Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-05
FARM NOTES

| CONCLUSIONS ABOUT ENsILAGE.-
| Professor Henry, of the Wisconsin ex-
/ pertinent station, who has been investi-
eating the sllo system, sums up his con-
| clusinns somewhat as follows: !. Even
though eDsilage made from Indian corn
has no more feeding value than the
same amount of material dried into
good fodder, the difficulties and expense
OF curing and caring for the dried fod-
| ders are such that ordinarily the silO is
preferable. =. The usual waste from
feeding dry fodder is very considerable,
! while for ensilage IL need be none at
all. 3. Feed can be more compaCtly
secured in the silo than in any other
way 4. Husking, cribbing and grind
| ing corn are useless operations for the
most part, and are expensive and in a
measure wasteful, nothing is added TO
the value of the crop by any of these
processes. .. For the northern corn
belt smaller varieties of corn will give
nearly or quite as much feeding mater
ial as the large varieties, with less
labor TO handle them. Lastly, the
clover crop is a very promising candi-
date for ensilage, and the farmer who
tries 1t for the silo Will be well pleased
with the results.
OF INTEREST TO DAIRYMEN.-By
! an act passed by the New York legisla-
ture and approved by the governor,
the dairy commissioner is directed to
employ expert butter and cheese
makers, not exceeding five in number,
whose duty IL shall be, under his direc-
tons, TO examine and inspect butter
and cheese factories and the methods
employed therein, and attend at such
aUrfcnlfnral faira iyCs
and conventions within the state as
shall be designated by the commissioner,
TO impart thereat Information as to the
best methods of making butter and
cheese Five thousand dollars have
been appropriated for the purpose. On
or before Dec 10 next the commissioner
must report the number of experts
employees under the act, together with
their compensation and expenses, and
must include the whole in his annual
report Another appropriation of
3, 800 has been made to the State
Dairy Association to be expended In
holding a number of dairy conferences
In various parts of the state to illustrate
butter and cheese making.
IN fruit growing remember that
fruits are like grain and vegetable
manure to keep up the fertility. Unlike
vegetables and grain, however, their
feeding roots are mostly at the surface.
It Is best, therefore, annually 10 top
dress fruit trees. If manure cannot be
had any fresh earth from bitches or
roadside spread half an inch or SO
under the trees will have a wonderful
effect. Indeed, we do not know but
that for the pear tree thin layer of
road sand is one of the best of manures.
We have seen apples thrive amazingly
with coating of coal ashes
To KEEP Crows FROM PULLING
CoRN.-A correspondent in New York
Tribune says: ''The best of OF all ways
to keep crows from pulling corn Is to
SOW corn broad cast before the planted
corn comes up. One quart to the acre
Will be enough until it Is gone, then
sow more Some soak corn, but I
never do. The crows Will pick up
cutworrns enough to pay for the corn
and the labor OF sowing. I have seen
sods that would weigh a pound or more
that the crows ierked over to get a
worm.
WITH hogs the first four months will
largely determine its value II of good
stock, and If well fed 1t should lie
making strong rapid growth at this
time, while a good breed is a very
important item, plenty OF feed properly
given Is certainly very necessary. There
Is no doubt but that considerable i'm
provement has been made in the breed
and management of the hogs, at least
II Is not now considered necessary to
feed pig or rather let it feed itself for
a year or more In order to make a
growth before commencing to feed TO
fatten.
WHEN a cow leaks her milk it indl-
Gates weakness OF the strictor muscle.
which close the milk duct. Apply
strong decoction of tan bark or alum
to the end Of the teat when the milking
Is finished, and then put little photo
grapher's Ecollodion over the opening.
This contracts as 1t dries and draws
the muscles so as to close the oriflce.
POULTRY should have a smooth.
clean looking skin both on the body and
feet- IL young the lower part Of the
breast-bone will be cartilage. Try
this carefully, as some of our dealers
are so unfortunate as to break the ends
Of tbs breasts, which to an unframed
marketer gives them the feeling of car
tilage.
a 2 YEAR-oLD steer requires In his |
daily food, to enable him to make an
even, weil-developed growth, about one |
pound OF fesh-forming food to eight |
pounds of fat and heat-producers, and |
this is about the proportion in which |
these two classes of nutrients are found |
in good timothy hay.
A REMEDY for ants in the lawn ia to
dig to the bottom of the nests as soon
as they are discovered. Throw out the |
loam and then cover the bottom TO the
depth OF about ten inches with coarse |
salt; fill up with soil, and usually the
ants will not trouble any more.
THE ELM TREE BEETLE.-For the
elm tree beetle, that has become such /
pest in many sections at this season of |
tue year, Professor Riley recommends
as the best remedy spraying the trees
with solution of London purple made
from half pound of purple and three |
quarts OF -four in forty gallons of water,