The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
The Farm and Garden.

Do not allow water to stand about
the roots of evergreen aDd fruit trees.
An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure when applied to the treat
ment of animals.
Some Philadelphis growers of begon-
| las have had great success with plants
by growing them in Jumps of peat,
| stepped in manure water.
Professor l.. III. Bailey considers Da-
tive trees and scbTubs preferable for
windbreaks. or exotic trees, only the
| Norway spruce and apple are desirable
for wind5rakes in Michigan.
A practical butter maker says II
find that from open setting a can of
cream raised when the cows are fed hay
and grain will make thirty pounds of
butter. for the same quantity when the
cows are feeding on grass, twenty
pounds.
IL eggs are the main desideratum in
keeping fowls, avoid short-legged fowls
of any breed. They rarely lay well the
second year on account of laying on too
much fat. while fowl OF good length
of leg will ordinarily lay well until
three years of age.
The sure way to break a hen from
eggeating is to cut off her head. Pre-
vent the habit, if possible. by giving
nests lined with straw and large enough
for the hen to move without breaking
the eggs /; also gather the eggs daily
AID use artificial nest eggs.
The fact is well known to all pains
taking cultivators that the mere stirring
of the surface las with steel rake in gar.
den, or slanu-tooth harrow in lately
planted corn or potato field) soon as the
soil is dry enough to work after rain,
will destroy nine-tehths of the weeds
that have started bu. are not visible
except to close scrutiny.
To much concentrated food will cause
the cows to lay on too much fat. Feed
| less corn and more Of other foods, such
as oaos, rye bran and shorts, or mid
dllngs, with plenty of hay, corn-fodder
and straw especially straw. Good
wheat straw, says an authority, is as
good as hay when properly cut and mix
ed with oatmeal and middlings.
When horse has nail in his foot.
either picked up or the broken part of a
shoe-nail, the lameness is peculiar. The
animal holds up the leg when be
moves he puts the foot tenderly on the
ground, resting it on the toe, and steps
slowly and carefully. When this is
perceived the foot should be examined
At first the foot will not be hot. but in
few days inflammation will occur. and
unless the foot is cleaned and the nail
cut out liberation may take place and
cause permanent injury.
In relation to the cow that sucks b er
self, this better way would be to fatter
and beef her. You may possibly pre-
vent her doing so by making a cage o.
Stats to fit her neck, and large enough
so the cow cannot reach the udder witt
her mouth. The only advice for the
COWS so thin that you have to lift then
up at calyiDg time, is to feed better
during the winter. Give the COWS
equal parts by weight of bran and corr
meal, commencing with eight pounds
per day, with plenty of good hay, and
warm water to drink. and gradually in
crease the feed to fifteen pounds pei
cow per day.
To have good corn the soil should be
well piowed and thoroughly puIverized
before planting. The seed bed should
be put in good tilth. No less than three
kernels TO each hill should be planted,
and the rows kept straight. More seed
will make it necessary to thin out the
stand, as more than three stalks IN each
bill will not yield well. About the
time the corn is coming up. go over the
| field with smoothing harrow, and the
corn will come up much better, AMI
millions of weeds will be killed. a
free use of the cultivator or horse hoe,
or anything to keep down the weeds,
must follow.