The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-13
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Arrange for an early garden.
Put working animals In good order
Beds Of leaves suit sows with yo-,r..
For farm dog the Scotch Collie =.
cells.
Poor garden seeds are dear at am
price.
Fair profits follow on skfllful mapsg.
ment.
Prune currants before the buds bay.
swelled
Over feeding surely produces disea.s
in fowls.
A square acre measures very Desr1r
200 feet on each side.
Oak branches will outIast BODY tin,
per for fence posts two 10 one.
l. costs about 5000 per head to rsf..
marketable steers in the Indian Tsrrfro
| ~.
Destroy the little rings OF tent Cater
pillars eggs, near the ends Of the limb.
now.
In fence-maEing don't be afraid 10
| set posts green from the woods Tie,
will endure longer than il seasoned ~.
/ fore setting,
In pruning remember that exposur.
TO the sun has much 70 do with the csr.
! or and quality Of fruit.
Keeping control Of the manure yi-rr
is not the least of the advantages tbsr
come from soiling on the farm.
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the ground all winter, they will ro.
grow when planted in the spring.
Prevent disease in live stock by ela.s
attention to regular feeding, waterigg
and shelter. Sickness is a foe to prints
a circular cisten or root-cellar viii
hold a greater quantity la proportion In
the length Of wall, than one Of anv 9th.
er shape, hence is the cheapest.
1t will never pay to set out Al 7r
chard OF garden crop on heavy clav soil
unless it is first specially prepared. T.
can be done by Incorporating with H. in
liberal quantity, any Tightening sub
stance, like sand, muck, leaf mould
Goa! ashes, etc. II the land is wet i,
must also be drained.
Corn stalks should never be fed WHO'S
according te the Old practice. Tbey
should be eEs, if only for their be,ie,
handling in the manure heap. A horss
power with team will in single day ca.
enough for Writer'S supply, put uh
better tomske two cuttings if the farmer
owns horse power, as the cut stalks
piled in large heaps will heat and spo7
especially in warm weather.
The water for faImers' families Is
quite apt to be bad as that in the cftjs,
where boards of health step in and ~.
force sanitary regulations. The best vs7
toinsure pure water is to use that from
the house roof, passing through a titer
to remove impurities. In the West tbf,
practice Of storing rain water in cisterus
is quite common, and the cisterns an
very deep 10 insure cool water in sun.
mer.
Curry COW daily and she will usve,
lick herself, thing desirable to preyen,
when the hair is being shed. Cows
licking the hair of are certain to svsl-
low some, and this is not good Tor tbs
health. Hair getting into the stomach
remains there, and tends TO impede The
eternal action of the system. Some
. times it will gather into hard balls and
cause death.
Prepare for the Cholera. -FarueB
have as great need of stirring about TO
improve the sanitary conditions Of tLeir
surroundings as any class. ID view o.
the dread visitor expected, no Prlvy
vault should be allowed to stand uuemp.
tied until hot weather comes. And 81.
ter cleaning, adopt the dry-earth system
of preventing the escape Of poisonous
gases, by having earth applied every day
to absorb the gases. Cesspools should
be similarly treated, or else be well
drained. Cellars and dirty wells are
fruitful source of disease and should b,
: cleaned as soon as the weather vii
allow.
Charcoal is often recommended for
pigs and fowls; but it is not generally
understood that il is good feed for Any
kind Of stock fed with corn OF oths:
heating material. There Is . s.Igl, 81.
kaline effect in charcoal which helps TO
correct acidity of the stomach. Poss.
bly, long-continued feeding Of charc0s.
may impair the digestion, as the use Of
soda and saleTatus in excess does viii
human beings, but a fatjening snima.
is usually killed before it eau be much
injured by any abuse OF feeding.
Consumers generally prefer a io1s
: rather than a round potato, probsbI
from greater convenience in cooking
through when baked. But the tr51bt
with long potatoes is that they tend @
become pointed at the end, and this
the beginning ct their speedy degsns'
: alton in yield and quality. Farmer
prefer to grow oval shaped potatoes,
they do not run out so quickly. Ih
old peach blow was round and no, 7e7
? smooth potato. Il held its position
I the favOrite market sort longer than 80!
other, because it was a good keeper 80
of excellent quality, while il was mon
; productive than tile other kinds ths1
grown.
e Rough on Rats clears out Rats Mice. l%
Rough on Ccrns, for Corns BuniOns. j"
= Thin people. Wells Health ReueHs
restores health and yigor, cures dysPsDsh
sc, 81.
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