The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-06-25
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,ecornizeG as one Of the very best late
varieties.
Unless the manuIa is old and we'll .
rotrpd it should no. he allowed 70 touch .
the roots of the fruit trees. but Ss spread /
upon the surface.
In pl0ugtiug under green crops it /
should be done while the crop IS yet /
green and full Of sap, generally before |
It has attained full growth.
A New England poultry raiser keeps
lice from his fowls and their house by
the free use Of powdered sulphur about
the nests and in the dust bath.
An egg broken in the feed once or
twice a day will tone up a horses
system and make his hair glossy. But
special foods are to be used only for
emergencies.
A Nebraska farmer, who has been ex-
perimenting with blue grass, concludes
that all Northern Nebraska will prove
20 be one Of the finest tame-grass coun-
tries in the world.
For the purpose of converting the
largest proportion Of the wheat straw
into valuable manure, the stack should
be bulIs in tbs centre of such yard,
and sufficient straw be scattered from
time to time to keep the yard in a pass
able condition.
An earthen floor is the best tor the
poultry house. A cement surface un-
derneath possesses the advantage of per-
feet dryness for the extra cost, as it is
not difficult TO keep your earthen floor
reasonable dry, provided you raise a
mound OF earth for the house to stand
on, and surround It with a ditch to
catch rain.
The hogs should have undisputed
sway in the orchard during the fruit
season and they will eat up all the fall
len and wOrmy apples and hunt out
many Of the grubs, ETC., which are in.
furious TO the trees. In this way they
destroy many Of the enemies of sound
fruit and sound trees, and in other way:
greatly benefit the orchard.
Prospects of a bountiful wheat croI
are excellent. From reports from Min
nesOta, Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa anC
Newbraska the season has been remark
ably favorable favorable, and though
older farmers are diversifying thei
crops at a greater extent than ever be
fore, much new land has been put IN
der cultivation Of wheat by newcomers
Red clover should be more extensive
ly cultivated both for forage and for If
remarkable fertilizing qualities, espec
ally on clay and clay sbbsOil lands. II
long roots penetrated deep into thos
heavy clay soils, and decaying mix wit
It just what II needs-vegetahle moIt
This loOsens and livens up the soils an
puts them in condition to better nouI
ish plant growth, sud the consequent
is that they yield mich heavier crcI
than before clover was grown on then
Ofal the leaks on q farm, says Il
Rural World. p lealy, sloping barnya,
Is tho worst The time hC0Ored fasl
ION OF placing the barn on q knoll on q
highest spot Of land near the house is
most ropreheustble one. More weaIt
gIidas away from such sunny, elevate
barnyard THAI can be computed.
must reach far up into the millions al
nually. The number Of barns that a
so placed that the water that falls fro
the roof ut each rain and rushes throus
and washes out the most valuable sol
ble portions, can be numbered by Il
hundreds of thousands.
To make tbs manure heap of the val
Ous kinds of farm animals should
daily OF frequently scattered over Il
straw in the yard, so thai each, posses
ing a distinctive value of its own, won
become thoroughly commiugled, al
thus form q manure in common, that
especially well adapted to growing
kinds Of crops. Such daily or week
deposits in the manure bank enables {
thrifty farmer TO check out from tir
70 time a reasonable amount Of Yaluat
manure without danger of overdrawi
his account. The farmer who has
good bank of well-decOmposed manu-
made annually subject to his order,
and can be, the only true independe
one, for the income derived from abun
ant crops will as surely make him so
ten times one are ten. Feed the SO
and It will, in turn, feed, clothe and {
rich you.