The Worthington advance., 1885-11-26

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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Preparing for Egg in Winter:
Those who have devoted much time
and attention. to fowl farming know
that, as rule, the earliest chickens
make the best. the finest and the showi-
est birds. They know, too, that early
chickens, if well cared for during the
summer, will commence to lay in the
fall and do more or less of it all winter.
If this be true, then we must keep il
before us and prepare for work when
the time comes, for then is when fowl
farming is made to pay. Eggs. when
everybody's hens are laying, are hard
ly worth the gathering and sending of
to market, as compared with the prices
winter eggs and spring chickens will
bring.
Many young people on the farm can
afford to devote little time and
thought to such an enterprise as this,
and make themselves handsome sum
every year. Many who spend hours
in comparative idleness, who never
earned adollar in their lives, or enjoyed
the felicity of spending their own
earnings as they please, could SO be-
gin life as to lead on to thrift, indus
try and fortune. It is from such small
beginnings. indeed, that habits are
formed, success attained, and fortunes
made.
To begin with, select from the best
birds from the earliest hatchings, feed
them, train aud domesticate them.
Make them to know you, to follow you,
and to do pretty much as you please,
and you will find them profitable SER
wants and first-rate friends and neigh
bors. Be very careful not to overfeed.
rather let them scratch for a living,
being sure, however, they do not suffer.
Prepare for them in the meantime a
snug and comfortable house in which
to winter, for at that season they are
not inclined to lay in a snow bank nor
sit under hedgerow. The house need
not be an expensive one, but must have
it facing south so as to catch all the
sun possible. The warmer it can be
made the better, but it must be ventil-
ated. With such an arrangement
many dozen of eggs may be obtained
during the winter that will sell at from
twenty-five to fifty cents per Dozen
Farmer Call.
History of the Cereals.
A German scientist presents some
interesting information in paper on
the original habitat of some of the
cereals. Barley was cultivated before
any of the other cereals in Scandinavia
and to it the generic name of ''corn''
was restricted by the Mortimer from
the earliest times. AS a proof of the
high latitude at which corn could be
grown in a remote age the Egil's Saga
is cited where mention is made of a
barn in Helgeland (65 deg. north lati.
tude) used for storing it and capable OF
containing tables to accommodate 500
guests at feast. Barley was cultivat.
ed in Iceland from $40 to 400, and
then the inhabitants ceased to raise il
and became dependent upon the home
country for their supply. Lately the
Danish government and private indi-
viduals have introduced into Iceland
with considerable success not only
barley but vegetables and fruits. In
Norway anything like good barley can
not be grown much further than &C
deg. north, and in Sweden the polar
limit is about 68 deg. Rye came into
| use as a breadstuff in Scandinavia at a
very early time. The summer crops OF
rye are generally fit for cutting when
the barley harvest is ready.
Tree-Planting Suggestions.
Never allow the roots of pines, spruces
or other coniferous trees to become dry
in tranSDlantinp as it. will surely kill