Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-05-27
AGRICULTURE.

AGRICULTURE.
The welfare of the farmer requires
horse equally adapted to the farm aud
road. He wants horses OF more strength
and better qualities than the average OF
those he now has. The perfet horse
for the farm and road Is one possessing
those combined qualities which render
MIN valuable for whatever duty he Is
required to perform, whether IN the
field or on the road; and this horse Is
the one that is docile, of good temper,
quick and easily managed, with steady
nerve, added 70 strength aud endurance.
Good-natured, doclie animals are always
the best workers; the fractions horse
worries more under restraint or guld-
ance, Is more liable to be abused by his
driver, and consequently cannot thrive
as well. Let the farmers get sound,
good -blooded colts and then make
them, by training, just what they want
them to be; for no animal Is more sus-
cephble TO teaching than the horse,
anu uOuc nOtc ACttpy " ASoHSA" ~
kindness by willing, obedieRt service.
The colt Is not naturally ill tempered,
and if il becomes SO blame is due to
some one who has handled 1t. Rapit
walking increases greatly the value OF
farm horses, and tins is largely the re-
suit of training So long have our far
mers been negligent and careless In the
cultivation of those qualities they most
need in the horse for farm and road,
that they must be educated mp to their
own best interests before We shall attain
excellence in this direction.
horse STABLISG.-Stable accommo-
datIon Is very imperfect IN many farms.
The only rule by which the length OF
stable can be regulated is the number
of stalls required, and these should
never be less than from feet 6 inches
to 6 feet wide. 1t is desirable that the
width of a stable for farm horses be at
least Is feet, in order that ample space
may be available behind them. Ii has
for some time been. and still ought TO
be, desideratum in the construction OF
the stable to have the walls built high
1t may be higher than any other Dor-
ton OF the farm-steading-and the apex
of the roof "open." When the building
is high and "Open" horses thrive much
better than in stables which are small
and close. Small stables are very o.
Jectionable, being generally badly VEN
tIlated aud mi lrious to the equine con-
stItutlon. The temperature IN the sta
BILE should be about 81 In winter and
from 55o TO 6Uo in the summer. Purity
OF atmosphere is essential to the strong,
healthy and muscular development of
all animals. and especially horses, The
partitions between the horses should
never be shorter than about nine feet,
two feet of which is required for the
manger.
PEAR trees seldom need trimming
after they go to bearing, except cutting
out dead wood, if there is any, The
best condition for pear orchard is to
keep the land in sod and never TO piow
If, but not allow the grass to grow
within two or three feet of the trunks
of the trees. Keep the circle mulched
with manure, leaves or stones. Manure
the land hberally once in three or four
years.
PIGEONS are more profitable than may
be supposed, as they oiten hatch and
raise as many as ten pairs of squads in
a year. No one should expect them 10
pay a prSht unless a suitable poultry
loft has been provided. II lett outside
in boxes the owls raid on them. Hun
dIeds OF squads and adults are yearly
destroyed without the knowledge of the
keeper by such midnight marauders.
The hawks also destroy the old birds
during the day, but the owl is the prin-
cipal enemy.
IHERE are few conditions which
must be observed by all who wish TO
succeed in the poultry and
they are cleanliness, proper ventilation,
good food and plenty of room, both i'll
side the coop and outside in the yards.
and if these conditions are not respected
one should not except to meet with sue
cess.
ARrIcHoKEs on good land, with the
same culture as corn, will produce from
800 TO 500 bushels per acre, says
grower. and A. G. Williams, promi-
nent Illinois hog breeder, says forty
hogs may be kept on an acre of srti-
chokes without any other food, and that
they produce more hog food than any
other crop.
OYsTER-sHELLs, old mortar, crushed
egg-sheils, chalk, burnt limestone, ali
go to the assistance of forming the
shell, and the hens should have some
thing Of that nature in order to be able
to lay regularly. 4 hen can no more
lay from insufficient egg material than
a COW can give milk without proper
grain and hay.
FROM this time poultry should be
carefully culled, and all that do not
show particular merit and evidence of
thrift and vigor disposed of. Many
hens are non-layers and do not pay for
their keep. Such hens are readily dis
from the layers by their
paler combs and less lustrous plumage,
and should be disposed of in some way
y PENNSYLVANIA farmer last year sold
Sc, 200 worth OF potatoes from twelve
acres. He feTiIl zed with a compost of
hard wood ashes aud oyster shell lime,
plowed deep, planted medium sized,
well formed, uncut potatoes three feet
apart, gave level culture and cultivated
often. From one hill he took thirty
one fine large tubeIs.
\ HERD OF COWS having only a very
pure. soft water to drink were seriously
affected with the disease called bone-
briitleness; when the herd was supplied
with hard water (ime) the disease DIS
appeared. but only TO reappear when
the cattle were put back on the soft
water again
MB. Bronson, oil Ontario county, y.
Z. says that premature dropping of
the foliage OF palm trees may be pre-
vented by usiDg plenty of barn-yard
manure KANT, at the rate of 200 pounds
per acre.
THE roots OF plants will go down very
deep in search of food. If they go
deep the area of soil from which to pro-
cure food is increased, and the best
method for securing this result is to
drain the land thoroughly and pulvelize