Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-24
Farm and Garden.

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 Farm and Garden. 1 Favor the young animals.
 | Now for the manure crop.
 Provide enough hens nests.
 For profit the bronze turkeys are the best
 In cold weather gather the eggs severa l times daily.
 Be reader of good farm literature in thes, long evenings.
 1 Creamery butter owes it's superior quality largely to the system observed in it's making A shed of boards or straw over the bee hives is desirable now to keep off both sun ! and winds.
 | While animals are suffering discomfort I from cold or other cause they go backwards. This is a good time for grubbing bushes l and vines from the fence corners In feeding cabbage or strongly favored roots to milch cows they should be given in the morning the first thing after milking to avoid all liability of the milk being unpleas- antly favored.
 For simple remedy against rats nothing is more effective perhaps than chloride of lime. The rodents have so great dislike of this drug that they will clear out from any place where it is scattered about freely in their holes and runs.
 To soak grain for fowls before feeding is more an injury than otherwise, for the diges- tive apparatus in fowls is better fitted for re- ceiving corn or other grain dry than wet Soaked grain fills the crop with quantity of water to no good purpose. Where hawks abound they often do much mischief to young chickens. There is no better way of catching them than to affix steel trap cn top of 8 tall post or dead tree top that is located not far away from the jrfS 1i~-lk places and will settle down in the trap with out any suspicion.
 Draining to Excess.-We have heard of this being done, but have never seen it. In fact we doubt whether it ever really hap pens, for the cost and labor of draining is so great that cannot imagine 8 case of it's being incurred where there is no need of it. Where draining would do no good, because needless, the land would obviously be in such 8 shape, or the soil of a nature that no one would be stupid enough to overdo draining. But on land that needs draining, if this be economically done the grains in future crops will always warrant the outlay. In major ity of cases judicious underdraining will pay for itself in two or three crops.
 Good Points of the Hsmburgs Although lovers of 6 wide range, there is no trouble to keep Hamburgs thrifty in close confinement, provided cleanliness is closely attended to- As for eggs, they excel all other breeds, lay ing as they do nearly every day through the year, except during the mouting season. hence have been called ''every- day laying' An annual product of two hundred to two hundred and fifty eggs per hen is not at all uncommon. As fowl about the home they are desirable, aside from being excellent lay CTS, on account of their handsome and state ly appearance. There would be division of ! opinion as to which of the varieties are the ! most ornamental, but it may be said that the | blacks and silver-spangled are the hardest 1 of the various breeds. For the table the l Hamburgs are not so highly esteemed be- cause small, and yet it may be said that with | smallness of parts there is also delicacy and 1 good flavor to the meat. When it is consid- | cred that the bones are small and fine it may | be seen that there is more meat than at first | might appear. 1
 Butter Making.-To make good butter the l milk cans must be perfectly clean before re- 1 ffg any fs0urnes5 from hllrk that was in them make tnuch mischief We halierc fsfsslhe srrenrt4 .e,f.sssfeasianca that mand but about one-half or two-thirds the ! price of the best in the markets. l
 ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
 Root grating is in order now.
 Is the spinach bed covereds
 Plan for better garden next year.
 Visit your neighbor fruit growers, ex- changing notes to mutual advantage.
 strip of tarred felt one foot wide l around each young tree will prevent mice | girdling. . Covering Straw wberries- is not so much matter of the hardness of the plants 1 in severe weather as of preventing lnj jury to them from freezing and thawing through dis turbing the roots. We must not forget that the roots of these, unlike the roots of the other small and large fruits, do not extend deeply into the soil, hence are disturbed far more easily. This is why we never hesitate to say cover the strawberry beds an inch deep with straw or other light material some time during winter, no matter how hardy the sort may be. The increased fruitage will pay for all the trouble.
 Pruning Grapevines.-The present sea- son is a suitable one, for if done now bleeding will be prevented The main ob- ject should be the producing of strong shoots for next years bearing The canes of young plants should be cut back to six eyes each, while those that are stronger may have one or two more buds allowed. Whatever sys tenn of pruning is adopted, let it be remem- bered that there is always danger of cutting too little than of cutting too much
 FLOWERS AND THE LAWN
 This is primrose time.
 Give some fresh air even now.
 Nearly all children love flowers.
 Heliotrope makes splendid winter house plant
 'With holly deck the festive hall"
 In potting the rule is-lumps to the bot tom, fine earth on top.
 Jerusalem cherries are now handsome, but not nice smelling.
 Callas are half aquatic in nature, hence want much water and richness of soil.
 Small evergreens are sometimes split and badly injured by snow. By the use of two boards nailed to form the letter and in verting this over plant injury from snow may be prevented.
 For window climber few plants are finer at this season than the coboe. About its only enemy is the green fly; this may easily be seen and destroyed by holding up the leaves between the eye and the light. Of the two sorts, the green-leaved and the variegated leaved, the former is the best grower for the house.
 Italian Grass Vases.-These are novelty of the season in window gardening. Small vases of pleasing design, made of earthen- ware, are sold by dealers ill crockery for the purpose The main ideas as to culture are that by keeping the vases filled with water, enough water will ooZe out through the pores to keep the outside surface of the vase moist. To this, then, any small seeds like that of grass will readily stick with being scattered over it. This done, and the vase kept in a growing temperature, the seeds quickly vegetate, throwing up their leaves and together literally forming a lawn of close turf of the exact outline of the vase. All the care needed is to keep the vase filled with water. The ease and certainty with which the Italian grass vase can be successfully managed is one of its greatest recommends.
 LOUIS PASTEUR,