Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-03-24
Balls Hennebsr 3onrIIal.
Farm and Live stock Notes.

Let clover be sown early.
Paint the tools and wagons
SCOT is good potato manure.
Crowding won't do in the hen yard.
Muck benefits sandy soil very greatly.
Ducks are great insect eaters. and don't
scratch.
Hybrids between rye and wheat have
been produced.
Choose Leghorns for the poultry yard, Ill
the sole object il eggs.
The Early Rose potato holds its own
we'll against the newer corners.
A little rye twice week possesses
special value for sheep in cold weather.
Better at all seasons have it dry under
foot tor sheep. than to have a roof over
head. bat both are needed
Don't seek outside investments for your
surplus. but put it into improvements on
the farm.
It's a great mistake TO think that be-
canse the team is fat it is able to stand
heavy work at once.
II your dwellings and other buildings
stand exposed TO the wind, set out plenty
of trees; they will furnish shade, shelter,
and increased valuation to the property.
Honey extracting-Thisi is one of the
improved eihods Of modern Bookkeeping.
The honey being extracted from the combs
they are put back into the hives to be
refilled again and again. By this means
the bees are kept chiefly at the profitable
work OF honey making, instead of losing
time at constructing comb The extractor
consists of a wire frame. in which pair
of combs can be placed. and this is fixed
on shaft that is set in light case. The
shaft projects outside the case, and ter
inmates in hand crank. The covers of
the honey cells are shaved off. The combs
are placed in the extractor, and few rev.
olutions of the crank empties the comb by
centrifugal force, when the liquid honey
flows out at the bottom of the case.
Speed in Roadsters - The increased
value of a smart traveller or quick walker
over sluggish moving horse is not
enough appreciated at training. A horse
that is able to 90 his ten mics an hour
without special fatigue. makes an ord-
nary trip to much greater advantage than
one requiring twice the time for the same
distance. The same or greater gains are
apparent in the rapid over the slow walk
err. Speed saves time, time saves money.
Besides who does not prefer driving a
horse that you have to hold on the lines.
to one who constantly needs the whip
The difference in the two lies largely in
the training.
Getting Potatoes Early.--A gain of
some weeks in the time of early pota-
toes may be secured by sprouting the
seed tubers before planting. A few
weeks in advance of planting time,
cut each tuber once in two lengthwise,
and lay them with the cut side down in a
moderately warm, moist place, to sprout.
The sprouts should be from two to three
inches long at planting time. When about
setting them. if the seed is scarce. the
pieces might again be divided with a
knife, allowing one sprout to each piece
Care must be taken in handling and cover
ing that the shoots do not break. The
planting need not be done at the earliest
possible moment after the soil will work
up dry, tor with the tubers already started
in heat. they will grow much faster if
the earth is somewhat warm. say one
week after the blowing. Then the growth
will be continuous and the green tops will
show in a few days. Beauty of Hebrons
planted the last week in April bv this
method will be lit for the table about
July LIST