The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-08-16
Facts for Farmers.

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work ought not 10 forget their
} overworked wives. There Is as
much need nf extra workers in
The kitchen as on the farm.
Country boys ought 10 be
taught he use and value of mon
ey. Many Il farmers boy is grow.
ing up 10 manhood with no l,nowi-
edge of business. but little educa,
cation and self reliance. Such
youi,g men will be lily prepared
10 enter into the active business
pursuits of life.
There are two things a farmer
can never have enough Of: One
is feed, The other is manure
Feed obviously makes manure.
for il enables the farmer to keep
more cattle. and some can always
be purchased cheapiy in the fall
or winler and make good profit
on :he feeding.
Tc secure IA good crop of grass
II is fully as necessary as with
any other crop that good care he
taken TO have the sol! reasonably
rich and well prepared before
sowing the seed. II is quite a Sc
rious error TO work upon the plan
that land that is too poor 10 plant
to any other crop can be seeded
down 10 grass.
Any domestic animal under
stands and appreciates kind treat
ment. Ii is no use to say "they
are only dumb brutes." 1t is true
they cannot talk, but. like dumb |
or blind men, their intelligence
in other respects is doubled. You
can make friends of all your ami
mails if you take the trouble TO |
do SO.
One of the best means Of re-
moving lice from fowls is 10 make
them do it themselves by having
a lot of dry earth where they can
dust themselves when they feel
like it, having first sprinkled the
earth with diluted carbolic acid.
This acid proves too much for the
lice and they leave the premises
at once or it causes them to give
up the ghost.
All grass crops make the best
hay If cut before the seed heads
form. When a plant produces
seed it has performed its mission
and stored much of its nutritious
matter in the seed. To secure
the largest amount Of nutrition
in hay the grass should be cut
while the stalks and blades con-
tain the elements that would 9th
erwise be directed TO the forma
tion of seed.
When stock is tnrned on the
pasture and there left all day. the
water supply must be looked af-
ter. A mijch COW must have
plenty of water. She cannot wait
until she Is driven up at night
The water is necessary constit-
uent of the milk, and she must
have it during the time the milk
is being manufactured. If de-
prived of water during the warm
DAYS her supply of milk will fall
off.
One who has tried it states that
burning scraps of old rubber, rub
ber boots or shoes, upon a pan OF
Goals that is circulated among
the trees of an orchard will cause
all insects to depart This is a /; ;
very simple means, but we fear |
that they would return after q
very little time The claim was
that there was sort of consist
ence 10 the smoke that adhered
TO leaves, blossoms, and even the
trunks of trees, which, being re-
puIslve to insects, drive them Off
ami also holds its virtue for some
time. If this is q reliable remedy
it will lie convenient to repel
rose bugs during their period of
greatest injury.
There ara farmers scattered
everywhere all over the land,
who would be in independent
today. instead of
fuming and fretting around, try
ing to lift the mortgages on their
farms, if they had adopted more
system and method in their work
and therefore stopped the leaks
that have kept them behind, and
always will. There must be sYs-
TEN abont the farm if we would
have everything running almost
smoothly, without jar or strain.
In other words, there must be q
place 'or everything and eyery- {
thing must be kept in It's place.
Fam
"roo good TO die yonng." This s