The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-23
FARM AND garden NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Look out for bee moths.
Look out for queenless bee colonies.
The Pekin is the best duck for the
farm.
Having the nest dark will help to pre-
vent egg eating.
Mares excessively fat usually give
birth to weak colts.
When turkeys are kept confined they
need heavy feeding.
A good dust bath gives the fowls a
chance TO clear themselves Of lice.
Sulpher and tobacco burned in the
poultry house will rid it of red lice.
Yellow dropping in poultry often
means indigestion rather than cholera.
Are you ready for winter9 If not,
why not, aud why not commence at once
to fix up9
Too much salt or salty food at one
time often proves sin furious; small guam
tity is beneficial.
Hitch your colt by the side of good
sensible horse, for he that wallketh with
the wise shall be wise.
Guineas are kept largely for their
eggs, of which they lay large num-
Der in the spring and early summer.
If the turkeys were Matched early
aud are in good condition it will
be better to market early than to feed
late.
While geese should be allowed to run
out every day that the weather will per-
nit, they should be we'll sheltered at
night.
Pounding up old bones fine aud Civ
ing them to the hens to eat is good
way of supplying materials for egg
shells.
Eggs always sell at a good price
from this time on through the win
ter, and it is an item to keep the hens
laying.
Only little skill and considerable
patience are required to add to the
beauty aud value of almost any saddle
horse you can buy.
One of the principal reasons why
women are more successful poultry rails
ers than men is because they are more
painstaking and patient.
While good windows are necessary for
health and comfort, too much glass in
one place is often injurious. The best
plan is to avoid extremes either way.
One advantage with poultry on the
farm is that it is rarely necessary to con-
fine the fowls except in cold, stormy
weather, and for this reason it will cost
less to raise them.
The man who owns aud works a good
team has more confidence in himself, a
better inspiration of life, and efforts to
improve the condition of self and family,
than does the person not thus equipped.
The hog pen should be always liber-
ally bedded with straw, not only where
the pigs sleep, but the yard outside,
where they run. Unless this yard is we'll
bedded much of the liquid manure will
be lost.
A horse should always be watered in
the morning before being fed, otherwise
it might wash more or less of the food
just eaten undigested from the stomach.
After few minutes let the horse eat
little hay and then give the grain or
meal ration.
A mixture of lard aud snuff is the
California remedy for lice on stock.
This ointment does not need to be up
piled to the entire animal, but a ring of
it two or three inches wide made COM
pletely around the neck will have the
desired effect.
Galen Wilson says microscope should
be as much of creamery implement as
a thermometer, to study the filth from
the seams or corners of milk receptacles
or from filthy floors. The wnggling
animal life brought to view will be an
incentive to cleanliness.
A farmer of Atchison, Kan, wanted
to dig we'll, so he plowed lot of land
and planted it with oats. Every day he
watched the oats, observing the spots
that showed the greatest moisture.
Finally he selected a spot and sank a
well. At twenty-four feet he had fine
stream of water. 1t it said to be the
best we'll in the county.
The mares should be bred in the
fall rather than in the spring, as foaling
late in the season does not prevent the
mare from being used to better advan.
tage in the spring, the colt being weaned
when the dam is likely to be required,
1t is also more economical to care fol-
the colt during the winter aud turn il
on the pasture in the spring.