity of
Su:ter, but at the expense of more Ia /
Dor, and on the whole the system is not |
worth carrying out. Sweet cream re-
quires more labor than sour cream to .
produce butter in fact butter will not
come from the former before it sours.
as the result Of agitation in the churn.
Farm AND LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Keep insured.
Oats suit fattening lambs
Sow plenty Of coin to feed green.
Chaiing collars make balky colts.
Keep the bulls in moderate flesh.
Having fast horses don't help farm
crops much.
Water not fit for man is not (it for
a milch COW.
Chickens two months old may be ta-
ken from the hen they will cuddle to-
gether and keep warm.
Steaming and poulticing are usually
worth more than phvsic, and can lie
safely applied by anyone.
To have a good flow of milk all tbro,
next winter, remember to SOW big lot
Df roots.
Coal tar will answer as we'll as pine
-ar to daub the noses of sheep for pre-
venting maggOts in the head.
An ointment made of half and half
II sulphur and tar, will cure an itching
all in horse. Change to a thorough
wash with soap and warm water once a y
r0-t--
Ripen cream by an occasional stirring I
nd keeping it at about sixty degrees
until slightly sour. Iu churniDg, start
lowly at first, and keep up regular mo-
ion. When the butter has granulated
o the size of wheat kernels, draw on
he milk and wash with water and
prime.
Unless calves raised by hand are fed
carefully they are apt to have bowel
troubles. either of looseness OF constipa-
tiop. Let the feed at the start be milk
from the COW, changing gradually from
this TO skim milk with meal added
ScaIded Indian meal and rye -four, lin
seed oil cake, OF wheat middlings are /
suitable. The quantity of either OF /
these should be small at first, and in
creasing gradually until the calves are
turned to grass. A half pint OF fine
cornmeaI, or a third more Of middlings,
besides a gill of linseed meal each day,
ought TO answer for fair sized calf.
Manuring in the Hill.-It is a gain
f,r growth the season through to have
corn or other field crops start up stroug
at first. There is no better way of help
ing this matter, especially if the ground
lacks richness, than to manure IL the
hill. This may be done with the great
est economy In labor by the use os bone
manures or unleached ashes. Either
superphosphate of a good quality or
ground bones applied at the rate of poe
or 500 pounds per acre in this way is de-
sirable. Unleached ashes dropped on
each hill at the time Of planting, OF at
FIRST hoeing, viii show marked results.
The Secret of Successful Poultry
Raising.--Keep your hens physically
comfortable. No matter how costly the
bepnery, or the breed, if the hens do
not show by their cackle and manner
that they are happy, there will be but
little profit. Dnriug the summer they
need plenty of green food, with grain
ard some meat, while shelter from tht
rain moisture and wind must be al
hand. Their winter quarters must O'
comfortable, we'll ventilated, light, and
hnfh feed