The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-08-01
Farm and Garden Notes.

Nothing pays as we'll on the farm as
good garden.
A Minnesota farmer believes that nc
fodder is equal to green amber cane fol
producing butter.
The curculio should be watched for
and the plum trees Jared daily, if fine
plums are wanted.
The more cattle the more manure, the
more manure the more grain, the more
grain the more cattle.
With the many excellent insecticides
now known, insects should not be al
lowed to get the lions share of crops.
AS the farmer sees the wealth of bios
SONS in his fruit orchard, he should be
reminded that it reqires an enormous
amount of plant food of various kinds to
make the fruit mature.
The onion-bed should only be cult
waited shallow. As far as possible the
weeds should he kept down and the sur
face of the soil mellow. They grow very
near the top of the ground and not in it.
Ordinary buttermilk is valuable food
not only for pigs but for the family. 1t
contains per cent. of milk sugar, near.
ly 1 per cent. Of mineral salts, as well as
nitrogenous materials and proportion
of butter fat.
Soaking seed corn in tar water is
claimed to be an excellent remedy for
protecting the plants against the ravages
of both worms and crows. Some believe
it to be quite as effective as soaking in
copperas water.
Examine the collars and the horses
shoulders if the weather is warm. Cold
water is preventive of shoulder gals if
used Properly and in season. A strong
decoction of skill lamb" is good for
healing gals and sores.
DR.. Salmon says there are two con-
tagious diseases known as hog cholera,
one affecting the bowels, the other the
lungs. The one is the genuine hog
cholera, the other the swine plague. 1t
is possible for an animal to have both
diseases at the same time.
The report of the National Department
of Agriculture says the condition of
sheep is unusually good, and shows a
marked degree of uniformity throughout
the country, the exceptions being of
merely local character. The status in
regard to healthfulness, in particular, is
lar ABOVE the average.
For the purposes of fodder YOU should
sow two and one-half bushels oats and
one and one-half bushels of peas to the
acre. The land should be narrowed well
the seed is then sown and worked in with
shoyel-toothed cultivator or an Acme
harrow; a common srike-tooth harrow
will not cover the peas well They need
to be covered at least three inches deep.
W. D. Hoard, the Wisconsin dairy
editor, writes: Under no circumstances
would we run the risk Of dehorniLg
male or female in whom we placed any
reliance for breeding or butter purposes.
We believe farmers have gone into this
business, and especially dairymen, with
out sufficient knowledge of its physio-
logical effects. Not one farmer in hun
dred has ever made any study of the
machinery Of butter production. How
should they know whether it is safe 10
dehorn dairy or butter cowl Yet they
drive ahead just as if they knew all
about the future Of its effects.
The best time for killing a weed is
when the seed has Just germinated. 1t
Is comparatively innocent then. 1t has
done no harm as yet, and if DESTROYED in
US Aol pleas infancy, All lue BOOu lL Is
capable Of doing by fertilizing the soil
will be utilized. There is no more
dangerous heresy in farming than the
idea that it is better 10 let the weeds
grow large, so as 10 have more green
manure 10 plow under. The extra growth
Of annual weeds takes from the surface
soil where it Is most needed, and is less
available in the weed than it was in the
soil before the weed took il.