The Springdale news., 1889-12-13
HERE AND THERE.


 It requires skill to winter bees prop erly. They should be kept well pro- tected from severe cold, but not in To- cation that allows them to become too warm in the hive should change of weather occur.
 It seems strange when men are so particular about the food they eat and turn with loathing from moldy or musty dishes that they neglect to guard the horses and cattle as zealously. It takes little time to screen the oats and remove the dirt and chaff, but it pays.
 If the food is diminished and ami mals become poor the amount of-food required to get them in condition will be greater than the amount of food saved in an attempt to economize Keep the stock always in the best con dition, and the cost of maintenance will be lessened.
 Put the garden seeds away in the boxes carefully labeled, or the mice and ants may destroy them All seeds should be thoroughly dry, well looked over. tho imperfect seeds of beets, melons, squash (and other coarse secds), removed, and the boxes kept in a dry place.
 Never whip a horse for not doing what he can not understand is wanted of him. Few horses willfully refuse to perform service required. But they do not understand. Spend your energy in patiently making the animal under- stand. instead of spending it in whip ping him.
 Do not bank the earth up to the poultry-house until the ground begins to freeze. as the boards do not rot at that season of the year. As soon as tho winter is over, level the earth again, as the boards will begin to rot in spring. They usually begin to decay on the level of the ground.
 The markets do not demand a very large fowl at any season. A bird weigh ing about four or five pounds is moro salable than one weighing eight or ten pounds The fowl that brings the best price is the fat, plump, fresh-loolling one, especially if dressed, dry picked and clean. Live fowls should never be shipped.
 -Soapsuds on the manure heap is beneficial. The suds not only adds the soda and other elements of the soap to the heap. but also induces chemical changes, during which processes the ann monia is. to a certain extent, prevented from escaping. The alkaline matter also largely assists in rendering some of the solid matter soluble. and reduces the whole to finer condition.
 Hemp can be easily grown in nearly all sections of this country, but the ob- stacle to it's successful cultivation is the labor of preparing itfor market. There is a wide field for inventive genius in deyising appropriate machinery for spc cially treating hemp and other fbrous plants which demand more labor than can be protitably bestowed on them.
 To feed half-grown chicks with old fowls means that the fowls will become overfat and the chicks will not grow, owing to the tyranny of the larger birds. Young males will not be allowed to eat at the trough if the old male can pre- vent them, and the hens will pick at every chick that comes in the way. As the young birds must be forced now, they should be fed separately from the older ones, and given all they can con sume.
 lee is good thing in the dairy, but not always absolutely necessary. With well or spring water at forty-eight or fifty degrees, and cool, sweet and dry cellar. there is but little need of ice. In the absence of these q supply of ice be- comes quite important, if not absolutely indispensable. A good but not neccs. sarily an expensive ice house, well-flled each winter. is great aid to the sum. mer dairy. We do not approve of put ting ice directly into the milk or cream, although many do it. Aside from othe, considerations, ice is seldom pure enough to be used in this way with safety. It is better to u5e it in some l Norm of refrigerator.