The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-31

The Care of Horses Feed for BREEDING
Sows-Fruit Culture-Handsome
Picture Frames-Notes.

April and May are the best months for
Matching.
Cooked rice, fed cold, is good for diar-
rhRa in chickens
Don't feed sulphur to young chickens
it produces leg weakness
The newer the butter the. quicker the
sale and the higher the price.
The pigs should be fed to secure as
nearly ali their droppings as possible to
the manure heap or fields, and not to the
wash of the streams
Every woman should start formid-
able rebellion against open setting of
milk In pans, either in water or air, and
against working butter three times.
Clover hay, cut up about an eighth of
an inch, mixed with bran, and scalded.
makes a capital breakfast for the fowls,
and one that will tell wonderfully on the
egg basket.
Manure the ounce tree more frequently
and heavier than any other; keep the
soil loose with an annual dressing of
coal ashes and salt, and give thorough,
but shallow cultivation.
horse that is naturally courageous
may be made cOwardly by abuse If he
often receives blows the fear of them is
uppermost, and any unknown noise is
imagined to be coming hurt, to ESCAPE
which is an uncomfortable impulse.
The high winds shake young trees
severely, and if the ground is very wet
the trees are liable to be blown over. A
stake should be used tor holding young
trees until the summer season opens, or
until the trees become firmly rooted.
Old pasture fields are usually full of
weeds which have crowded the grass out.
10 utilize such pastures turn sheep ON
them. The sheep will eat the young
weeds as well as the grass, and greatly
assist in destroying the pests In the
fall the sod can be turned under and
reseeded with less danger of the weeds
again appearing.
Handsome picture frames may be
made at home, by gluing ears of rye or
oats, tiny shells, beans or acorns, upon a
simple wooden foundation. Then coat
the frame and ornament with white
paint. When this is thoroughly drv.
cover with metal paint, either gold or
will be most satisfactory.
Young bulls of the improved breeds
are sold at a very low figure compared
with their real value, and farmers who
have dairy herds can grade up their
stock at a very low cost by securing the
males when they are young. Heifers are
high, as they are in greater demand by
those who do not object to paying good
prices for superior STOCK.
1t is common practice with many
farmers to delay seeding till the ground
is settled and frosts are over, when, un-
less the season be quite wet, the seed
will not germinate; or, if it start, it is
very liable to be killed by drought in
June, before the germ has sufficient
strength to resist it, hence failure,
which early seeding would have avoided.
Guineas do not usually commence
laying until late, but after they once
begin will lay very steadily. Like
turkeys, they prefer to hide out their
nests, and will need to be looked after if
the eggs are secured fresh. AS with
turkeys, ducks and geese, the first eggs
should be set under hens. More eggs
and more poultry will be secured if this
plan is followed
The Delaware grape succeeds in nearly
all sections, but is not as hardy as the
Concord. The latter is the favorjte
market variety, but it's sale is greatly
injured by the Ives Seeding, which ia
sent to market before it is ripe, thus
creating distrust against the Concord,
which is really an excellent grape, but
strongly resembling the Ives. The
Clinton is an excellent late grape, and
produces well in this section.
1t has been found that ton of hav
absorbs in its growth thirty pounds of
nitrogen, worth 81 80; forty pounds of
potash, $2, and fourteen pounds of phos-
phoric acid, worth 81 II. Therefore each
ton of hay shipped from the farm takes
with it 81 92 worth Of these three ele-
ments, which must be replaced or the
land will be weakened by just this sum.
1t does not pay to sell hay at So per ton.
Better feed where grown and sell in the
form Of beef, pork, butter or milk.
Plum cakes: Take one cup of butter,
two cups of brown sugar, yolks of three
eggs, white of two eggs, half a cup of
milk, half a cup of dark molasses, half
of soda, half a pound of
raisins, stoned and chopped, half tea
spoonful of cream of tartar, half pound
Of currants, two tablespoonfuls OF any
fruit syrup, four cups of flour, two tea
spoonfuls of mixed spices. If not dark
enough add little melted chocolate.
Bake in small tins, and frost part OF them
with the remaining white of egg.
A correspondent makes inquiries re-
They are very similar in appearance, but
the millet grows higher and affords but
one cutting, while the Hungarian grass
can be cut every five weeks il the soil is
rich. They are summer crops, and are
not usually sown until May. The hay
from millet and Hungarian grass is
and the yield is usually heavy. The
ground should be we'll manured, narrowed
fine and ten quarts of seed per acre sown,
Food for breeding sows should be care
fully prepared. There is no better food
for breeding sows than skim milk with
wheat bran There is very little fat in
either, yet such is the appetite of a
breeding SOW that she will fatten rapidly
if given all she can eat of either of these
But the pigs thus nourished before birth
will be strong and vigorous, and what
fat the SOW has will not be in any dam
ger of making her nervous or feverish.
Ii supply of beets and mangel wurtzels
have been provided they will be worth
more than grain to feed to breeding sows
as to cooling diet for those disposed to
lay on too much fat. No other kinds of
root is eaten by pigs of any age SO greedily
AS are beets and mangels. AS a part OF
the supply even for the fattening animals