Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-13
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Farm and Live Stock Notes.

Be sure the barn lamps are safe.
Bee-keeping is one OF fine arts OF farm
ing.
You don't need spring weather to plan
spring work.
Fences are great weed harbors and
breeders as a rule. Another argument tor
lessening them.
When cleaning the perches in the hen
house apply little grease. composed OF
kerosene and lard, ON the upper and lower
sides.
It is = good plan to ''prove all things
in the line of promising new sorts and
| breeds, but it is also we'll to remember to
..hold fast to that which is good"
In England the opinion is more and
more gaining ground that in small farm
ing, together with special culture, is to be
found the improvement in future agrlcul-
ture. This is lesson we, too, shall yet
learn by experiment.
Mutton is welcome, and ought to be a
cheap food for many hundreds of thous-
ands who now seldom or never taste Its
healthy, nutritious particles. Where land
is possessed sheep may be contained in
small space and be readily useful for the
table. On farm, the five or ten persons
of the family would consume carcass
even in hot weather, before the preserva'
| ton would bother.
Where to Locate the Hives.-Those who
start out to keep few swarms of bees
sometimes are disposed to conclude thai
because bees can sting it is best that the
| hives should be set in some secluded, out.
of-the-way place. This we know to be a
wrong course Bees that rarely see human
beings becomes savage and troublesome,
whereas. if they see people passing, and
have the advantage of human society
they become docile. Keep them near the
house where men, women and children
are most always in sight, and they will
seldom or never modest any one.
Salt for Animals.-An official repor
from the department of agriculture ir
France gives the following reasons why
ought to be given to replace the saline
parts that are removed from the fooc
whenever it is boiled, steamed, etc. Sec
ond, it increases the flow of saliva anc
hastens tattenlng. Third, it counterfeit;
the ill effects of wet food and meadows tc
sheep. and prevents rot among them. TC
which it NAV be added that, according tc
Professor johnson. upwards of half of the
saline matter in the blood (57 per cent.
consists of salt, and as this is partly dis
charged every day through the skin, kid
neys, etc., the necessity of a continuous
supply to the healthy body becomes sufi
GENTLY obvious.
Manure-The farmer who finds little
interest in growing manure or compos
heap finds little interest in his business
and small, if any profits. Manure is tooc
to crops, just as hay and oats are TODD fol
horses. If we would have vigorous anC
bountitul crops the food must be right
This month is favorable one for gather
ing up manure, where it can be bought
The teams are comparatively idle. The
roads are quite sure to be good, being
either in order for shedding or else frozer
so solidlv that pavement might be sale
to extend from every stable to every field
These hard roads will not keep long; the
most should be made of them. Let the
manure be gathered up and hauled out in
to heaps of load or more each, neal
where wanted, and then the distribution
over the land will be short job wher
spring opens. Put not your trust in bone
or other commercial manures so long a.
stable manure can be bought at So or les
per ton.