The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-05-21

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sary accommodations.
when skim milk or butter milk can be
setrtai ut from two to three cents a
gall ID. iU is one of the cheapest foods
that can be given to chickens. It may
largely take the place of flesh, and Will
induce them to lay early and often.
Take small can Of machine oil, OF
anv other very liquid oil that is not cor
rosive. and pour a small stream OF IL on
the caIf's back from head to rump; then
pour a little in the hand and rub 1t on
tbe skin between the hind legs, and you
VA f1d that it will rid the animals Of
lice.
Boiled potatoes with a little bran or
cabbage placed within reach OF a flock, |
or a liver cooked and rubbed up fine, or |
puf through a sausage mill and then |
mixed with mill feed, are all good to |
keep chickens in good health and make !
the hens lay at this season Of the year. |
During the past season it was found /
tua5 corn cObs, dipped in coal tar and
placed among the plants or squashes, /
proved beneficial in preventing injury
from the squash vine borer. The attack
0f the insect, however, was not very
vigorous Possibly in some seasons
much damage would result in spite of
this preventive.
Many persons are prevented from
using petroleum on woodwork by fear
that will make the wood more inham-
mable. 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 before. Coal oil or crude
petroleum. with something to give
it body, makes a cheap paint for all
wooden implements
The benefit which fowls derive from
eating charcoal is acknowledged. The
method Of putting it before them, how
ever. is not we'll understood. Pounded
charcoal is not in the shape in which
fowls usually find their food, and con-
sequently is not very entlcing to them.
Corn burnt on the cob and refuse, which
consists almost entirely Of the grains re-
ddced to ocbarcoal, if placed before them,
they eat greedily and with a marked i'm
prOvement in their health, as shown by
the bright color of their combs and their
speedy productions Of a greater average
of eggs TO She flock than before.
After the cabbage begins to head lay
enough dry soil at hOeing time upon the
centre Of the plant. Repeat this after
heavy rain at the next hoeiEg, should
the worm again attack the plant. Flirt-
ing the diIt upon the cabbage at the
time of hOeing has long been practiced
by some with variable results. some
plants would escape while others would
be destroyed. The reason is evident.
When The soil happened to fall upon the
heart OF centre Of the head the worm
was driven away, and a thrifty plant
was the result. Little harm can be
done to the coarse outside leaves, even
by the larger worms, while the younger
part of the brood must have the tender
leaves of the cabbage for feeding ground
When this is made impossible the worms
already on the plant will naturally de-
sert it, but the butterfly will no Longer
deposit eggs upon the cabbage.
The season of the year win soon arrive
when the careless class of farmers viii
be troubled with scratches and similar
diseases among their horses are here to
and especially the one referred to above
are the result of careIessnes5 on the part
of those who have charge of the animal
and tie man who wishes to escape from
the annoyance Of the maladies should
take extra precautions before the muddy
weather of Spring opens out. The
trouble and cost Of preventing scratches
is very small compared with that Of cur
ing them after q horse has once con-
trscjed the disease. Cleanliness in the
stable. and everywhere else will prevent
it. Try it. and be convinced.
IF fiat irons are rough and smoky, lay
a little fine salt on fiat surface and rut
them well. It will smooth them and
prevent sticking.
The American CitltjUut0r says that il
a heap of manure be placed on one side
of an apple tree the branches on thai
eide will produce fruit while other parts
Of the tree may be barren, which con
firms the belief that the plant food taker
up by certain roots is devoted to main
tanning corresponding parts Of the tree
rather than going into a common stock
to be drawn upon alike by all, which
NAV account for dead limbs on trees,
Often has it been known of a COW
eating poisonous substances without in
Jury to herself, says the TURNER'S Hdga
zine. but her milk was impregnated with
the poison or disease germs, injuring the
human consumers. Milk is much more
tenacious in receiving impurities thar
water, as it seems, according to some
writers, that the impurities of the ami
malls system are unlOaded into the
lacteal ducts and pass off into the milk.
pail to impregrate the system of the con
sumner; and for this reason the COW
should not be compelled to breath foul
air in the stables, or use food or drink
which will injure the milk.
A rat-proof cOrn-bin may be made boy
lining the inside Of an ordinary bin with
No. wire.
at takes 2JO bushels Of potatoes tC
make a ton of starch. Costly starch
with potatoes at 80 cents per bushel,
1t has been determined that S,1OC
pounds Of corn products, including
grain, eobs and stalks, is equal in nutri
tive value to 1912 pounds of hay.
A decaying shoot is a steady strain
upon the roots fol although growth has