Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-06
Farm and Live Stock Notes.


Roll after seeding.
Discourage borrowing.
Let the head guide the hands.
Keep the hens dust bath agoing.
Stick to the present help if it is good.
Clover and grass seed 60 we'll along
with barley.
Cows have been known tn breed at 81
years of age.
Under draining is often Intellectual from
not being well done.
A little linseed oil applied to the skin
of animals will kill lice.
Don't expect your fowls to rough it, with
out suitable shelter or feed, and yet pay.
Barley prefers dry, rich loan, but a
good crop can be raised on clay land that
is dry and which is worked up fine.
We hear of egg farms. but it should be
understood that in poultry-keeping one
cannot engage exclusively in egg produc-
ing. or flesh-producing with profit. The
two must 60 together.
The heavy spring work will tend to
give the team sore shoulders. Lev them
be bathed at night with salt and water
and then, after washing off the salt, rub
in a little crude petroleum.
Replowing in the Spring.-As rule it
is more than waste of time to re-plow
what was plowed in the fall. Such land
only needs to have the surface worked IN
to the depth OF two or three inches with
the cultivator before the spring sowing
All crops do better if what lies below two
inches is somewhat firm from the over
winter settling, than if loosened still
deeper.
Sudden Changes of Temperature-in
milk. meat. etc. are detrimental to their
keeping. This is point to be closely
needed by those who use ice Place two
pieces of meat of the same size, one in a
uniform temperature of 60 degrees. the
three hours. and then side of the first
piece. and the first piece will keep the
longest.
Farming For Pleasure and Profit.-In
farming, more than in any other bust
ness, the idea of personal enjoyment and
pleasure seems to be lost sight of. This is
not right, the farmer owes i. to himself
his boys. and the entire family, to make
their lives on the farm as pleasant as pos.
sible. There is vastly more satisfaction
in possessing improved breeds of animals
than only scrubs, and nothing will tend
better towards giving the young men a
relish for farm work. than changes for the
better here, 1t is not necessary to invest
in fancy-priced thoroughbreds grade
males can be bought for low figures that
will do wonders in improving the stock OF
the farm. If means are lacking to make q
complete revolution all through the herds
and flocks, don't stop on that account
Begin with one or two kinds; let it be on
poultry and swine, where little money
counts in making great improvements
Let the same spirit prevail in improving
the grains, the fruits. the vegetables and the
tools. Not only would such a course yield
increased pleasures and bettdr than all
contentment, but in the long run it would
add weight to the purse as well. The
need OF making Improvements in the
house and dairy, for adding cheer to the
woman's duties too. must not be over
looked
Canada Thistles in Spring Crops
Handwriting these out of oats, barley
etc., when they are about six inches high
is good thing to do. Only once clipping
below the SUFFICE will set them back
enough to give the giran plants an advan-
tage. and make vast difference in the
quantity of stalks and seed matured. Do
ing this with the hoe may even have a
good effect on the crop in the way of till
age. At any rate, when next the land
comes into hoed crop. there will be less
thistles present after such treatment than
without it. Besides this. what farmer
does not take satisfaction while the crop
is maturing. and latter at harvesting and
threshing, In having the thistles in a
greatly reduced proportion.
Salvation Oil always cures paiu. 1t should