The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
Farm and Garden Notes.
Make a map of the farmstead.

A farmer ought not to be ashamed of
his occupation.
The successful farmer must raise more
grass and stock, and less grain.
1t takes longer time to boil fresh
egg hard than it does a stale one.
A ration of equal parts bran and corn
meal is good for the growing hogs.
Don't plant mortgage on your farm,
| it never yields profitable harvest.
| Vegetable seeds of most kinds are still
good at the end of the second year.
Georgia farmers cultivate the Spanish
peanut extensively as food for hogs.
Endeavor to keep hens instead of
pullets, as the eggs will then be more
uniform.
| There Is quite knack in dressing
fowls 50 that they will look plump and
inviting.
A horse appreciates comfortably fit
ting harness as much as he does q
properly fitted shoe.
Carolina tar applied to the cracks and
crevices of hen houses, is beneficial from
a sanitary point oi view.
Farmers are perhaps buying more lib
orally of well-bred hogs Just now than of
any other kind of breeding stock.
agriculture, said George Washing
ton, lis the most healthful, most useful
and most noble employment of man."
Who can give from his own experience
the price at home, in the average year,
at which fat hogs can be sold at pro6t9
The non sitting breeds, says an author.
| ity. will lay as well in winter as the sit
tiers, if they are kept warm and comfort
able
The farmer o. to-day must study the
principles of breeding and feeding stock,
as much as the best methods of grain
raising.
The non-sitting breeds are Leghorns,
Ham Jugs, Red Caps, hlinorcas, Black
Spanish, Polish, Houdans, CIevecuurs
and La Fleches.
Country lard will be in demand as
long as a compound is on the market
labeled pure leaf lard that only contains
twenty per cent. of pure lard. var
When egg production alone is your
OBJ ect you need no males. The hens
will lay as well without them sometimes
better, and the eggs will keep longer.
When the thermometer is down near
zero, never put frosty bit into horses
mouth without warming it,; if you don't
know why, just touch your finger to it
and you will find out.
1t must be borne in mind that dry OF
whole grain as an exclusive diet does not
I'LL the bill of food for fowls in winter.
They must have cabbage, turnips, onions,
and vegetables in general, to do well.
When horse comes in with snow in
his shoes, knock it out with hammer
before putting him up, and rub the hail
dry around his heels and ankles.
Scratches often result from inattentior
to this.
Sunfower seeds are good for change,
particularly in the winter season. The
oil is highly stimulating and imparts 8
brilliant gloss to the plumage. But il
fed too often, without being ground
they sometimes cause hardness of thu
crop.
To secure winter laying we should
have good stock, give them warm and
comfortable quarters, and proper food
and care. If your house is cold and
dark, proceed to remedy it by closing
the cracks with strips, and covering thu
inside wall with tarred paper or old
newspapers. If this is we'll done thu
cold winds will be excluded.
Do not mate up the breeding pens tot
early-nothing is made by it. 1t il
better to wait until they are we'll formed
and if the breeder is observing and note
down which are the es.rliost an stsaaios
layers among his flock, and studies thu
characteristics and conditions of tn,
fowls he intends to use for breeding, hi
will be able to mate them with good re
suits.