The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-06-18
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.

by the addition of a little sperm or a .
little salt, or both, OF little dissolved .
gum arabic.
Ventilation is absolutely necessary /
and essential to health. Unless a poul- /
try house be we'll and properly ventilated /
fowl cannot be kept healthy any length /
of time.
Occasionally bees gather honey from /
corn, especially the sweet varieties. In
early morning bees may be seen slipping !
the juice from the stalk at the axis of |
the leaves.
a stick lattened at the end will be
found help in planting flower seeds
Make a shallow hole with the fiat end of
the stick and scatter the seeds in it,
covering lightly.
Holland daiTymen have to pay $50 an
nual rent for land in which to keep
cows, and make money at that. There
a good cow is valued at one hundred
and fifty dollars.
The tees can be protected from field
mice by banking the tree up for a foot
or 80 with soil, and borers and rabbits
can be kept away by wrapping the
trunk for foot above this with tarred
paper.
II you want eggs from your Brahmas
don't feed them too strongly. They
take on fat readily, and when fat do
not lay. Plymouth Rocks and Wyan-
dottes need liberal feed when they are
laying.
Ashes spread over strawberries at the
rate of 100 bushels per acre will increase
the quantity, improve she quality and
intensity the color. They may be sown
broadcast at any time but the earlier
the better.
In the care Of eggs while waiting for
Matching, a place is preferred that is
neither not hOr cold, damp nor dry. II
the eggs are to be kept up a while turn-
Ing every day will answer, a box or
basket being sufficient.
Early cut hay is the best. 1 do not
mean cut when half grown, but Just In
its prime, before the seed has developed
and the stalks become woody. Hay
that stands until It goes to seed before
cutting. is but little, if any, better than
straw
Keep sharp lookout in the orchard
for the nests of the tent caterpillar
Destroy them at once by cutting off the
limb, or, if out of reach, by burning out
the nests by means of a small bundle of
rags tied upon the end of long pole and
saturated with kerosene oil.
Farmers should always endeaver to
follow the best methods in the various
branches of their work. Don't be afraid
to leave the old ruts when you can find
better way-there are generally sever
al methods Of performing the same
labor. Let every farmer find out the
best one for him to follow.
When corn is but few inches in
height. before the roots have had time
to spread, deep blowing with shovel
plOw may be beneficial but after the
roots have become far-reaebing cultIva-
tiOn with a cultivator or harrow should
be resoIted to, to stir only the surface OF
the soil.
A plank floor is not good for hogs :;
they are liable to slip on it and iniure
themselves, so that they have to be kill
ed. Hogs will not move about any
more than they are obliged to on plank
floor, on account of slipping, and this
want Of exercise will help to bring on
constipation.
The most successful farming the past
few years seems to have been done by
men who had little land, and were able
themselves, with their families, to do
the greater part of the work, with
little expenses for the hired help
To such farmers the growing Of small
fruits on q small scale generally pays
we'll.
AS the warm weather approaches,
shade must be supplied for the fowls
and chicks II they are expected to
thrive. Fowls suffer greatly from cold
In winter, but not so much as they do
from heat In the summer IL compelled
to be under the suns rays at all times.
Farmers usually let their fowls run at
large, and in that case they can always
find plenty Of shade.
Farmers should be very careful in Sc
ieeting farm hands, and, II possible get
only men of good moral character
There is no class Of "help'' that is
placed on so near an equality with the
family as the farm labOrer Mingling
as he does so intimately, with the fami-
ly, his influence cannot help being felt
to some extent, and it is of the utmost
Importance that it should be good in
stead of evil.
Americans probably invest more
money in farming tools than any other
people. By the census Of 1880 the value
OF agricultural implements made the
previous year was S8,OOO.OOO. Ten
years Is a long life to the average Of
farm tools, and many are worthless
after three or four years. use OF rust
Il is probable that the entire amount
invested in farm tools now in use is
nearly or quite 81, 900, 100000.
To make an extract of lemon which
will be strong and fragrant, and grow
better by keeping, buy ten cents worth
of alcohol in a wide-mOuthed, well
corked bottle. Then the next time you
are going 10 use fresh. clean skinned
lemon for some household purpose In
which the rind is not needed, pare it off