The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-17
AGRrcuLruRAL NOTES.
Among tine Vegetables, Fruit, Five
stock and Poultry.

| Among the Vegetables, Fruit, Five
| stock and Poultry.
Give the sheep ness of ground oats
every evening from now until the lambing
period. As soon as grass fails give them
all the hay they can eat,
Plenty of rubbing will produce good
coat on your horse. "Elbow grease opens
the pores, softens the skin and promotes
the general health.
Sheep viii eat moro, be more contented
md thrive better on new than an old
ange. Frequent change of range for them
is important.
An Indiana farmer advocates cutting off
part of the tops of potato vines when they
grow too rank and states that ho has in
creased the yield by SO doing.
Make cuttings of currants and goose
berries. Six inches long will answer. Mel
low the soil, insert them vertically and
press the soil firmly about them.
Keep all the suckers that start from the
roots of trees removed. They not only
make the tree unsightly, but will injure its
growth. Remove them early and often.
This is the season for Matching out she
bantams If you desire them small in size.
The later the better provided they can be
raised, as the object should be to dwarf
them in size as much as possible.
Angora goats, which produce the mohair
of trade, are being introduced to some ex.
tent in the West and South. It is believed
hey will prove profitable. They have
'een bred in California nearly forty years.
The best drug for poultry is carbolic acid.
Get pint of the crudest for fifty cents, put
one ounce in one gallon of water, and
| sprinkle it with broom oil over the chicken
house and its furniture once q month.
The quality of hogs now coming into
market is poor MS compared with other
years. The cause is doubtless the short
supply of food ON hand. It seems strange
that a land like this should ever lack for
food.
Ducklings-the young quaeks-that are
aot allowed to run to ponds where frogs
and tadpoles abound, must have meat.
Unlike chickens milk will not suffice The
duck will not thrive on an entire vegetable
Diet
The merino is hardy and being active
and industrious, does not require that care
which is often necessary for the larger
breeds. Hence the farmer is enabled to
make profit from the merinos on loca-
tons not at all adapted for the mutton
breeds.
Setting hens should not be fed while on
the nest. They need oil the exercise they
are likely to get. Too constant sitting
makes them of bird disposition aud difficult
to manage when they come off with brood
Eggs will stand a wide range of temperature
without injury
No better investment can be made By
those who love hardy flowers than to give
them top dressing of rotten manure in the
fall of the year. Many persons use fresh
hardy things. In this fresh condition it
contains much salt, and many things are
killed instead of being protected by it.
In taking things up from the ground for
potting care should be taken to hive the
| pots well drained with pieces of potsherds
over the hole. The more rapidly water
passes through the soil the better rsants
| will grow. Pets could be made wEhout
holes and the water would MI go through
the porous sides in time, but that is toa
slow method.
II manure at fifty cents q ton is less
profitable than clover, what may those
farmers think who are paying 80 to So per
ton for manure Is q question propounded
by Henry Stewart. The cheapness Of clover
and its far greater value rs compared with
manure render it especially beneficial for
tarmers who grow grain, and for them the
practice of growing it to plough under is
most useful.
If we would keep our plants from fungus
diseases we must study the laws of health
as they affect vegetation and practice good
plant life. For instance, day in and day
out, they water or syringe, whether plants
need it or not The plant should never
have water when it does not need it and
excellent drainage should be applied to
carry water rapidly away.
The English ivy, like all other vines, will
smother the foliage of the tree it grows
over. Wherever it gets the chance to grow
over foliage in this way, it will necessaril,
destroy the branches. SO long as the vim,
is confined to the trunk or main branches
no injury results to tree having n vine
grow straight up over it. When IT coils
around trunk, as in the case of wistaria
II is source Of injury.
A machine for shearing sheeI = said TO
be in successful operation in Victoria. It
is made of brass, in the shape of a small
trowel, and it is actuated oy turbine wheel
about three inches in diameter, geared into
q wheel, on which is fixed cutter. A
comb serves as guard against cutting the
akin. The steam is conveyed from the
boiler by an indiarubber tube, which ID
double, having one inside the other. The
inner one is the infection and the space be-
tween the two the election.
Provided all other elements of good cul-
ture are cared for 1t is almost impossible to
give fruit trees too much manure. Much
of the trouble with fruit trees come from
their being half starved. Pear and apple
trees require heavy applications of well rot
ted manure placed for yards wide around
the trunk under the branches, though per-
haps such dressing Of manure would
never pay. But we are speaking of the
absolute health of the tree and productive
ness in splendid fruit.
Jay GOuid's Car.
The train on which Mr.. jay Gould ana