The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Set all the hens possible now.
Castor-oil is a remedy for warts.
Do not let the buckeyes get chilled.
Feed the ducks plenty of bulky food.
Whitewash is better than paint in the
poultry house.
Geese need a good pasture and plenty
of water to thrive well.
When currying the horse do not rub
too hard, Tor it is painful.
The all-the-year-round COW is the one
that generally best fills the bill.
If your neighbor succeeds better than
you do, find out how he does it.
Never break off a limb on a valuable
tree; always make a smooth cut.
Some one asks: care we going to the
dogsl" No; but the sheep are.
Don't be satisfied with merely raising
a few hogs, but raise good ones.
A bushel of potatoes often commands
as high a price as a bushel of wheat.
A good farmer will drive his work in
stead of having his work drive him.
The farmer has heretofore scattered
his energies over too large a surface.
In judging wool, the rest of the fleece
is compared with that on the shoulder.
1t pays to grind grain for the stock;
aud it pays to feed it with cut fodder.
The older the tree the more difficult to
transplant and the more uncertain of sue
cess.
The farmer that has eggs, poultry and
good butter to sell does not need to go
into debt at the stores for the little
necessary running expenses. But, of
course, good management is necessary.
If separators are to be used which
shall they be, wood or TIM l believe
the general decision is that tin Is prefer
able with wide frames and wood with
the T supers, says a correspondent in the
Beekeepers' ReUiel1.
It has been found that corn-meal and
middlings will not make four cent
pork at a profit in New Hampshire; but
that twenty cent skim-milk will do it.
The Wisconsin Experiment Station has
found that to mix meal and milk pays
far better than to feed either exclusively.
A good rule in farming is to use the
land that every crop shall make a margin
of profit, and shall leave the land richer
at the close of the course of rotation than
it was ab the beginning. After this has
been accomplished during one rotation il
win be easier during each succeeding
one.
Turkeys like a variety of food, though
they do very well upon corn, which they
never refuse while in health. They are
very fond of a mash of boiled potatoes
and Indian meal, and thrive admirably
upon it. What ever the provender, il
should be fed regularly, and the birdi
be kept thriving from. the shell to tn,
butchers block.
L. /. Lamborn says that the carnatioI
of the future must be a large and perfec
flower that Will give perfect calyx sup
port to its petals. The flowers must b
on long stems, stand erect, fragrant il
the highest degree and well fringed
The plant must be of a branching, dwarf
ish habit, a vigorous grower, an earl
and continuous bloomer.
In the face of depressing circumstance
the brood sow may prove to be the mos
valuable animal on the farm before tn
wear closes. About the worst move tn
farmer may make will be the neglect @
his brood sows. This is an ''of" yea
in the business, but the man who keep
steadily on at his work with his breedin
stock will come out best in the end.
Among the farmers of central nlinoI
there is nearly a unanimous verdict this
grain-farming does not now yield an
margin Of profit; but among the agricul
tural industries which do give good re
turns they mention sheep raising, hors
breeding Zone man engaged in this say
that every horse grown to maturity wi
average $50 profit, planting orchard
and raising garden products.