Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-12-10
Farm Notes.

1 arm NOlCs.
Keep the yards clean; filth produces
cholera
These hard rains are what test the
value of your hen houses.
You have regretted it that You got
that rat dog, have you! We told you
so.
Cramps IN ducks generally come
frum damp quarters. See that they
are kept dry.
I Roll up your sleeves. The man that
with poultry.
Now is q good time to start the In
cubators. Broilers in January gener-
ally bring high prices.
Don't throw the poultry manure on
pile. You lose the ammonia. Keep
in covered barrels or boxes.
/ The continual switching of the fowls
head is caused by 4 nervous afiec-
ton. There is really no cure for it.
Fowls that lay white eggs are the
high fence flyers. In some cases it is
necessary to put wire roofing over
the yards.
Over 100 900 forest trees were plant
ed on the prairies of the northwest last
year. Nebraska planted the largest
number, Kansas second, Dakota third,
aud Minnesota fourth.
Raising grain and selling It Is only
robbery OF the land, and il is only q
question of time when il viii yield no
more. Raising stock allows the fertil-
ity to be maintained, and it is the only
way it can be done.
II the coming census viii take nc
count OF Canada thistles and suggest
practical means for their destruction it
will be more useful than any lesson
derived from the rise, progress and
decline of the Roman empire.
The largest, best favored and earli-
est vegetables rhould be retained for
seed if the seed should be home grown.
The smooth, solid tomatoes, and the
earliest, should be laid aside for seed
before using any portion OF the crop.
Eggs are very nourishing and con-
tain much brain food. They agree
with the most delicate stomach Be-
ing in concentrated form, a pound
OF eggs contains more nutriment than q
pound and three-quarters of beef-steak.
! For fatteniug poultry there is scarce
( ~ anything better ;han corn meal Ii
| will put on fat quicker than almost
any other food Ii would not be sd-
visable to give them this and nothing
else. Wheat is also an excellent food,
and fowls tatten nicely on it.
In short, sunmin, up all these
cackles, you will admit that there is a
time, and that time Is night now, for
you to institute a reform. Either
give them the right kind OF care, or ad-
vortise the whole stock for sale. Make
up your mind to one thing or the
other.
Farmers have better opportunities
-or beautifying their homes than any
other class of laOOring men. A few
dollars invested in trees, flowers and
shubbery, ard a days time in planting
them, will enhance the value of many
farms an hundred dollars in q few
years.
Egg-sheIls should never be given tt
hens, a. they Will learn the vice of
egg-eating thereby. When an egg is
broken in the nest or yard, il should
be removed aS soon - discovered. 4
hen seldom begins to eat egg-shclls
until she becomes accustomed to egg
shells that may be thrown into the
yard.
That well known authority on dairy
matters, Professor Robertson, saws it
paws 10 give from two 10 three pounds
Of bran 10 each COW daily, even where
pasture i abundant. The best way Of
giving bran in the simmer is in the
shape Of a drink. Place il in a bucket
Of water and stir well. If given q
half-hour before milking a marked in
:rease OF milk viii be observed.