The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-09-24
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Whoever depends upon the public for
a market must consult the wants of the
public.
Don't let the rays of the hot sun fall
directly on your bee-hives. Provide
some sort of shade.
1t is against the dignity of the cow
and the profit of her owner for her to 60
faster than a walk.
The Jersey COW appears to be f1vor-
ite with the ladies, and several ladies
own herds of them.
Let no man be able to say that he ex-
GELS you as farmer. Use your brain as
we'll as your hands.
During the hot weather all hides and
skins should be sprinkled with salt be-
fore they are folded.
Every wire fence ought to have n top
board or some other signal besides the
posts, especially where horses run.
Anything you do to improve your
farm improves yourself and helps to roll
on the wheels of progress generally.
A board hung over the face of vicious
bull will do good deal to check the
exercise Of his ferocious propensities.
A good remedy for unruliness is to
feed cattle well. There is not so much
incentive to leap and break down fences.
Having once made good bed of rasp-
berries, take care of it and pick fruit as
long as it is productive. This varies
greatly with the different varieties.
A pear or an apple orchard planted in
grass, kept in grass, starved by grass, will
Ego to grass" speedily, and ought to,
otherwise it encourages shiftlessness.
To thicken up bed of coleus or gerani-
ums, pinch them back. Do not take of
the ends of branches, but simply pinch
out the tiny leaves and center of each
shoot.
A good cheap evaporator, that will use
the extra heat of the kitchen stove to dry
fruit that would otherwise be wasted,
will add luxury and health to next
winters bill of fare.
Burn nothing that can be rotted by
plowing it down or buryiug it in the ma
nure pile. One exception to this-weeds
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Burn them root and branch.
Keep cheerful spirit, stop all wastes,
study the possibilities of your family and
the demand of your market, and take
courage for we must make the best of
the times that are here if we are to sue
ceed.
Better farming is to be secured by more
intelligent effort on the part of the in-
dividual. Better laws can be had only
through the organized efforts of the pro.
ducers at the caucuses, conventions and
polls.
Break up the surface of the orchard
with the harrow aud SOW buckwheat. Il
shades the ground, keeps it moist and
cool and permits the tree roots to feed
near the surface. 1t is something of I
protection against drouth.
When you have moved the weeds from
inside the road fence, go outside anC
, NOW, or you will not get the full behe,
, fit of your work. Burn them when dry
Better still, keep them so short that there
will not be enough to pay for burning
Horses and colts that are running oul
! should be looked after occasionally, theil
, feet examined to see if they are no
l grown out so long that they will breed
r off and get injured. A little attention
= and trimming of the hools OCCASIONAL,
I will save trouble in the future.
T. Nothing will purify and keep a stabl,
f so free from odors as the use of air -slake
r lime, and every one keeping horses or an
!, kind Of stock will find 1t pays to keep
n barrel, or at least keg Of it at hand, +
# be used daily. A email amount Of lin
c ecattered over the floor after cleaning
/, will render the air of the stables pure an
I. wholesome,