Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-08-12

.SFow Is apt 70 catch in the brancho
of evergreen aud other closcly-braaehe(
trees. 1t should be shaken out befori
Il hardens.
Have hand snow plows for marrow
paths as well as horse-plows for roads.
Clear all the paths and roads soon after
= fall, and before the snow gets hard
eaed and trsmped.
Cows soon to calye should have a
eool, laxative diet, and not be overfed.
ff tsey are good mixers, and are high
ty fed up TO the time Of ealving, there
Is danger of milk fever.
Many farmers in western New York
gave up the wool business as uRproft-
able long ago.. but still keep sheep, and
say that Keeping the mutton breeds is
one of the best paying branches OF
farming.
Sheep sheuld not be compelled TO
feed at the same rack with cattle. They
are liable 10 be hooked and vicious ram
may sometimes do injury to cstt'e.
Separate yards and separate racks are
safest and best.
There are more of the call purpose"
qualities in sheep than in snv other
stEgle animal. Good rautten, good
wool, good breeding qualities, iuelua-
ing ample nilk for the young, can all
be found under one pelt.
Every sheep owner should get ae-
auGnted with his floUh so that they
viii gather around him in confidence
aad he may look them over at his
Ieisnre. 1t win save penning them
every time he wants to inspect them.
Lawns, when snow is on them, are
sPt to be crossed by thoughtless per-
sons to the frequent injury of shrubs
snd small trees. Signs will do no
good, but temporary fence of stakes
and one or two strands OF barbed wire
will not be unheeded.
There is generally ready sale for
hoops wherever mcrchant-milling or
pork-packing is carried on. They are
also largely used as bands for packing
cases in New York, Philadelphia and
other places where heavy goods are
packed for shipment.
Phosphoric acid containing fertilizers
gave the best results on wheat at the
Virginia Station bulletin u. Stable
manure was less satisfactory than any
of the forms of complete fertilizers.
Potash gave the second largest, and
nitrogen the least increase.
Well-defned streak5 of different
shades in butter, giving it a calico ap-
pearance, are caused by throwing vel
low and white butter promiscuOusly
and then working the whole
into a mass, according to the too-cOm-
mon practice of some country store
keepers.
A market-gardener should also be an
oxperimenter. lie is quite safe in as
suming that the seeds offered each year
with such glowing praises are no bet
ter than the old ones, If, indeed, they
be not the old ones with new names. !
Still, if one in five or ten of the new
sorts is an Improvement on the old +
kinds, he should know 1t; the only |
way to get the knowledge is 10 try.
Subscriber: As nearly as can be /
Judged from your description. the !
,hrinkage in the cows milk was caused |
by temporary arrangement of the di- |
yestive organs. Make a mixture of .
wood ashes, pounded charcoal and /
salt, and place il where she can help !
herself to it ad libitum. For a Young !!
leifer, ground oats and bran, mixed /
With hay or corn-fodder which has lust
,een cut up and dampened, are better
han the oats cooked and fed clear.