The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Sulphur In the nests Is q good remedy
for lice.
Warm, well ventilated cooSs should
be provided for the early chicks.
Fuchsias that have been repotted and
started up can be worked for cuttings.
A little care in shutting fowls up at
the start will teach them to lay in the
house.
Fowls with n frozen comb will not lay,
so don't expect hens to lay when they
are half frozen.
Cold, wet, improper feed with filth
are the FOUR leading causes of disease
among I.uI.ry.
Fresh earth in which the hens can
wallow and scratch will'be found of con
siderable benefit.
Thriftier and more vigorous chicks
will be secured if the eggs used for
Matching are fresh.
Variety is the very spice of life, so
don't feed corn,all the time. Give your
fowls a change,of food.
The gizzard OF the fowl masticates
the food, but this can only be done with
plenty OF sharp gritty material.
A very important point in breeders is
size, evenness in color, and hardness if
you a healthy, robust fowls.
Notice how the fowls will congregate
in the open shed in some sunny place.
If you have no-shed make one.
Raise plenty of turnips, beets, and
other roots for the hogs. They make
cheap food anaare a sure crop.
In selecting your hens get them as
even in color and markings as you can.
Their young win be moreover in color.
By selecting eggs for Matching from
the hens that lay the earliest and best,
a decided improvement.can be made in
the breed.
Hens and poultry of every kind will
not thrive if kepti in dark, close quarters.
They need plenty of fresh air and light
to thrive well.
A valuable liquid manure for pot plants
is made by putting one teaspoonful of
ammonia totwo quarts of water when
watering the plants.
Try starting some early plants by sow.
ing seed in boxes, and placing the boxes
in the house window. Quite a large
number can be secured in thai manue
The NeW ENGLAND Farmer says the
total gross cash income per COW for the
animals contributing to the Connecticut
creameries. the past year, has been
$43. 20.
The future of dairying must be in the
line of perfection. Every man must feel
that upon him personally depends the
perfectness of the methods that are to
prevail.
Potatoes,are recommended for feeding
COWS for four OF five weeks before calv-
ing as a preventive for milk fever. Any
sort of feed that will prevent ccstiveness
is igood.
A good washingtof the trunks of the
trees early in the season with strong
soap-suds is often very beneficial in de-
stroying pests that find a hiding place in
the bark.
The greatest problem on the farm at
the present day is the wood problem.
More time, labor and money are spent on
weeds than on crops, yet much of this
expense could be avoided.
If the pigs insists on roofing up the
pig-pen make him do so in dry litter, and
not in a pen that is wet and filthy. Keep
the pig-pen well supplied with leaves,
cut straw, weeds or anything that will
help to make nure
Carbolic acid is one of the best pre-
ventatives and cures for cholera. Put a
few drops in the drinking water and give
no other water to drink. Sprinkle lime
water with considerable carbolic acid in
it all around the yards.
1t is good farming to replant corn if
the first planting is ruined from any
cause provided it is early enough to have
reasonable hope of making a crop. In
such cases a quick maturing sort should
be chosen for the replanting; at least a
good crop of fodder may be procured.
Small potatoes, though not attractive
in market, are Just as valuable on the
farm as those that are large. They can
be cooked and fed to cows, hogs or
poultry, and will provide an agreeable
change of food for them. If turnips are
added to the potatoes and a small guam
tity of bran sprinkled over the mess the
whole will be improved, as well as more
highly relished.
An agricultural journal tells Of a farmer
who had kept a flock of sheep for four
teen years and has not had them attacked
10y dogs ever once, though 1ocks on adj
joining farms have been ruined. The
flock always wears between five and eight
bells of different sizes and tones, and
there is not a dog in the world with suf-
ticient courage to attack the flock of sheep
well supplied with bells.
Othonna crassifolia is a very interest
ing plant for a hanging basket or pot.
1t may be called a good all-around plant,
useful indoors and out. It is easily
grown in a light, sandy soil, and needs
but little water when dormant. Its
bright yellow flowers are very pretty,
and are produced abundantly. Its odd
habit and succulent leaves are particu.
larly attractive. Ii is readily propagated,
] avon INV its engqulant laauae