The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-04-11

Farm and Garden Notes.
Irregularity in milking and feeding is
bad for cows.
six cows we'll fed will make in thirteen
days $1l.96 worth of manure.
Now is the time to study the cata-
logues of trustworthy seedsmen.
In procuring trees remember the older
the tree the more liable to loss in trans
planting.
Coal ashes show little manurial prop
erty, but may be Of value in keeping the
soil open.
A Minnesota nurseryman finds Turner
and Cuthbert the best kinds among red
raspberries.
Harness hung in the stable is damaged
as much by the gases and dampness there
as it is worn by use.
Every farmer may be the architect of
his fortune, and it is poor policy to let
the job out to luck.
The plan for the spring and summer
campaign on the farm should include a
patch of fodder corn.
If you don't know by experience what
your land needs, use a high grade
complete fertilizer.
No time like the present to repair the
ploughs, sharpen the harrow and put the
seeder in working order.
When green wood is used for fuel part
of the heat is absorbed to convert the
water in the fuel into vapor.
If you do not wish cloddy and lifeless
Ground in fha ctnrinrr EoarN hn OfT
the fields when the soil is soft.
In no way can a farmer with less
trouble enrich poor field with scanty
herbage than by feeding sheep on it. SO
atiirms an English sheep farmer.
Professor De Muth is quoted as saying
that hay fed to COW between meals is
worse than wasted, as it interferes with
the digestion of the regular ration.
Every hen house should be kept as
warm as possible. Eggs cannot be got
when they sell highest unless the poul-
try be fed comfortably fed properly.
The following is said to be an excel
lent food for boars: Take corn and rye OF
wheat, of each one part, and oats four
parts. Grind this fine. and to it add as
much bran as there is of the feed
A writer states that according to mis-
own experience skim milk is worth for
pig rearing and feeding, from one and
one-hdlf cents to two cents per gallon,
providing that care is taken to give the
pigs other food, which contains good
proportion of fat, of which skim milk is
deficient.
During stormy days farmers should
look over their farm implements to see
that they are in good order. If any are
broken they should be mended by the
farmer if he is skilful enough to do it: if
not, take them at once to the black
smith or wheelwright and have the work
done now.
A good way to cure a horse of the
ugly habit Of loIling or thrusting out the
tongue when driven is to use a crooked
bit made for the purpose. The bit
should be so crooked or elevated in the
centre that the horse cannot get his
tongue over it. Most country black
smiths know how to make bit of this
form.
If you will line the inside of your hen
house with common tar paper lice will
not come in TO trouble your fowls.
/ There are few insects that can withstand
the scent Of the tar, and for this reason
it is now being extensively employed for
keeping weevils out of buildings where
grain is stored; even mice will not gnaw
holes through this kind of paper.
The honey extractor is simply a can
containing a re diving frame. Into this
revolving frame the frames of honey are
placed, and rapidly revolved or whirled
around by turning a crank. The centri-
fugal force throws the honey from the
cells without breaking OF in any way in
juring the combs. The combs can be
return d to the hive to be again filled
with honey.
Professor Henry, OF the University OF
Wisconsin, who is well known as a con-
servative and careful agricultural ex-
perimenteT, advises, where cornstalks are
to furnish the principal rough food, the
following as days ration for a COW, 10
be fed at two or three feeds: Corn
stocks cut, fifteen to eighteen pounds
clover hay, five pounds; bran, six
pounds; corn meal, four pounds
The horns of bull calf may be re-
moved when it is six months old, boy
cutting out the young horn where il
Joins the skin and soaring the wound
with a touch of whitehot iron. This il
not painful as the very hot iron deadeni
the nerves and causes the immediate de
struction of the embryo of the horn. i
the young animal is naturally vicious, il
is a wise precaution to remove the horns
at on e. before it becomes accustomed t
their use.
The practical benefit TO be derived
from raising good stock depends. amonl
other things, upon the treatment received
T at the owners hands. Blood and breed
ing and rare natural capacity are power
less TO contribute to successful stool
p raising unless accompanied by the co
r operation Of human thoughtfulness, in
a teligent management and regular care
b Merit is not proof against neglect. stary
I alton and abuse.
e A Buffalo photographer mixed up tn
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