The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-12-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

before storing gram every season, IN |
order to prevent weevil.
Oniou seed sown late in the fall and |
protected with litter during tha winter,
will give early onions.
Pruue grape vines, currant Gnd goose
berry bushes now, and save the cuttings
for planting in the spring.
Bran and shorts moistened with water
or buUtermilk should constitute the
morning feed Of every flock of laying
hens.
Strong, uubleached muslin is excellent
in place of glass for poultry houses or
chicken runs, and is also much less ex-
peEsive.
Make a harness fit properly. and a
horse can veal it without distress, pro-
vided that it is kept decently clean and
comfortably soft.
Warm and cold milk shogld not be
mixed. The new milk should be rid of
its animal heat before adding it to that
of previous milkings.
Never sun feather beds, as the sun
draws the oil and gives the feathers
rancid smell. Air them thoroughly on
a windy day, in a cool place.
Ducklings that are rot allowed to run
to ponds where frogs and tadpoles
abound, must have meat. Unlike chick
ems ducks will not thrive on an exclu-
sively vegetable diet.
Nothing affords woman more satis-
faction than administering to the wants
of a we'll filed pocket book. With a
flock of fowls intelligently cared for, she
has power in her hand.
An excellent lubricant that will not
coIrOde brass and that will last two
weeks is made of one part of melted
India rubber met vulcanized) and two
parts of common vaseline.
The following is guaranteed to be
most efficient cure for the bolts Crate
potatoes enough to furnish about pint
of juice, strain, put into a long Locked
bottle and drench the horse.
Ground oats are said to be one of the
best feeds to promote flow of milk in
either cows, ewes OF breeding sOws. The
oa,s will grind better if one bushel of
corn is mixed with every Two or three of
the lighter grains.
The best drug for poultry is carbolic
acid. Get pint of the crudest for fifty
cents, put one ounce in one gallon of
water, and with a broom sprinkle it all
through the chicken house and its furni-
ture once a month.
See that fences and gates are made
secure for winter. Young trees in win
dy places may have a mound of earth
drawn up to their trunks to stiffen them,
or they may be staked. a mound of
earth foot high will keep mice off.
Where the autumn is mild, apple trees
may be planted. For planting next
spring, order trees now, and heel them
N, to be ready for planting. If not al
ready done, make a list of the orchard.
so that the name of each tree may be
known by its position.
Au effective manner OF trimming can
vas is to draw threads and work simple
design with few stitches, somewhat in
the manner of linen work. a lining OF
lighter color should be laid under the
open work, and the accessories should
correspond in color to this lining.
Setting hens should not be fed while
on the nest. They need all the exercise
they are likely to get, and too constant
setting makes them of bad disposition
and difficult to manage when they come
off with the brood, Eggs will stand a
wide range Of temperature without any
injury.
The best thing to oil leather and keeI
it soft is neat's foot oil. This is made
from the legs and feet of beef cattle. a
great many people use castor oil, bu
some contend that it rOts the leather
Animal oils are the safest. a we'll oileC
harness will outlast ten that are no
cared for.
a fruit grower who desired to clea
off his raspberries without destroyin,
the new plants, cut them all down clos
20 the ground, y larger number CAM
up than had before occupied the GROUND
-which.made the clearing away of th
whole lot profitable operation, the OBJ
ject being to save as many young plant
as possible.
Prof. J. W. Sanborn, of the Missouri
Experimental Farm, shows from exper
iments that corn that can DC sold at q
cents per bushel near the time of pickin,
must he sold at 46 cents per busheI,
year from that time, to make up 70
shriDkage and loss of interest. Nearl,
80 per cent. of the loss is due to the dry
ing out Of the corn.
Although as a general thing accOrdin,
to a recent writer, it does not paw to b.
at the expense of cooking food for stock
yet it does pay to cook small potatot S
for young pigs. The same writer think
a feed Of six quarts of raw potatoes t,
milch cows daily, exerts favorable in
fuence upon the mess of milk and ais,
upon the condition of the cow,
Farmers selling wheat early in tn,
fall generally find that it brings one, tw,
or more cents less per busheI than grail
of the same quality of last years. crop
The reason is that the old wheat hai
dried out all superfluOus moisture, anC
will not shrink any more in weight
New wheat not only loses somewhat by
drying out. but It also is more apt t