The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-04-20
Hay Seed.

Every bee master should take speclai
pants in spring to ascertain constantly
the amount OF store each hive contains.
II he has uncapped most OF the honey, |
and this has resulted in larger supply !
being required to maintain the increas-
ing number of bees, it is evident the
hive will starve unless syrup is applied
to 1t, or honey in considerable quanti-
ty is being gathered. 4 stimulated
hive requires additional care in this re-
spect, and its wants must be supplied
artsficially IL they are not satisfied nat
urally.
The shell OF an egg Is simply carbon
ate Of lime, and is almost identical In
composition with chalk, limestone, oys-
ter shells AMI clam shells. The line,
however. is not all derived from the
lime eaten in the shape Of shells, lime
stones, etc., but also from the food, as
all kinds of grain contain lime. 1t Is
best to supply lime directly to the hens,
however. When given as pounded
shell tie pieces serve TO assist IN grind
ing tie food in the gizzard, any portion
not appropriated being rejected from
the body.
There is no way to make good cheese
except by using she whole milk. SKIM
ming the milk at night, and adding the
skim milk to the mornings milk Will
not answer. 1t makes fair quality OF
cheese, but the difference in price of the
better article will be more than the val
ue OF the cream taken off. Our Cana
dian neighbors, knowing this tact, have
secured the English markets, wnere
American cheese was once in demand.
1t does not pay to make a poor article.
There Ia a small gain at first, but a
heavy loss in the end.
The factory system has worked rev.
olution in cheese-msking In this coun-
try. but It has not dore so mlch for
butter-making. The bulk OF COW but
ter is still made on farms, and there Is
one reason why it probably will contin-
ue to be. The skim-milk is OF great
value for feeding pigs and for other pur-
poses, while the whey from cheese is
worth little or nothing. The dairy sys'
OF butter-making Will probably insure a
better aud more uniform product, but
there is another difficulty to be taken
into account, which is the loss from
churning the cream from a great num-
Der of cows together.
1t is very vel, for a farmer to turn a
few sheep in rough neglected field and
let them trim down the briars ard
weeds IL he will provide them with suf
dcient good food. In this way the oil
field may be turned TO good account b!
the fosling of sheep upon it, but 70
regular business one canuot hope Il
raise sheep IN this wav. a good pas
ture, roots for winter feeding, we'll.
made clover hay, and good, careful at
tention and management are essen,ia
to success. Sheep are fond OF varie
ty OF food-briars and weeds, and sue
things. Confined to that diet they ru
down fss.. They thrive on substantis
food.
In managing livestock a main thin
Is to look to the comfort of the anima
No animal thrives at the same tim
that it In cold aud uneasy, while qui'
appearance is a sure indication of thrift
When tie observing farmer sees rest
less and uneasy animal he may kno
something is wrong be will treat II
remove the cause IL be studies his be
interests. We do not maintain bI
that some animals are by their very M
tur,s restless under any treatment
such will usually be found unthrifty AZ
Improbable in the same degree, AT
bad better be weeded out, unless, po
haps, there Is some chance Of reformir
them.
At the present rate os destruction
our orchards 1t will only be few yea
until the apple, now so plentiful, W
be clsssed among the luxuries. II
great orchards OF Genital Illinois a
rapidly going to decay, and IN sou
parts OF Iowa and Minnesota the farr
ers cutting down the trees and ave
their intention to quit trying TO raj
apples. 1t is stated that during q
past twenty-five years the apple tire
were winter killed three times, eig
years apart each tune, which has dl
couraged the cultivation Of apples
those SCstes. The pear tree is als1
sufferer from the severe winters OF q
past two years, so per cent. OF them b
Ing killed
A correspondent OF the RlT0l "
Yorker says ~ have reason to b
lieve that copperas viii prevent 1
grspe-rot. In n small vineyard
Massillon, o., where n quart OF 90
peras 10 the square rod had been so,
In July for three years there has bs
no ro.. while other grapes IN the sal
neighooskood have rotted more or :,
every year. They formerly rOtted
this vineyard" According to {
above the eopperas, 10 be sown, ut
have been pulvervised. Whether {
effects are due TO destruction OF {
pores or a deficiency OF iron 10 the s.
are rot stated. As eopp-rss (sulphate
ironl is soluble. and also au excelle
disinfcetant. Ii Is cheap. and wcr
trial.
Extracted honey should be thoroug
ly skinned OF all bits Of comb, or o,t
substances. before 1t !s marketed. II
often damaged oy being run into VIII
ky barrels, which have charcoal en- I
inside OF the slaves, and PARTICLES
this get into the honey, spelling its
pearznce. Clean barrels are indispen
ole. Comb honey must be white, "
capped and put up in q neat, attract
manner. Only thus eau the pIodut
q kuz.f fc.E. e.. - Il.