The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-12
Farn Notes.
Raise good draft horses.

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Breed your sown to thoroughbred
boars only.
Good care and comfortable shelter
lessons the AMOUNT of feed.
A mulely bull will make dehorning a
comparatively easy task.
Buttermilk poured over the backs of
the hogs will clean off the scruff.
At least an acre of land can be de-
voted to small fruits and the garden TO
good profit.
Breeding stock OF all kinds should
have laxative foods for few days at
least before the young are born.
Cooked roots of all kinds are espec-
ially good feed for growing pigs, when
they cen be readily secured.
In fatteDipg hogs it is good economy
to have to have dry, comfortable sleer.
ing place and tight. dIy feeding floor
Every day that the stock is fed adds
to the cost. See to it that a gain is
secured all the time to make this up.
Chopped oats and barley is a good
feed for breeding sows and growing
pigs. 1t is good muscle and bone
| foOk.
A mound of earth built up at the
| foot of the trees will be found a good
preventive against mice knawipg the
| bark.
Wheat bran is one of the very best
materials used TO feed the milch cows
Keep good supply on hand so as 10
feed regularly.
Don't let the hogs get lousy. One
way 10 prevent this is to be sure to pro-
vide good clean bedding and then
change at least every ten days.
Shade-trees add much to the appear
ances as well as the value Of the farm,
but in making a selection OF varieties
hardness should always be pTefeTred to
rapid growth.
If the work in the winter will per-
NIT and the days are not too cold, fix
up the fences good for sp:inx. Dis
pense with all unnecessary fenc5ag, but
what you do have effective.
Dry dirt is an excellent absorbent in
the stables, the pig pens, and the poul-
try-house, but sufficient qua2titv
must be supplied to keep dry. 1t rarely
I pays to allow stock 20 stand or lie down
on wet bedding of any kind.
: 1t pays to have good tools, and then
4 when secured it is good economy 20
I take good care ot them. The loss or
farming tools by needles exposure is an
enormous sum, much ot which could
easily be saved with proper care in stor-
ing away.
The fruit of the peach is borne on last
| year'f growth of wood on account of the
I freezing of this new growth during the
winter. Defer pruning until spring
! and after that cutting cut OF the frozen
wood will be all the pruning that will
be necessary.
Sometimes the trees are severely in
/ jured by freezing so lard as to split
badly. This can often be cured by heat
ing Grating wax and pouring over a
piece or strip of muslin sufficiently
large 10 cover the entire wound and
then tie with string Of the same ma
terial.
Necessary repairing oE'the farm tools
needed in the spring can always be done
to a Cooj advantage during the winter.
and often considerable valuable time be
saved than ;f delayed until time tC
commence work in the 1pring, while i1
many asecs the cost will be much less
The hen is literally an egg machine
her chief purpose being the production
OF eggs. Like any other Sind of a ma
chine she must have the raw material
with which to manufacture her pro
ducts. Her instinct teachers her how
to select: all that is necessary is-t;
place within her reach that which sht
requires and everything will be well and
eggs abundant and complete.