Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-31
Farm and Household.


Give the hens leaves, cut straw, or
dry dirt, and scatter the grain in it,
so as to compel them to work. The
good scFatcher is always a good lay
er.
The Massachusetts, PlOughmans says
the reason that many raspberry and
blackberry fields get full of grass is
because they are neglected during
August and September, and In fact
during the whole autumn, so when
spring opens the grass has full pos
session; .buteyen when thus neglected,
If the farmer viii commence hOeing as
soon as the frost leaves the
ground it is not very difficult
job to clear out all of the grass.
People who plant fruit trees and
then neglect to look after them,
miss it, egregiOusly, and do not
remember that the progress and val
ne of an orchard-its thriftiness and
productiveness-depend greatly on
its early treatment Culture, pruning
and manufacturing are most impOr-
tant during the first few years, and a
lack of them can never be atoned for
by subsequent care. Therefore see to
your young orchard now, this sea-
sOn-nOt next year, when it may be
too late
The habit of bearing twins has be-
come inbred in some of the English
coarse wool and mutton breeds. 1t
is worth striving for. With some ex-
ira feeds the profits of the grower OF
early lambs may be nearly double, il
the ewes generally bears two instead
of one. Where there are many twins,
if a eve bearing only one loses her
lamb, one of the twins can be count
ed to her, and she be saved for breed
ing another year. The getting OF q
buck of the breeds that often bear
twins viii generally secure a marked
increase in the proportion of twins in
the flock. The tWin-bearing tendency
is promoted by males as well as the
females of breeds inclined to it.
A writer in the Ohio farmer, who
keeps sixteen COWS and mike them
himself Che says he is one of those
fellows that thinks the wife and
daughters have no place in the COW
barn, reports an average profit for
each Of these COWS of $55.21 during
last year. His cows are of no special
breed, and most of them were raised
by himself This farmer is very sure
that the profit he makes can be made
by others, provided that they will
work more and complain less.
We saw once an old experiment
in stunning grain by an old and
shrewd farmer. On one corner of his
field sOwn with oats was a very rich
place, where a barn, or stack or ma-
nure heap had once stood. Here the
grain always lodged Taking his
cue from this, the farmer drew a
/ heavy 4O-tOOth drag over this piece
| after the oats were two or three
/ inches high, and then rolled it down.
! NeighbOrs said he would hurt the
oats. That, he replied, was just what
! he wanted to do. They were grow
! ing too rank. The drag tore the
! leaves, caused the plant to tilIer, and
! in the check thus given to its rampant
/ growth the grain stood up till it
ripened.
The old farms in Canada, that
command the highest prices are said
to be those on which sheep have been
kept from the time they were first oc-
cupied. The pastures on them are
comparatively free from bushes and
weeds while the soil is firm and pro
ductive Of the best sort of grasses. A
/ farm on which a large number Of
sheep have been kept for many years
is very desirable for dairy purposes.
Do not hesitate to Paris Green the
potato plants. Every beetle destroy
I'd reduces the number next year.
The war of determination should not
cease until the beetles are extinct.
One difficulty is that if only a few
beetles appear no thought is given
the small damage that may be done,
but the damage viii be tenfOld great
ar the following year The aim
should be to destroy them, no mat
ter how few the number.