Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-10-29
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOIEs.
The run Of good pasture win brinA
the pigs into excellent condition for
fattening.
Root crops viii he infested with
weeds this month, and the cultivatoI
must be kept in use as long as the
leaves will allow.
Budding may be done rs soon "a thu
bark on the stock will run freely,
and buds in the proper condition OF
maturity can be had.
Heavy soils are so much improved
bv winter exposure that as much a.
possible Of such soil should Je PIowed
up this fall, and left rough for the
winter.
The elm lCaf-bCctle.-Iu some local
tiles where this pest was exceedingly
abundant and destructive last year,
very few or none At all are seen this
summer.
Now Is n good time TO kfu OF Cand
est ths mougrcl fowls that have ac-
cumulated, and start anew Nfth pure
stock of whichever variety may be
preferred.
Some Of the best varieties of apples
are very snowy. Care In picking, as
sorting ard packing will pay with
them, and bring ready sale, even in
years Of abundance.
Strawbcrries.-Paut from early
runners, struck iu pots, may bs plant
Ell ss soon ~ STRONG aud well e~tdb-
lished, and will usually have ver-
fair crop the next year.
Wcau the lambs, giving them rich
grass or a clover pasture. Prepare for
early lambs; a SoUthdown makes the
best cross for quality. Whatever
breed is used, bc sure tiJat the ram il
pure blood.
A. soon as the potato tops are dead,
dis the crop. Expose the potatoes 10
the sun rs little as possible. y slight
exposure even 20 diflusei light will
cause some varieties to become green
snd unit for food.
As soon as blackbcrrics and raspber-
ries are gathered, cut away the old
canes. Select new canes needed for
fruiting next year, stopping their up
ward growth at the desired height.
Treat all others as weeds.
A sun-struck COW Is ruined as =
mixer for this season, if not forever.
Avoid such a calamity, If there are no
trees in the pasture, by putting mp q
frame and roofing it with lcafy brush,
for an artificial shade. Later plant
trees.
Early pears ripen MP very quickly,
aud no soft fruit should go into the
package. \ fruit grower should know
the peculiaritics, in this respect of.each
Variety. The Bartlett, the most pop
ular, Is much improved by gathering
early and ripeniug in the house.
Lawn sprlnklers-There are num-
eroas varieties, but if much benefit is
to result from watering IL must be kspt
up. If grass be revived by a moderate
catering, and then left 10 continued
drought, its case will be worse than
had II been left without this watering.
Il is very difficult for some men to
place the large fruit in the bottom of
the <sxet. While ''topping" with the
fruit is poor policy, it Is not dishonest
TO make the peaches show at their best
by turning the top layer 50 that the
sunny or colored checks viii be upper
most. Women's fingers are expert for
this.
Wet and low places may often be
converted into fertile meadows. Drain
ing and cutting and burning the nat
ural growth must, in most cases, pre-
eede the breahiug-up. Such places
will sometimes he found 20 be unsus-
pected storc-housCs of muck, which
may be drawn out and allowed to dry,
ay,A tYt3lItr -,
etc.
Horses enjoy greatly a bath after
work. Where there is 4 stream with n
Isfe bottom easily accessible, give
them and the boys a treat. But
always let them cool of before
bathing. Horses hard at work through
the day get hardly satisfied upon grass
only. Give feed of grain before
turning out to pasture, and smother
sarly in the morning.
The variety, as well a. the time of
owing wheat will be decided by the
experience To each locality. Sowing
late TO avoid the Gy of course is unfav-
0rsbls for good sutumnal growth.
and of course brings q diminished
yield. Drills are now in general use,
and many have drilled the seed in rows
far enough apart 10 allow the use Of =
culdyator between them, and think ii
pays.
In any city or other place where
good horses are kept there Is 0 ready
market for rye straw, which Is threshed
with fail and put up in small, neat
bundles, and will often bring as much
OF moro than the value of the grain
from the same field. If sown on fair
" good land, rye viii make an excel