The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-30
Farm NOTES.

/ Heat of 222o kills trichinR.
Clear the paths after each storm.
! Manurs-the farmers key TO sucras.
Save out the seed grain before gelliru
of close.
Indiana stands first among wbes,
growing States.
Are the cellars, cisterns and root mite
safe from frost
Over. .crowdiug and filth are the de-.
struction Of sheep and pigs.
In order to be successful in farnfr-
one must give it his undivided atteg.
tion.
Now, after butchering, let the fowls
have plenty of spare milk and they will
/ thrive.
One OF the things that can't be proven
that animals winter better withon,
shelter than with.
A place for everything and evervtbf-r
/ in its place may be an old saw. but va
can suggest no improvement on it for
/ the farmers use.
1t is stated by those whose pens have
been visited by hog cholera that when
the carcasses of the hogs are not burned
the buzzards. which feed upon them
carry the disease to remote points.
An experienced dsiryman saws the
| grain OF butter may be spoiled in cbu-r.
ing where great haste is used. a slow
regular stroke is absolutely uecesssr,
and indispensable in manufacture
/ first class article
An Illinois farmer gives his hogs n.
pepper tea on their showing symptoms
/ OF cholera, and claims that this has al
ways proved an effectual cure, and ths.
he has never lost porker so treated
while his neigbbors have suffered 50.
4 riously.
A nurseryman asserts that apple trees
which have straight and upright tons
have roots Of q similar character ,r-
thst those which have low and spread.
ing tops have bushy roots. Ever tHz
color and peculiar markings Of the bark
of some varieties extended to the roo+.
The nurseryman is therefore able tod
tinguish several varieties by their ro7ts
alone.
The craving for salt by all animals is
not the result Of feeding under the csr
OF man. While this country was ala
forest every salt spring was frequsn.s5
by deer, and this fact was taken advsr
tage OF by hunters for their capturs
! Near the ocean it IS true that plant,
| contain more salt. but we have nsys-
found the most liberal dressing OF ssr
as fertilizer would Obviate the nec,ss.
ty Of giving salt to animals fed on III.
crops thus manured.
There are many farmers who are sbo-,
Of good hay, aud, in fact, there are 4. /
1 ways likely to be, since the convicti--
IS fast spreading that hay is really one
/ OF the most expensive foods on which &,
| winter stock. Good straw cut I'D f1s
and mixed with corn meal. wheat bran
/ and Iniddlings, makes an excellent FEED
I for all kinds OF stock. One OF the feed.
/ each day may be cut cornstalks.
With the disuse OF " God fires there
a smaller supply Of ashes on most farms
and this may in part account for tie
difficulty in growing fruit. No more
! profitable use of ashes can be made than
in apple OF other fruit orchards. Il Is
best applied early IN the spring. that it
may be washed into the soil. II 20
piled in the fall it may make some {.
the fertility Of tbs soil soluble and b,
washed away before the trees can use e.
Where the grain is only to be used fr
feeding, oats and peas are sometime
grown together. The practice is an e.
! cellent one, as the two grains will pro
duce more feed than either grown ssus
Tately. They are also good when cu
green for soilng purposes, or for putting
into the silO. Peas are strong. rch
feed, and their vines shade the ground
so completely that they act as a mulct
to the soil during the hottest weather
Oats growing with peas keep The vines
OF the latter FROM falling down.
As many people are beginning in The
poultry business, a caution may Be-
needed against building verv expensive
houses, and especially very large ones
II you calculate to keey 500 or ! s
fowls do not build any one structure f--
more than tenth OF that number. a-i
do not keep more than fifty togetheI-
Then, il you succeed, it will be the essi
est thing in the world to build a second
or third, or fourth house like the frs.
with as many improvements as eYpsr.
ence suggests.
1t is generally agreed among p0moIr
gists that the characters OF the fruits o.
different varieties are too vague and ur
defined to answer all the purposes d
identification. Attention is being tur1si
to the flower. We might suggest tbs
more attention be given to the gensB
habit Of the tree. Most varieties are
well marked by the shape Of the 90,
disposition Of the limbs, color OF t1
twigs and leaves. shapes of the leava
etc, as TO be at once distinguished r
experts. The time Of blossoming,
leafng, ETC., is also distinctive featu1
1t is probable that all our small gra
is sown more thickly than il should b
There as ne enemy 10 the wheat plant
dangerous as another wheat plant coz
testing with it for light and room n tb
struggle for existence. Both want th
same food when there is not enough t'-
both. The result is a puny growth
however the field may be fertilized.-