Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-05
Farm and Garden.

Farm and Garden.
 Gather leaves.
 Don't abuse borrowing.
 Drain, sway the we'll.
 Keep sheep dry under foot.
 Fast fattening, quick profits.
 See that the furrows are open.
 In fattening, study the likes of individuals.
 Try a light mulch of coarse manure on wheat.
 Fifty years hence will see many less fences in use.
 Every farmer should have several good lad ders. Don't forget this in the winter leisure.
 Frost-bitten potatoes are good for only one thing-to cook immediately and feed to stock.
 Potato tops are we'll worth carting to the barnyard for increasing the manure pile; they are rich in potash Left in the field they dry up or are blown about to waste.
 A little acquaintance with common law is good thing for the farmer, and may easily be had by the help of anyone of the many good books on law for everybody. The long evenings are just the time for improvement here.
 Fattening beeves should have little exer else daily, and the may be said of all other live stock for butchering. To be sure extreme quiet promotes fat but this is at the | quality of meat. With fowls it is somewhat different, as they are up and moving around most of the time, even when closely confined; in a way this is equiv alent to exercising the muscles good deal.
 The Moulting Season.-There is no more important season for bestowing good care on poultry than during and immediately after moulting. This process is in itself taxing one on the system of the birds, and following, as it does, directly upon the laying season, it is but natural to see that the fowls now, if ever, need close looking after. Good feed ing is of the greatest importance; there is little danger that it will cause an excess of fat, to the detriment of the egg yield later. Even corn will not fatten moulting hens Properly fed and housed now and later, and laying will soon begin.
 The Buckwheat Patch.-Oats may follow on buckwheat well better in fact than bar ley, corn and potatoes. When the crop has been harvested in the fall, a good course is to harrow the land thoroughly, covering the scattered grain, and for tillage. The grain that sprouts will of course be killed by frost, and that is desirable. With narrowing well, to reduce the stubble, the land may be enough cleared of this grain to go to oats early in the spring; and if the soil is good, without replowing.
 Now-A young friend of the writer's has over his dressing 8 card with the word ttnow'' on it in bold type. This is for re- minding him whenever he has some task to do that could easily be pushed off, to do it now. It is an excellent talisman. Every farmer should post the same word on board in conspicuous place, at this season especial ly, to remind him when to do certain jobs that need doing before winter. You are aware that the stables need new doors or windows to make them comfortable in cold weather. When shall they be fitted up? Consult the board. The chicken house is full <>e Iaf iak ip e1, wind, the roof requires patching to keep out rain. You know it, but don't wait and wait with the battening up and repairing, but do it now. Stacks have poor caps on; vegetables need additional winter cover; young live stock is in want of suitable shell ter; buildings and tools need painting; barn yards need draining. When shall these jobs be done2 The three letters on the board will tell. Good intentions alone never accomplish anything. Good intentions not backed by the carrying out part of work lead to the loss of millions of dollars worth of values on farms every year, when the same could easily be saved If the work were only done now.
 ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
 Plant quickly if at all
 Now for understanding.
 Keep fruit in shallow bins.
 Manure is the measure of results.
 Revise the labels before winter sets in.
 Drying the roots is killing to the plant
 Rubbish about trees serves to draw mice to them.
 Don't let the farm animals make ftrubbing posts" of the young orchard trees.
 One of the best devices for handling pota- toes, and even large fruit, that we know of, is a crate made of inch stuff, ,end pieces 12x12 inches in size, held in place by side and bot tom slats fourteen inches long.
 Root crops, like parsnips, ,salsify and horse radish, that are not injured by freezing, are usually left where they grow through the winter, being used then in the spring. It is a mistake to suppose that they are not quite as suitable for use during the winter. For this purpose dig in the fall, store in sand or earth in the cellar, where they can be got at any time.
 Low versus High Heads.-You seldom see the orchard of 8 successful fruit grower trained to long trunks and correspondingly high heads; these are mostly met in the or chards of those who make little of fruit grow ing. One must suppose that this last referred