Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-03-09
Farm and Garden Notes.

If you would get the most out OF
your feed, grind the grain and cut the
fodder.
Plant acorns in the fall and where
trees will be wanted to stand perma-
neutly.
A yearling that will weigh 700
pounds is worth more than two
weighing 400 pounds each.
A crossed fowl will always sit, and
If non-sitters be desired for next sea.
son they must be bred from pure
breeds only.
"A worm about two feet long, sup
posed at first to be q linen thread"
was found in q head of cabbage at
Mowequa, Illinois.
A Michigan gardener has bought
1000 acres Of bog land near Chstta.
noogs, Tenn which be drains for the
purpose of raising celery.
American chessemskers have Q
good markets right under their noses
If they will suit the quality Of their
product to the markets requirements.
Save the feathers from all the fowls.
Scald them thoroughly and dry them
as quickly as possible, keeping them
we'll aired until disposed of.
Mr.. Hoard is convinced that there
are ten good judges of horses among
the farmers where there is one who
is good judge of q dairy cow or
bull
The Importance of the dairying in.
terest may be somewhat appreciated
when it is remembered that 5000, $50,
600 is invested in this branch Of in.
dustry.
Leaf mold, rotten COW manure and
good garden loan in equal parts,
with small addition Of sand, oil
well mixed together, make suitable
soil for nearly all house plants.
One egg week will pay for the
support OF hen. As the 6rst egg
must be deducted for expenses, conse-
quently the hen that lays three eggs
q week produces twice as much profit
as the hen that lays two eggs.
A Michigan boy rented two acres
Of land Of farmer last summer and
planted onions. He raised 800 BUSH
els, paid for the land in half the pro-
duct, and $500 worth for bis share.
AS regards the GUNNER the summer
ss profitable.
When the farmer begins to esti-
mate the value of sheep from the
standpoint of meat. fertility and gen.
eral advantage to the .Arm, he will
not allow the market price of wool to
determine whether or not he will
raise them.
As an evidence Of the profitable
ness Of small fruit-culture. the Platte
Witness states that George II. Rob.
bins. of that place, sold $685. worth
OF black berries from one-sixth OF an
acre. He sold the yield of575 quarts
at Is cents quart.
Roots should not be fed with straw or
poor hay. as they are too much alike
in composition Feed the roots with
clover or good hav, and give the more
concentrated food with tho straw.
II requires more skill to be successful
In feeding poor kinds of food.
Empty all troughs and drinking
vessels every night in order to pre-
vent accumulations of ice in them.
IL il much easier to do this than to
chop out the leo In the morning in or
der TO water stock. Ice water is not
conducive to the thrift of the animals
in winter, and the troughs should
therefore be kept ss free from ice as
possible
Many swine.breeders regard solid
earth floor the best for pig pen. 1t
is also customary with some breeders
to remove from six to eight inches OF
these earth floors every epring, draw
ing the manure soaked earth on to
fields and newing the floors with
fresh earth.
A Kentucky farmer says that last
year he invested IS. 900 In cattle and
5000 in sheep. and that the net pro-
its from the sheep were greater than
from the cattle. He got $3.50 apiece
for the lambs and raised more lambs
than he had ewes. The wool from
the sheep averaged him $l.5o per
head, and the sheep afterwards
brought him an average Of % 20
on grass feed alone.