Daily Republican., 1886-06-29
FARM AND GARDEN.

ings well painted, for the moisture that
paint would stop soon causes rotten
boards and timbers.
| A mulch of two inches Of short ma
Inure on the surface around springI
lplanted trees will help them more than
lanything else to Withstand the drouths
lof summer.
Small chickens should never be keptI
Tor fed with old ones. They are apt TO
be injured. Have two or three yards |
and separate them according to sizeI
and strength.
The free use OF clover seed and keep
ing of farm stock enables farmers toI
maintain land in good condition for
ordinary cropping without purchasing
commercial manures.
| Small fruit culture will always be
most successful on the intense plan.
Plant only small area at time and
Igive that the best culture possible.
Better raise 800 bushels on one acre.
than that amount on five or six
An English experimenter finds, CON
ltrary to general opinion, that a growth
lof ivy over house renders the interior
lentirely free from moisture. The rea-
son is simply the difference between
theory and fact. The ivy absorbs the
moisture from the wall that otherwise
would saturate it.
To give horse medicine take long
necked bottle, raise the horses head,
thrust the bottle into his mouth and
while the liquid is running into the
throat rub the nose Of the bottle vigor-
ously against the roof of the mouth,
pretty well back. This done, most
horses will swallow nicely.
In advocating the necessity for feed
ing COW surplus food beyond the
other needs of the system. cores
pondent of the Farmers Review says:
at is calculated that nearly two-thirds
of all cow eats is needed to sustain
4 her existence, and all the profit comes
/. from the feed not required Tor this pur-
j, pose.
c Whenever rhubarb throws out a
n great many leaves and the stalks are
d small and worthless the roots should
- be dug up and transplantcd, dividing
k them, so that only one thrifty bud is
left to each piece of root. This should
Il be done early In the spring, as soon as
= the newly formed buds are ready to
st push through the soil.
= Keeping down the weeds will not be
l. the only gain to come from thorough
hoeing. BY having layer of finely
pulverized soil at the surface evapora-
II ton of moisture will be prevented
e during the day, while absorption will
q go on through the night. After every
= heavy rain the soil of the garden
l. should be gone over with hoe or rake
l. to prevent crusting.
q Blackberries and raspberries need
II never be staked if properly pruned.
10 AS soon as the spring canes reach @
. height of thirty or thirtyslx inches
"snip" their tops of, when they will
Y throw out laterals, become more
~ stocky and hold up their load of fruit
y without stakes. Stalking is useles:
"a expense and labor. Sometimes wire:
= can be drawn by the sides Of tall plants
ie to good advantage.
~ No breed ever came into existence t
N gain in so short a time such higl
No favor as the Plymouth Rock. 1t is thu
"a farmers breed. The largest returns
II from ordinary care have been realized
in from fowls OF this breed owing TO thu
= TACT, perhaps, that they are able, to {
IN great extent, 10 take care OF them
10 selves. AS layers they furnish q
w great number of eggs Of large size
NJ they are early to mature, and canno
ID be surpassed for their plump carcasse
m and palatable flesh.
w Chickens are valuable outside tn,
question of eggs and flesh. A full
grown hen will yield from 2's ounces
TO A. ounces OF feathers and down
r. The feathers serve for bonnet decora
DO tions, the ornamentation of military
ly shakos, and for busters. The average
40 sized feathers are employed for beds
til and holsters, the down for pillows
| But the latter classes are not held il
to as much esteem as the same from
10 geese and ducks. When the feathers
s are pluckcd, they are placed Tor ;
le short time in bakers oven, after tn
Il bread has been withdrawn, TO kill tn
es insect germs before they are sent t.
n market.
s. Some persons in cutting asparagu
e leave the small shoots that are no
lis large enough for use. This is ba
n practice. The better way is to Gu
~ them off clean, until the middle Q
m June, in this locality Then all cut
ly ting should cease and the plants allow
ed to make their summer growth. Til
Id old practice OF planting the roots deepl
h below the surface and cutting the shoot
he as soon as they pushed through tn
zee ground, with barely green tip, is eA
'e- ploded. Green, and not bleached,
the asparagus for flavor. All weed
should be kept down, and the so
stirred enough to be at all times loos
for and :riable on the surface.