The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08

Sulphatc of copper, it is said, will
prevent black rot in noyards.
y beekceper says that catuip planted
near the hives is fine for young bees.
Eggs should be gathered twice daily,
that hens may not break and learn to
eat them.
Eggs intended for Matching should
not be over two weeks old, and do not
use pullct's eggs.
Where are the house slops emptiedl
III by the kitchen door, look out for cases
of the worst sort of fever.
1t is unsafe to feed either oats or wheat
without considerable water and ashes,
gravel or grinding substan c.
The best birds should not be sold OFF
in the spring, but retained as breeders
to maintain the quality of stock.
BucNwheat is pronounced excellent
egg fee but expensive as compared
with other food. Oats also rank high
The use of kerosene on peach trees or
vines is to be avoided, as it is far more
dangerous to the trees than to the in.
sects.
1t is now almost too late to prune
grapevines, as the sap has commenced
moving, and bleeding impairs their
vitality.
| Affected limbs should be cut off at
once. Black knots, blight on injured
limbs, are also injurious and should be
Immediately removed.
Pear trees that refuse to grow may be
treated with wood ashes placed about
the roots of the trees. The trunks should
be washed with strong soapsuds.
A Wisconsin farmer thus states what
he believes the essentials for renoyating
II wornout farm: The first is clover; the
second, clover the third, clover.
A dairywoman claims that by milking
three times day she gets more butter,
and that the noon milking has twice as
much cream as the night and morning.
Don't delay grass seeding day be-
yond the first opportunity, for the first
chance is better than any other, never
sure, and in every result more satisfac-
tory.
Butter at less than twenty-five cents a
pound means a good deal of hard work
without adequate returns, no matter
how good the breed of COWS nor how
liberal the feeding.
Four quarts of timothy seed to the
acre, distributed early in March, may be
counted safely as worth more than eight
quarts in May, for the early start is q
guaranty of success.
Try the cows, each separately, for in
herd of twenty the chances are that
some will be wholly Improbable, and
wise economy will require that they be
taken ont for slaughter.
1t is estimated that there are $50, 00C
known species of insects which prey
upon the crops of the farmers. The
work of successfully combating thesC
pests is one which will keep the new
Cabinet Department busy for some time
to come.
A single error in farm practice, multi
piled by many millions, may cost thi
great country enough to cover all ex
penses of Goyernment-hence the wis
dom of establishing and maintaining ex
perimental stations where error may bt
discovered and corrected.
A fruit grower reports that having al
orchard of young trees badly infested
with bark lice, he made a solution o
sal soda-half pound to gallon o
water-and applied 1t with whitewasl
brush. In weeks time they were al
dead and washed off. The trees grey
two feet a year afterward and remained
very healthy.
The farmers insect foes are working
night aud day. They increase rapidly
They breed under pieces of boards
bark, sticks, weeds, and any kind O
rubbish. Remove all such hiding places
Clean yards and clean farms are good fc
half theevil. Paris green, London pur
pie, or hellebore, if thoroughly used i
spraying fruit trees, vines and bushes
will do wonders with the other half.