The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-24
Farm and Garden Notes.

One of the essentials of soiling is
fertile soil.
Every farm ought to have its expert
mental patch.
Top ventilators in poultry houses are
being vigorously criticised.
Onions thrive best in bed made firm
underneath but fine on the surface.
The early killed is the easily killed
weed, and the weed that robs the crop
least.
If you are careful to keep the furrows
straight, you will do faster and better
plowing.
When cleaning out poultry houses put
the manure where it will keep dry aud
not be leached out by rains.
The success of the seasons work de-
pends upon being ready with the early
spring and getting the crop in early.
Turnips and other roots should be
sliced for cattle, and not chopped, as
the chopped roots often choke them.
A diversity of crops distributes work,
receipts and expenses more evenly
through the year and through the years.
In trimming the grapevines trim so
that the sunshine and air can have free
circulation among the foliage. In many
cases too heavy and close foliage induces
rot.
In no other way can the farmer so
radically do the work of nature to his
advantage as by using tile; for under
drainage both lengthens the seasons and
deepens the soil
If snails trouble rose bushes when they
start in growth place a few cabbage
leaves around the plants. The snails
will collect in them and can then be
easily destroyed.
Farmers who must have hired men to
help them in their farm work ought not
to forget their overworked wives. There
is as much need of extra workers in the
kitchen as on the farm.
Keep the house plants we'll supplied
with water, but care should be taken to
avoid either extreme-making them go
without water too long, or applying too
much. Either is injurious.
The smaller the field the more fence
required and the more land taken from
cultivation. The more oblong the field,
the more fence required to inclose q
given area; conversely, the nearer a
square is the field the less fence is re,
quired.
OF great importance at this season il
the manure crop. Every shovelfu
should 90 to the heap, not only for the
sake of clean and healthful stables, bu
for the intrinsic value of the manure
Keep all the manure piles we'll made anC
compact.
A florist in England claims that
rose bush, which has been bearing whit,
roses for more than thirty years, has sud
denly changed and now puts out onl
red roses. The only cause assigned TO
this is the enrichment of the surrounding
earth.
Packages for butter should always b
air tight. Tubs and tirkins should b
seasoned and the hoops driven tight
and the outside filled with shellac var
nish or oil and beeswax. This gives tn
tuus a neat and clean appearances. TIL
tubs may also be lined with paraliine o
parchment paper to protect the butter
White oak is the best material for firkin
and tubs.
The hard Jumps on the bone at the il
side of the fore leg, between the kne
and pastern, are splints. If there is II
lameness nothing need be done, as thes
growths are merely blemishes and do no
Interfere with the use OF the limb. The
are caused by the adhesion of the super
numerary bone, called the splint bone
to the leg bone, and this often happen
in horses
When a horse is fed raw potatoes h
gets three quarts of water in each hal
peck, and in cold weather, when there
not much, if any, perSpiration from tn
skin, he does not require more waite
than this every day. AS long as the an
ma eats we'll and appears well and wi
not drink when led to water there is n
nee5 70 force him to drink against bi
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