The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
AGRICULTURAL.


Among thc Vegetables, Fruit, Live
Stock and Poultry.
Cut down the garden to the smallest space
consistent with the needs of the family.
Then take good care of it.
lightning rod which does not go down
into the ground far enough to reach perpet
aal moisture is worse than no rod at all.
The problem of successful farming con-
sists in making the soil increasingly fertile.
Profit comes of high fertility and excellent
tillage.
The hens are paying the rent on many q
wornout farm. They are calling people
back from the factories to the deserted farm
houses.
Be very careful about the temperature Of
the hot-bed, keeping it as even and moist as
possible and not too high-not over eighty
five degrees.
You have to consider the feeding of the
hen as well as the chicks Feed the former
Rrst on grain and after that she may pick
with her chicks.
Organic and inorganic matter in the soil
is what forms and fattens the plant. Like
the oyerfed animal, the soil sometimes silf.
fers from indigestion.
A healthy hen requires no stimnlants ex.
sept good food. II any substance be used
let it be ground ginger, using teaspoonful
for twenty fowls, in soft food
Too many fowls have to depend upon the
contents of the washtub for drinking water.
The dirty soapsuds will be sure TO canse
disease. Give the hens pure water.
There is no other garden plant which has
80 many insect enemies as the squash. Still,
in a large plantation, after the striped beetle
has been whipped, other insect enemies will
rarely do enough damage 10 make tn in.
jury serious.
standing antidote for poison by poison
oak, ivy, &C., is to take handful of quick.
lime, dissolve in water, let ii stand half nm
hour, then paint the poisoned parts with IL.
Three or four applications, 1t is said, will
cure the most aggravated cases.
Never try to stimulate man or bird or
or COW given more food than she can di-
gest, will go like man kept ON whiskey.
There will be brilliant, feverish work for a
time and then grand collapse.
In allowing water to stand in the stable
over night, during the winter, Mr.. G. s.
Plumb has found that simply covering the
pals with bagging or cloth of any kind will
prevent freezing in the coolest weather. He
has kept water from freezing by this method
when if the water We're exposed ii would
freeze hard over the top Ms well as at the
sides of the phil.
Farms are schools, the best of all in which
to learn much that concerns farming. They
are the only schools worth naming 80 far as
acquiring practical knowledge in farming
is concerned. Teaching by object lessons
is effective. The thing we see, the things
we do, are better remembered and better
understood than the things we hear or read
about. Learn the practice of farming ON n
good farm.
When bees are rearing brood rapidly they
leave the hive ON quiet, cool days in search Of
drink, and if they fill up on very cold water
will become chilled and fail to reach the
hive. If hot water is frequently poured
into the drinking vessels it will save the life
of many bee. After trying various arti-
cles as floats in drinking vessels, / have
noticed that bees prefer cut straw for this
purpose to any other.
Farmers near Kankakee, ILL.,, have open
ed a farmers club room, where they may
come together and learn prices and COM
pare notes. All the best agricultural papers
are to be kept on file and home and foreign
crops and markets carefully bnlletined.
This is good move. In such a room
others. 1t will be much better place fol-
waiting than the store.
Ponds are not good for young ducks. Wet
grass, dampness and cold sleeping places
will kill young ducks as such influences will
destroy young chicks. Feed the ducks on
bulky food. Cooked turnips or potatoes,
thickened with oat meal, make good and
cheap food for them. Give them plenty of
water to drink, but not to battle in until
the down is off and the feathers cover the
body. Then you may let them enjoy them
selves in the water as much as they desire.
Kind and gentle treatment is absolutely
necessary to full flow of milk. Blows,
rough handling and loud shouting always
check it. Have a set time for milking and
deviate from ii as little as possible. The
best time is while the cows are eating, or
are full, and quietly chewing the cud. We
prefer the former in winter. Gently wipe
off the udder and teats with dry, soft
cloth, and see that they are quite clean. If
by any accident they get very dirty, wash
with tepid water and dry perfectly before
milking. Never wash if it can be avoided.
Milk rapidly and with regular motion,
and strip clean. Don't hesituts to milk
three times day if a COW gives evidence of
distress, OF much harm is certain TO, be the
result.