The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-10-14

egg Will sink to the bottom; an egg one
day old will sink not quite to the bottom,
and for each day old the egg will swim
nearer the surface.
Cornmeal and water makes a poor food
for ducks during summer. They need
but little grain, but will thrive better if
given rather coarse, bulky foods, espe-
cially where they are given good range
and have access to a pond.
Many promising young man is tenn
porarily or permanently injured on the
farm at the harvest season of the year as
a result of over-exertion. The pride of
the young man is his strength; but it
should he used judiciously.
When a fowl has canker. and the
mouth and throat are sore or liberated,
wrap soft rag around a lead pencil, dip
1t into chlorate OF potash after dampen-
ing slightly aud swab out the mouth and
throat as thoroughly as possible.
The principal item with the bantam is
its small size, and, in breeding them
everything should be sacrificed in order
to have them as small as possible. If
they get beyond a pound and half in
weight they>are getting too heavy.
An apple tree if long on the way may
be buried, top aud all, If it appears dry,
and in week of'ten days will be in con
dition to plant and most likely it will
live and grow. Avoid the necessity il
possible; patronize home nurseries.
All thing beng equal, patronne the
nearest reputable nursery to your own
home. Trees will not be so long on the
way, and will come in good shape with
less damage. Evergreen trees which
have their roots exposed while being
transported ars most likely already dead
when planted out; keep the roots moist.
Crab grass is an enemy that gives an
noyance at this season. No grass is
more easily destroyed if the work is done
when the grass first appears, but once
let crab grass become established, and
its great mass of roots gives it firm
hold in the soil. 1t will not thrive on a
loose soil, but starts up quickly after
rain.
The late cabbage should be worked at
ter each rain. Never let the ground be.
come hard or baked arouzd them. The
frequent working of cabbage is nearly
equal to application of manure, and, as
cabbages are gross feeders, they will
thrive on sod land that has been we'll re.
duced, and will accept any kind of ma
nure.
Perhaps. everyone does not know how
easily can be had fresh apple blossoms in
winter. Get the ends of branches with
plump flower buds and place them in
water in a warm, sunny window, and
they will soon bloom. No doubt many
other kinds of trees and shrubs will give
as good satisfaction as the apple. Here
is an interesting field for experiment.
In answer to the subscriber who asks
whether sheep should be fed on
turnips while carrying lambs the Chicago
Times says that the moderate feeding of
turnips or other root crops at that time is
not considered by good shepherds injur-
ious to either sheep or lambs, but too
heavy feeding of any root is. The same
is true of esilage, as far as the lambs are
concerned.
1t is said that the dairy people of Den
mark have become such experts in max
ing butter that they can sell in London
a better article and at lower price than
can be produced at the best English fac
tories. Their COWS are fed on cultivated
grasses and clover and in winter on bar
ley, oats, linseed cakes, straw and hay.
They give special attention to regular
grooming and are neat in all respects.
Pickles to be marketable must not be
too large. Care must be taken In pick
ing them to watch the patch closely, for
they will, under favorable circumstances,
grow great deal in one night. As soon
as they reach the length OF three or four
inches pick them. Some firms use them
much smaller than that, but in this it
will be necessary to consult the desires
of those to whom they are to be sold.
Experiments made 10 France with the
suntiower gave return of 1878 pounds
of seed from an acre, yielding fifteen per
cent. of oil (275 pounds) aud eighty per
cent. of cake. The product varies, of
course, with the kind, the climate, the
soil. The common oil is used chiefly for
woolen dressing, lighting and soapmak-
ing in Europe. Tho purified article is
largely employed for table use, and is
considered equal to olive oil.
There seems to be an agreement
among the results of potato tests that
good, average sized, well-ripened tubers
need to be used for seed; that they need
to be planted with plenty of room for
healthy growth, and kept clean of weeds
and bugs. Beyond this there are differ
ence of opinion, doubtless due to variety
used, kind of soil and character of sea-
son. There is very little exact mathe-
MATES about potato growing.
Mr.. Willard, at a meeting of fruit
growers, said that he had for some years
been in the habit of cutting off from
one-half to one-third of the seasons
growth from his plum trees during the
mild weather in the winter when the
wood was not frozen hard, and he was
we'll satisfied that it was profitable. On
varieties which make a long, rampant
growth there is much breakage when the
limbs are set full of fruits By cutting
back, short branches are forced out,
which give more fruiting surface and
stronger tree: He does not prune after
the trees have begun to grow.