The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-13
FARM AND eARDENSNoTEs.


Game chickens are offlittle if any use
to farmers.
Two or three geesoito one gander is
about right.
swelled eyes, with runningpt nostrils,
indicates roup.
Crop-bound is often causedtby lack Of
gritty material.
Sore on top of the head may,geparally
be traced to lice.
CQrn-and-cob meal makes a goodtfeed
for young goslings.
Manage to make change Of grain dict
at least once a week.
Sloppy feed should never be given to
very young chickens.
Removing the animal to warm, dry
quarters will help any disease.
In commencing to keep ducks many
make the mistake of keeping too many.
Wheat can be fed to chickens very
proftably as soon as they are able to eat
With fowls, as a rule, the better plan
is to feed first aud then water after
wards.
1t is often bestto allow a fat hen to sit,
as getting reduced in flesh will make her
lay better.
A good preventive of glpes is to spade
up the ground and sprinkle air. slaked
lime over it.
Geese, turkeys and guineas need
plenty of range, and will not thrive if
they are kept confined.
Ducks should always have water con-
venient when they are eating or their
n~ostrils will get clogged.
A little care in feeding the turkey hens
and keeping them tame will often save
considerable loss of eggs.
Turkeys need plenty of drink. 1t
should be pure water OF sweet milk, but
the supply should be liberal.
Make a hole in the large end of an egg
and let the yolk run out and then fiji
with plaster of Paris. This makes a good
nest egg.
Sore eyes is sometimes a complaint
with young chicks, and arises from colds.
A drop of glycerine rubbed on the eye
is the best remedy.
Never feed chicks for the first twenty
four hours after they are Matched, the
remnant of the egg continuing to furnish
nourishment for that length of time.
In selling fat wethers each one must
decide for himself whether the money is
in sheariug or selling unshorn. We
know flock-masters who hold there is
just as much money in selling with the
wool on.
To produce the best sitting hen, one
that will remain on the nest, hatch well
and tenderly care for chicks, cross a
vigorous Pit Game cock with Partridge
Cochin hens. 1t also produces a good
table fowl.
In selecting mares for the seasons
breeding, get those that are sound,
healthy and vigorous, of good form, size
and disposition, then breed them to a
vigorous, thrifty stallion of some of the
better breeds.
Variety is the spice of life. Bread is
good; so is water; but not as a steady
diet. So do not confine the fowls to
bread and water. 1t Is good for every
family to havea "boiled dish" sometimes.
Why not for fowls2
Compacting the soil of a new-seeded
wheat-tield by trampling hoofs is an old
and common practice in England, and
sheep are preferred for the work. As
almost every farmer there keeps q flock,
they are always conveniently at hand.
1t is a much better way than rolling, be-
cause it compacts more, while still leav-
ing the surface open and broken and less
liable to pack under heavy rain into an
air-tight crust.
Be very careful, il crossing chickens,
to do it correctly. Do not waste timein
the attempt to better your flock by chang
ing eggs for some nondescript stock that
has no merit nor possesses any advantage.
To improve a flock, one should know the
kind of stock he is using, and what can
be expected from it. The changing Of
eggs is a practice usually pursued by
those who do not know the value of tho
breeds, and such persons should not be
encouraged.
Horse-stable floors should be made
tight and level. Absorbent holdings
and thorough cleaning will remove any
objection to odor which cannot be got
rid Of in Slated floors. Sand, sawdust
and ground plaster are excellent cleansers
of the stable. A horse with tender feet
or ankles suffers from standing on slop-
ing floors. A horse, from a sprained
stihe or hook, or bruised knee, is kept
in perpetual torment by sloping floors.
Knuckled horses owe much Of their all
ment to sloping floors.