The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-01
Farm and Garden Notes.

Look out for lice on poultry, cattle
and hogs.
Inspect drain outlets and clear out
obstructed ones.
A flock of poultry on farm is indis-
pensab,e to the setting of good table.
See that the pigs have plenty of water
10 drink, even if they are fed on slops.
If you have plenty of wood ashes you
will not be compelled to buy fertilizers
rich in potash.
Cows that are to have calves in the
spring should not be fed meal now, but
bulky, juicy food
Stock by this time are becoming tired
of winters restraint and vermin will
badly worry them now.
Spending the crops before they are
made is working to disadvantage; SO far
as possible, pay as you go.
In saving seed make it an item to Sc
lect that which has ripened first; with
corn this is very important.
The old method of mixing up
dough of cornmeal with cold water for
chicks won't make them grow.
A fruit grower aifirms that in the cul-
tivation of peaches stable manure pro-
duces too much growth of wood.
Aside from the home consumption of
eggs, a small flock of poultry. when
properly handled, may be made prOtita,
bic.
Hens should lay from this date until
warm weather without ceasing, and will,
if the conditions are anything like IA
vorable.
''If we were raising peaches largely,
we would use ground bone and karut or
muriate of potash" says Rural Ns'0
Yorker.
Keep the young cattle growing stead
lily. Best authorities agree that feed
goes further with the young animal than
with the old.
If breeders will at all times breed from
their best layers, then will we know
that blood will tell in poultry as well as
other thoroughbred stock.
Few root crops are more profitable
than carrots. They are an excellent
food for horses and colts, and they stimu.
late the flow of milk in cows.
The wren is one OF the best friends of
farmers, and they should be encouraged
to nest on his place. He has yet to see
the sparrow feed on insect food of any
kind.
by using the best seed the more Wig
Orous and healthy plants are secured;
and then by giving good cultivation a
growth IS made, and in this way large
crops are secured.
Red varieties of raspberries may be
planted in fall or spring, the cap va
rieties only in spring. Set in check
rows, five or six feet apart. Cut or the
old canes close to ground when plant
ing.
The proper time to water horses is
just before they eat, not afterward.
Watering after eating is the cause of
more deaths Of horses by collie than any
other cause. Use good common horse
sense in feeding and watering and care
for your stock.
Any soil that will grow a fair crop of
corn may be selected for peaches. The
same cultivation is given peaches the
first year that is necessary for corn,
which means that the cultivator should
be passed over the ground frequently
and the grass kept down.
The cherry IS about the only fruit
tree which can be recommended for
shade in pastures along roadsides, as
the hardy varieties of cherries are not
affected by the trampling of live stock
or the passing Of vehicles, which would
prove most injurious to most fruit
trees.
Early in the season, before the potato
is up, the beetle will attack the tomato
plants in hotbeds or that may be set out
in the open ground. 1t will destroy a
whole field OF egg plants in a single
night, and often does more damage TO
early plants than it does to the potato
crop.
The best tonic for fowls in the drink
ing water is ten drops of tincture of
iron in gallon of water. Once week
a teaspoon Of tincture of camphor is ex-
csllent if the fowls are debilitated. If
the flock is in good condition, nothing
but pure, fresh water need be allowed,
along with variety Of food.