Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-03-05
FARM NOTES

I FARM NOTES.
NINE cases out of ten, where a val
iety OF fruit which once flourished in
given soil has ceased to flourish and PEI
feet fine fruit there, the change Is du
to the fact that soil has become dest
tute of the the necessary mineral ma
nure.
OUR advantage with currants is tina
II they are kept properly pruned, tn
old wood cut out, the weeds kept dow
and the soil rich by the application o
fertilizers, the plants will grow an,
bear fruit for twenty-five years withou
replenishing.
TIE cheapest and best p eparation
FOR dipping the bottoms OF woode
fence posts in TO preserve them is oil o
tar OF creOsote oil heated 70 2l2 degrees
dipping tire post long enough for thor
Ough surface saturatlOn- Coal tar o.
petroleum IL the cheapest
| THERE Is much in the breed, there 4
much in the feed, and there is more il
the feeder, than in either. A gooC
feeder will do fairly well with a good
breed and poor feed, or with good feed
and poor breed But a good feeder
putting good feed into a good breed i
the acme Of perfection in daIrying.
Cur down the supply of cattle is til,
cry. and prices viii advance Certainly
IL there were no cattle in the country a
well-fatted steer would be worth a small
fortune. But what good would that dc
the man who hadn't the steer Good
/ prices when there are cattle 10 sell IS
what we want.
| IN selecting breeding stock we should
/ always want 10 know whether they are
/ from family noted for fertility. This
Is an Inherited quality. aud cannot be
/ too well established. ]. he all valuable
/ qualities in any domestic animal. il is
/ easily lost by bad management. 1t is
/ also desirable that the parent stock be
Of quiet disposition and even tempeTa-
/ ment.
IT is not thought 10 make much diff.
ference whether a hogs skin is clean or
not, judging from general custom IN
feeding. But this is contrary to fact,
for it has been amply demonstrated
that an animal with clean skin does
not consume rs much as one not kept
clean, and gives better return for the
food eaten.
This thing of feeding for an extra
quality Of pork Is no new thing. The
swineherdS Of the ancient Greek and
Roman provinces used all diligence to
tempt the appetites of the nobility with
tender and juicy PORK. The rich, then
as now, had more Of a longing for the
choice meats than they had for the ac-
quaintance Of the producer.
THE handspring of farming is the
seed. II is more important to secure
good seed than & go .are for its rareD-
tiOn IN the soil The failure of seed to
germlnate may cost the farmer the
loss Of an entire crop. The seed Is
something that the farmer should
carefully examine now, before spring
opens, by testing it in boxes of earti
under glass.
PLOwING and preparing the ground
for corn may be done at any time when
the ground Is not frozen. The better
the preparation Of the ground the more
plant food available fuI the young corn
in the spring. This Is an excellent time |
for turning up the Cut-wOrms. as eN-
pO5uTe 20 frost destroys them. Flowing
also permits the frost to pulverize the |
clods.
The buds or peach trees IN this sec
tlou have swollen unusually for this sea-
son, and there is prospect Of the crop |
being destroyed b. late rrOsts. If the
trees are young the failure TO produce |
fruit may be an advantage, as the trees |
viii probably make a longer growth |
and be in better condition for produc- |
ing fruit next year.
THERE is such a thing rs DESTROYING /
the market. When fTuIt-growerst thrust |
the Ives Seeding grape on buyers be-
cause II appears ripe, when it IS really |
green, rs ls often the case, buyers be- |
come suspicious Of better grapes that |
come in later. The Ives is a deceptive
grape, and Is se dom what il appears TO |
be
BECAUSE a grade pig is weIl-formed, |
and gives evidence Of being n superior |
hog at some day, do not he tempted to |
use 1t for breeding purposes, II a male, |
as II Will uot transmit uniformity TO its |
progeny. The only way 10 improve |
swine at tie lowest cost is by using pure
bred males only.
CHLoEUFOENING BEES. -DonUt ex.
pertinent with chlOroform on YOUR yalu-
able colonies when introducing the
queens. An experienced person can in |
troduce a queen IN safety with chloro- !
form, but I would advise all beekeepers
to let it severely alone. With a Peet
shipping and introducing cage, IL is no
trouble TO introduce queens.
The estimates OF the Bureau of Sta
tIstICS place the value of the poultry
products Of last year at S2OO. .OOO.O d. |
With this enormous value of products
there were =, ) O,tOJ worth OF eggs
imported, and for the last four wear.
thus sums represents about the average |
value of the imports, which ranged in |
price from thirteen 10 fifteen cents per
dozen. These figures would seem to |
show 10 thinking mind that there Is
yet chance for ambitious poultryme, |
TO indulge their tastes Of profit.
FARMING is 4 business that reguir,s 1
judgment in every department. The
farmer should not place his dependence
upon single crop, for such a crop nav
be leSSened In yield by an unfayorable
season, or in value by prices in a fiuctu- |
atlng market Diversified farming re-
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