The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-06
EARN AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM n GARDEN NOTES.
Feed cottonseed meal cautiously.
BE sure to get good seed to plant.
A promising new early grape is the
Winchell.
Feeds have two values--feeding and
fertilizing.
Hens in their natural condition seek o
variety of food to supply their wants.
Ashes with bone meal or acid phos.
pilates are acceptable fertilizers foi
vines.
When the poultry have a free range
they pick up a great variety of food that
they need.
The faults of registers are that they
register pedigree only, and not the merits
of the animal.
The man who makes good cheese for
home consumption will find a market for
it near home.
Don't let your hogs sleep on a ferment-
ing manure pile, unless you want them to
be sick and rheumatic.
No farmer can succeed unless be prop.
erly cares for his stock. Aud we may
add, he never ought to succeed.
Cows kept in the stable in summer
need frequent washing. Nature washe,
them when they are in the pasture.
Care must always be taken in putting
any kind of oil or grease on young chick.
ems; too much will often prove fatal.
T. T. Lyon reports the yellow trans.
parent apple as hardy, productive and
more free from sap than any other early
apple.
A good rule is to sow the smooth peas
for the earliest crops, as these are hardy,
and reserve the wrinkled kinds for later
paintings.
At a meeting of the Massachusetts
horticultural Society was urged the ad.
va1tages of instruction in horticulture in
public schools.
Tame hens sit better and will fatten
better and easier than when they are
frightened every time something ap.
proaches them.
One advantage with ducks is that they
grow rapidly and can be turned into
money in a short tlme-in less time than
almost any other fowl.
The largest geese for market are Sc
cured by mating a Toulouse gander and
an Embden goose; with good feeding the
cross will grow to a large size.
Whenever it can be done, eggs from
late Matched turkeys should never bt
used for Matching; they ought to be Sc
lected from well-matured hens.
One-of the advantages with geese il
that if they can be given a good pasture
range they will need little extra feeding
at least during the growing season.
Droopiness among the young chickens
is almost a sure indication of lice. A
little grease or coal oil over the top Of
their heads and under their wings will
usually remedy the trouble.
Whenever the hens lay thin .shelled
eggs it is almost a sure indication that
they need lime. Generally fowls that
run at large do not need to be supplied
but those that are confined must have {
regular supply
For impoverished lawns in which the
grass shows thin and poor, apply a gooo
top dressing of compost If you have it
if not, apply wood ashes and bone -four
or any complete fertilizer, at the rate Of
about 600 pounds per acre.
The influence of the human voice OF
all animals should ever be kapt in mind
especially in managing horses. No
loud and boisterous, but quiet, confiden
and masterful. 1t should also be you
rule invariably to speak to a horse befor
approaching.
Cutting off and burning black-knot G
plum trees both spring and fall, carryin
the knife below the affected surface, wa
recommended at the recent meeting {
the Western New York Horticultural Sc
ciety, and dressing the wound with liz
seed oil or kerosene was suggested as a
additional benefit.
Fowls require a great deal of wateI
drinking only a small quantity at q time
so it should be supplied abundantly, an
kept clean and fresh. Fowls requir,
T and must have, carbonate and phosphar
of lime for their shells, and it must /
given them in unstinted quantities an
in the most convenient manner for the
to pick and swallow into the crops.