The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-04-09
AGRICULTURAL NOfEs.
Mems Relating to Farm. Live stock, Or
chaTd, Garden and Lawn.

Hems Relating to Farm, Live stock, Or
chard, Garden and Lawn.
Take a small can of machine oil, or
any other very liquid oil that is not cor
rosive, and pour a small stream of it on I
the c,if's back from head TO rump then
pour little of 1t iu the hand and rub it |
on the skin between the hind legs. and /
you will find that it will rid the AMI |
nal of lice.
Strawberries require a great amount |
of moisture to make that large, hand |
some fruit that is always marketable.
Irrigation or mulch Will furnish this
moisture So few persons can afford
the expense OF irrigation that mulch.
which is within the reach Of every
grower, is much preferable.
During the last season it was found
that corn cobs dipped in coal tar and
plazed among the plants and squashes,
proved beneficial in preventing the raw
ages OF the squash vine bOTer. The at
tack Of the insect, however, was not
very vigorous. Possibly in some sea.
sons much damage would result in spite
Of this preventive.
A Western New York farmer, who
buys sheep from the West to fatten in
the fall, says he last year made a profit
when his neighbOrs made none by buy
ing split and coloIed beans and feeding
them with corn, instead of an all corn
ration. He says twO-fifths beans with
corn makes the sheep thrive and fatten
faster than full ratiOns Of corn.
Many persons are prevented fTom US
ing petroleum on woodwork by fear that
1t will make the wood more inflamable.
This is not the case. The oil enters the
pores and so fills them that the wood is
harder and less likely to ignite than be-
fore. Coal oil or crude petroleum, with
something to give it body, makes a
cheap paint FOR all wooden implements.
The colt should be halter broken
when week old, and when allowed to
follow the mother should be led at Ter
side. Accustom the mother to work
without it, and when blowing near
enough to the stable, leave it there in
middle of each half day to have it suck,
or tie it in the shade at the side of the
field. A colt thoroughly halter broken
before it is weaned is half broken.
Hogs often become covered with ticks
and lice. If little sulphur is put in
their feed OCcasiOnallyit it will help to rid
them of these pests. Often hogs are
covered with these parasites when the
appearance OF the animals would not
lead the owner to suspect that such wa.
the case, and consequently it is Away
well to examine them closely occasion
ally, so as to be sure that they havt
no such tax on their vitals, to stea
away what should 60 toward making
flesh and growth.
The greatest caution must be takel
to catch fox in a trap. Get a stron.
steel rap in good condition. Make
bed of chaff where he will find It.. AM
put few scraps Of roasted meat in am
about the chaff. Let this bed remain
few days a agOOd trapper has patience
After you are sure the fox has bee
there several times, put more traps il
the bed, lightly covered over. Secured
anchor the trap with a light chain fast
ened to an iron rod driven firmly in tn
ground. Do as little walking abou
the chaff bed as possible, and wait 70
results.
Fanny Field, in the Prairie Farmer
tells how to make a homemade egg
tester: Good egg testers can be pur
chased for twenty-five cents, but 20
can make one that will do just as vel
Take a wooden box large enough to hoI
q kerosene lamp cut hole in the to
large enough for the top Of the lam
chimney, and in one side cut anothe
hole about the size and shape Of an egg
Hinge the opposite side of the box S
that it can be used as a door. Put th
lamp in the box, close the door an
partly darken the room, and hold th
eggs, one at a time, between the ey
and the egg-shaped opening in th
side.
The Western Agricul:lrist says: "a
many Of the stock exchanges and liver
stables where horses are kept for sale c
trade, part Of the floors are nicely an
purpOsely prepared for the improvement
of the condition of horses that hay
been badly injured in the feet, limit
and shoulders. What is the remed
these men employ and rely on ? Th
earth floor, that has stood the test {
all ages. 1t acts as a preventive of th
many evils that originate wherever th
plank system is brought into use.
requires little more labor to keep a
earth floor in good condition than
keep a plank floor in repair"
If time can be spared now for wasl
ing the trunks Of fruit trees it is muC
the better. 1t prevents them from b
coming hidebOund. HidebOund tIe
are often started by poverty or insult
BILE soil. Few soils can be too rich f
fruit trees il fertilizers can be had 10
most orchards are benefited by manu-
ing. If the ground beneath the trees
cropped with vegetables or farm pr
duce manure must be applied. II
trees then get some as well as the veg
tables. If grass is grown under t
trees. unless the land is alluvial al
some food is brought down from high
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