The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-05-07
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

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The weight IF lamb at its birth is
said to be as one is to ten compared with
the weight Of its dam.
A well fed cows first impressions"
Of hay are more reliable than the Ordi-
nary analysis Of the chemist.
The best remedy against drouth is
persistent cultivation. and especially
where there is but little moisture.
Bank up The manure yard 80 that the
water on the outside cannot get in and
that Oh the inside cannot get out.
A writer in popular gardening thinks
that plants are injured by having the
pots too large rather than too small.
Try new varieties of seed corn, but
don't give up yBur own until you are
convinced that there is something bet
ter.
One of the cheapest and best ferili-
zers is the refuse ground fish from the
fisheries. 1t gives good results on all
kinds of soil.
The best mulch for strawberries after
they have started is pine needles. which,
should be placed around the roots to
KEEP the fruit clean.
Never let a calf go hungry because it
Will not drink cold milk. If you have
not the time or patience to warm the
milk sell the calf to some one who will
do it.
If the grapevines have not already
been pruned do not delay about it any
longer. Remember that it is last year
growth that sends out the bearing shoots
this year.
It is not practicable Ito train apeach
horizontally, as the growth will not take
that direction, but persists in sprouting
upward and: from as near the collar as
possible
There is such a thing as fatty degen-
eraGy, by which all the tissues become
impaired, and the animal is weakly and
worthless. Fowls can be made so fat
that they will not lay we'll.
Cabbage and other plants that have
been wintered inIcold:frames.need close
attention. They should be exposed, to
harden them. whenever the weather
will allow.
Cabbage plants are very hardy. an1
1t is SAID that they can endure tenn
Perature OF 70 degrees above zero.
They may, therefore, be transplanted as
soon as the ground is warm enough to
do so.
Grow a crop of peas in the old or
chard, and let the pigs harvest it. Sow
early twO.bushels to the acre, with four
hundred pounds of good fertilizer It
is good for the peas, better for the pigs.
and best for the orchard.
Constitution should be the test word
IN selecting fowls for breeding. THERE'S
nothing more vezatious to the breeder
than TO see chickens drop away with no
apparent disease after all the care and
trouble that has been bestowed upon
them.
A vegetable garden is rothing if not
highly maEured ; it is ample plant food
that gives to esculents that quality of
tenderness and flavor that is so highly
priced il IS the same that gives the
large crops that alone ought to be salts
factory.
A good condition powder for fowls is
made as follows One pound each of
ground bones, dried meat. linseed oil
and fennyrick an ounce each of sui
phur, pepper, ginger and cOppeTas.- .-
Give a small quantity once a day mixed
with soft feed.
The finest stalks of asparagus are
raised by giving the plants plenty of
room. Set the roots in rows four feet
apart, and three in the rows. Keep the
land free from weeds and manure every
year on the surface. The manure
should be fine and we'll rotted.
To cure a cow of the habit of sucking
herself, make a saturated tincture of
powdered alOes and alcohol, keep it in a
mucilage bottle, tightly corked and
paint the end of each teat with the mix
ture, and the COW will soon become dis
gusted.
1t is said that the minorca fowls, so
we'll known in England, are not bred in
this country. There has, however. been
a recent importation for a Philadelphia
breeder, which will be exhibited at the
next State Fair. 1t is claimed that
they will lay over 200 eggs a year per
hen.
As soon as the strawberries begin to
send out buds rake over the bed well,
removing all the covering. Then place,
by scattering it around each plant, a
small quantity of kainit, and If the
plants have been thrown out of the
ground by the frost, see that each is
firmly set in position again.
Sheep collect many weeds and grasses
that are vaIueless, and thrive IN pasture
upon which cattle could not exist. They
scatter theu droppings evenly o-er the
6elds, and are the best factors for pro-
noting fertility. If hurdled they can
be kept upon a small area with profit.
The barnyard in winter is often the
deathtrap for live stock. Pools of
water, liquid and solid manure are al
lowed to freeze, and then alternately
make a nasty, loathsOme mass, through
which the stock must wade in going for
water. Remedy this evil if you would
have your stock healthy.
Excellent breakfast cakes are made
of three eggs, one teasPoonfuI of sugar,
one coffee cup Of sweet milk, one cup
Of warm water, three tablespoonsGuI Of
yeast, flour enough to make stiff batter.
Leave the whites of the eggs until the
halter has risen then add them. also a