The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-06
,ealCULruRAL DEPARTMENT.

ers wi'1 ken three ,luss As long as
those Uhat d-a fertile.
q subject OF thinning fruit IS cna
crrrot D. referred TO 700 often
.ro pract.cs Is more universally
.eG. Now, ehen there 5 promise
~ .- abundant crop, IS good time to
gurate it.
L. correspondent OF the Rural NeiC
- ter says: The best roosting poles
% have come across are iron rods wrapp-
.hout with thick woolen CLOTH
rr- cloth is saturated with kerosene
-.fl small addition Of oil Of sassafIas.
no chance for lice there.
free q plants used TO he the terror
s- lisEust Of the California wheat
yer. Now they are a source of prof
e.. By Ingenious mechanical harvest
E. & both crops are gathered separately,
alt the mustard is worth more than the
.l eat en- the same land. ,-..
Nearly All who have tried bagging
grapes where mildew is prevalent re-
.nI paying. The bags should be put on
zgg1 after blooming. A screen of sheet
f-g over the vines proves as satisfactory
af baCging in preventing mildew and
rot. #...
An Indiana farmer has noticed that
--here swine are fed plenty of apples
disease is unknown, and mentions cases
mere diseased cattle we're allowed ac-
ezss to she refuse OF a cider-nill and re-
a5vered. He thinks the acid of the
Fruit proved a correction for the dis
=a5ed livers of the animals.
Pasture is the most nutritious when
composed of many species of. grass, and
and when young and succuleDt. AS
Grass grows older it contains a less pro
PORTION Of albuminOids, and is then an
Inferior ration for milk. Cow peas and
com Ground together is excellent
food as part Of ratio for rich milk.
Professor Roberts, speaking of the
Great efficiency o. modern labor-saving
n0plemants and machines, says that
The boy of to-day, with his sulky plow
and seIf-biuder, can rob the soil of more
r'ant food in q year than his grandfather
could ir I'll Lis lifetime. though his
muscular grandfather might have car
ried Of with ease two such boys, one
Under each arm
Arb. Campbell, according to the ex-
periments reported in the HIsJandman,
finds that much the cheapest feed for
cattle 10 winter is wheat straw, wheat
bran and cotton seed meal. He states
that cotton sesd meal. according to an
alysis, 8 worth $40 a ton, ard can be
bought in Oswego for $40, and at that
price IS as cheap as good hay at SO. 80 to
s. ton.
Last winter, writes a subscriber to
the Eflbigau Farmer, ''I lost about
twenty sheep with grub in the head.
Then / found a cure at least l did not
loose any more after 1 tried it, and that
was turpentine dropped in the ear.
put four OF five drops in each ear. Ny
sheep commenced this winter just as
they did last, and L used the tuIpentiue
and have not lost a sheep"
The orchard should be supplied viii
ali tle manure the trees can approbri
g.. 01d the tree will then 5e vigorous
aud viii show IL by a good growth o.
wood and handsome fruit. When the
trees do 10 make a free growCh Of wooC
It IS Cerla = they are in III condition anC
need che assistance O. fertilizers anC
cultivation probably, also. judiciou
pruning, cleaning the bark and the des-
truc5ion of worms and insects.
True economy, says the Hlsbu,dman
directs frequent cultivation of both corr
and potatoes. In the growing seaso1
once q week is not too often to run tn
cultivator between the rows, thus keep
-ng the ground fresh and In the bes
condition 70 promote growth. It ma
appear like increasing the work to-
much, but this is only in appearance
The advantage will certainly be seen il
the outcome.
&. :. Mccain stated to the EImir
Farmers Club that he found the limb
of the white oak much more durable 70
posts than the body of the tree. H
had tried setting posts erect and invert
%, but could fnd no difference in thei
durability. Posts were found TO las
longest when set in clay soil beatel
cOmpaCtIy about them to prevent tn
passage Of water, and to keep them in
uniform state Of moisture. In gravel
soils, which permit them to becom
often water-soaked and again soon dry
they did not last long.
FEEDING HCEsCs.-FoT fast drivinl
oats may be the best food for horses
but we hold 10 the oId-fashioned mod
Of feeding horses which was general
in vogue from forty TO sixty years age
and IS still so among a great many pee
pie. even livery stable keepers-that
regular feeds of bran and short CD
straw, mixed with asuficient quantit
or water to make it palatabe, half
dozen ears Of corn per horse daily, whe
the weather is not too warm, and pier
ty Of good hay. We have known Who'll
stablesfuI of horses TO keep in the mos
perfect health, and capable of doing tn
hardest work a horse can be Put to, b
this mode Of feeding.
TEE BEST FOOD FOR YoUN
CuICKs.-Tle drst meal. which shoul
not be given until the chicks are g
least y hours old, is hard-boiled egg
crumbled fine, Or stale wheat braa
crumbs moistened with milk. w
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