The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-08-08
Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes.
Salt counteracts the i'll effects of wet
pasture and food on sheep, and prevents
foot root
If we breed or feed the best the pur.
chaser Will come to us. If not, we must
hunt up the buyer.
Keep a Goth for each milker hanging
in the barn to wipe the dust and dirt from /.
the udders before milking.
Putrid flesh has communicated a taint
to the milk in the udder by simply taint- |
ing the air breathed by the COW.
lay out the seasons work so that no
available force will go to waste, and so
that there shall be no expense for main.
tenauce without its direct result in labor
In determining the amount of profit,
the cost must always be considered and
no matter how cheap we can keep hog
ltcosts something every day in one way
or another.
At the Ontario (Canada) Agricultural
College recent experiment with peas
showed that it took thirty-tive pounds
more of cooked than of uncooked peas
to make 100 pounds Of pork, live
weight.
Variety of live stock on the farm,
quite as much as variety Of cropping, is
a source of wealth accumulation in the
holding With variety greater numbers
can be kept, and the best use can be
made of all food by giving the quality
suitable 10 each description of animal.
Dishorning stock is becoming a ques-
tion Of great interest to dairvmen and
roNrh,,,aA =.
like that of ensllage and all other two
sided ones. Many think the loss of
horns effects the value of a stock bull,
while IT uuquestionably adds to individ-
ual safety.
Cabbage and caulihower want a rich
soil. The first crop may he planted after
Winter frosts are over; second, for
early Fall or late Summer use, a month
later, and the late Winter cabbage in
July and August. Early cabbage have
room enough at two feet apart; the late
drumheads require three.
1t is risky business taking small pota-
toes for planting, if they are the leavings
from bin. They may make good seed,
if well ripened and from strong, thrifty
plants; but potatoes that grow small,
because their growth was checked by
blight or other destruction of their
leaves, are worthless as seed.
Much valuable manure may be saved
by carefully deodorizng and composing
the refuse and night soil. A mixture OF
five bushels of dry dirt and one pound
of carbolate of lime, added to the sink
or closet as required, will convert the
whole into a valuable manure, that can
ha han1ta aacilu nc tbof rna1a IN, bo
barnyard.
There is no plant that enjoys plenty of
good manure more than the rose, and a
lack of this will always result in scraggy
plants and miserable blooms. Cow man
ure is exceptionally good for roses, espe-
cially when reduced to a good compost.
Dig in plenty of it about the roots,
and especially use plenty of it when the
roses are first planted.
A simple method of trying ensilage on
a small scale by pitting or trenching is
recommended by Major Alvord in Anssr-
| icaR C9Hicdt0r. The excavation should
be in well-drained soil, and particularly
/ if small, should be lined with boards or
with straw. Into this pack the green
| forage, cut or whole plants, cover with
/ the earth thrown out of the pit, and ex-
hume from one end as needed for use.
Overlooking will produce vertigo in
| geese and ducks, as we'll as in horses and
| other larger animals. Give soft and
easily gested food and let the geese
and ducks Iun out in pasture and where
there is plenty Of water. When a fowl
is attacked by vertigo, holding its head
under a stream of water for a moment
will arrest the disease. Small doses of
calomel, ialap, or castor oil will remove
the tendency to this complaint.
Celery does best in COOL moist soil 1t
can, of course, be grown in any garden
soil, except low river bottoms or old
bogs. But il does better in these than in
stiff clays, unless the water level is so
high that it does not allow say two or
three feet Of foot room. The main crop
of celery is planted in the North from the
middle OF June to the end of July, some
times even later. Celery grows best in
the cool nights of autumn.
There's an advantage in feeding grain
or any other rich foods, if done judi
ciOusiy, that the analytical tables OF
value give no hint of. The concentrated
foods, if fed with Others, will not so
overload the stomach, and a greater pro.
portion may therefore 60 torepair waste,
build up frame and tissue, or convert
into milk, meat CT wool. Foods of low,
nutritiye value, as, for example, straw,
should be avoided. 10 is not possible
for most stock to eat enough of them To
get the nutrition they need for living,
much less for thriving aud profit