Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-01-16
FARM NOTES.

HE WOODS N WHTER--Ihere
are many who never take ramDle ID
the woods IN the winter season. They
appear to think that because the trees.
save the pines. hemloczs, ETC., are bare,
and because the birds have left for a
warmer climate, there is nothing to be
seen in the woods IN winter. Those
who have learned properly TO use their
eyes, will find that the woods present
enough OF interest at all seasons TO
make "a visit to them profitable at any
season. Lumbermen, who WORK at
telling trees, do so In the winter only,
and can distinguish trees with great
accuracy, and tell one kind of tree
from another as far Of as they can see
them. They do this from the peculiar
way in which the tree branches, and
the colcr and markings of the bark
We have found that these same lumber
men, if shown the leaves and flowers
OF the trees with which they are so
familiar in winter, fail &c recognize
them; indeed many are surprised to
learn that forest trees have flowers. To
be able to recognize trees at all seasons,
and 10 name them accurately, whether
they hare leaves or not, is a very useful
sort OF knowledge, which every farmer
should acquire. The carpenter, the
cabinetmakeT, and all other workers IN
wood, while they may not be able to
recognize the trees, can tell at once,
from u mere chip, the kind OF wood
they are handling
WHY SHALL FARMS PAY.-If the
owner of a small farm brings to his
work the business capacity and good
judgment which the large landowner
does, it is very evident that, proper
toned to the acres cultivated, he will
have the most money at the end of the
year Hired help Is not only expensive
but at times very uncertain and unre-
liable, but mans own hands, with
heart in his work, which seldom ac-
companies hired help, are always avail
able for every little detail on which
success depends. Many men will do
more with ten acres and get more out
of and from them than others will with
hundred. 1t requires as much labor,
however, for the ten as the hundred.
IL is intelligent labor and good manage
msnt that count on a farm, hence it Is
that small farms pay the best and that
farmers continually complain that there
is no money IN farming. To our way
Of thinking, and we are familiar with
every department of farm business
ana measurably so with the city, there
IS no enterprise Que can engage in
which offers better opportunities for
healthful, independent and successful
life than a moderate sized farm under
coed management.
PROBABLY meal will finish up a steer
better than ear corn, but for the bulk
Of the feeding there are no trials 10
which we can point that show In favor
of meal over whole corn. \ step still
further in the right direction Is to feed
uRhusked corn, fodder and all, to the
cattle. Such Innovations may appall
many farmers, but what we are drift
ing toward is not more complicated
methods of feeding. but big crops TO
feed, better stock TO feed 1t to, and
simple, rational methods OF getting
feed TO the animals.
IN breeding ard feeding cattle the
Grst legitimate purpose is TO make the
animal do the very best that 10 Will.
The saving OF food-In the direction OF
dspriving the stock or all that il will
eat-has no place in the calculation at
all. 1t is true that in some cases the
animal Will eat its head off, though
that will occur only with scrub stock.
But in such cases the animal should be
got rid OF. 1t does not destroy the
rule that profitable dairying demands
abundant food and good food.
THE following recipe has been tried by
a lady who says she has eggs that were
preserved by Y four years. They are
still good Take one pound OF IN
Stacked lime and one pint OF common
salt to two gallons OF soft water. Put
your eggs on end, N layers. IN any COOL
tight yessel-a jar is good. When as
fan rs you wish, make enough OF the
brine to completely cover the eggs. If
voc put the eggs down as gathered each
day, add some OF the brine so as 10
keep all completely covered all the
while.
The management OF seed potatoes is
oEe o the important arts of the potato
grower. The chief point is 20 prevent
thsm from sprouting, and for this pur-
pose low temperature rs near to the
freezing as is possible, without touching
It is desirable. Nearly everywhere
farmers ind that the late varieties of
potatoes are more productive than tile
early ones. Is not this partly due TO
The fact that early varieties have been
injured by sprouting, while late varie
ties are less liable TO this injury?
| BREEDING Sows should be given
| comfortable, clean quarters with free
| 'lCn or at least the liberty of A ward
Large enough for moderate exercise. Do
not let them run with cattle or horses.
| though, they should have generous
< and plentiful ratIons of bran and other
] uuscle-formlng food but not much
Indian corn or meal Skim-mils, bran,
oil-meal boiled to a thin cruel, peas,
etc, are good foods for them.
GROOMING should lie thoroughly per-
formed on every horse at least once
daily. Never groom a horse In Its stall
while the horse is eating. but take It
out for the purpose. Otherwise the
| lust and dirt which I'LL the air becomes
mixed with the horses food, making it
unpalatable and unwholesome.
HORSES should be kept well shod
and sharp while they are worked on
roads slippery with ice and snow. In
attention to this point often costs lame
ness and suffering to the horse aud loss
to its owner. Rub the legs and parti-
cularly the heels dry with wisps of
straw when the LCrSe cone in from
work in rain or snow. Obstinate cases
Of scratches come from neglect Ct
this.
| WEEDS that have not perfected the
seeds can be used for bedding, after be-
/ ing dried, and then thrown on the
manure pile, but II the seeds ripen they