The record-union., 1891-02-03

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are one-half of the flock. and a big half at
| that, sometimes.
EGGS FOR MATCHING.
In selecting eggs for Matching purposes,
see that they are uniform. Very large
eggs, that bulge out at the larger part,
and which are disproportionate in width
to length, seldom hatch, as hens that lay
such eggs are usually in an over-fat con-
dition, and we may here mention that
| eggs from very fat hens are nearly always
| large or exceedingly small. The eggs for
incubation should be of normal size,
smooth, free from excrescenceS or inc
qualities of shell and well-proportioned.
But we must go beyond the eggs and
know from what kind of hens they came.
h Al breeding stock should be in perfect
health and in full vigor, the male to be
active, and the females industrious in
| their search for food. The breed used
should be one that possesses some meri-
torlous characteristic, such as good lay
ing, market quality, size, hardness or
adaptabillty to the climate. No eggs
should be used for Matching except those
that have been selected for the purpose
10 take number from the basket, with
out selecting them, is to incur the risk of
| securing no chicks, while extra care NAV
result in good hatch--FoYme and Fire
side.
| MANURE GRAPES.
Durlng the winter is good time to APP
ply manure to grapes, and While farm
manure can be applied to them with BEN
| ent, yet when there is an insufficient sup
| ply, special fertilizers can be used to a
good advantage. They need considerable
/ potash and phoSphoric acid, and for this
| reason Will derive considerable amount
OF benefit from an application of wood
ashes or bones either broken up or APP
| piled whole, or old pieces Of leather in
/ the shane of old hnOfS. and chnns Tlas.n
with the Old bones, are lett lying around
while the ashes are left piled up in I'M
slightly piles that, if nothing else, detract
considerably from the neat appearance of
the place Bones buried reasonably close
TO vine or plant viii dissolve sufficient
~ each year to furnish sufficient amount
OF plant food to secure a vigorous growth
Tor several years, and in no better way
can good fertilizer be supplied.-Prdfrie
Farmer.
FARM NOTES.
Did you ever notice how much better a
well-manured field would stand drought?
Think a minute.
Geese and ducks are very partial to
cooked turnlps, which may be fed with
ground grain. Such food is better for
them than too much grain.
Good, well-cured hay is an article of
food that seldom causes any i'll effects
All classes of stock may eat their Gll of it
without danger of collie and other COM
plants of the bowels.
Cream will rise quicker if the milk has
been thinned with water warmed to 10
degrees. This is especially important in
winter, when milk is apt TO become
thicker and somewhat viscid
Don't plant strawberries between the
rows OF young fruit trees, for the late
cultivation OF the straw berries Will cause
the frult trees to take on new growth to
| their injury. That is the experience
given by writer in Il contemporary.
Nothing is lost that is added to the soil
If farm is properly managed. The
coarsest manure viii become plant food
after lapse of a certain period of time,
but it is best to endeavor to have all the
manure in the finest possible condition.
The roots OF a tree, as rule. have twice
rs great spread as do it's branches 1t is
well to remember this when manuring
them, and also to remember that it is the
outside or end roots that get the greatest
part OF the nourishment taken to the
tree.
DR.. Detmers says: The man who adul-
terates food should be in the peniten-
tlary, but the man who adulterates milk
should be hanged. And this because
the milk is used by the infants, the weak
and the sick as well as by the well, and
any injurious matter in the milk is sure
death to the person who drinks it,
Either straw or hay in cold weather is
welcome article to place in the corner
of the hen-house for them to scratch
among; 1t creates activity. This keeps
the blood moving, and health is usually
good when this point is observed. The
corn and other grain should be thrown
among the litter, thus making them hunt
for what food they obtain.
The farmer of the future will be
student. He will be a business man. He
will have scientific knowledge. He will
know why he must use certain kinds of
fertilizers for certain grains. He will
know why he uses certain food to pro-
duce fat and other to produce milk.
Hence he must have education; at least.
sufficient mental training to comprehend
these truths.
Don't give young horse chance to
run away, for If he runs once he is apt to
run again on the slightest cause. If not
allowed to run when young he will grow
up in blissful ignorance of his power or
ability to Go SO. AccuStom horse to all
kinds OF noises and accidents, by gently
but firmly restraining him when fright
ened, and he will in time become almost
incapable of fright.
South Carolina has had more poultry
shows and larger exhibits of fowls this
winter than any other State in the Union.
Yet, only three years ago she was far be-
hind the average place in the poultry in
dustry. Georgia and Louisiana are close
to her, with New York and New Eng
land following.
Throw the sweeping of the hay loft,
and the chaff from the wheat in the poul-
try-house, so as to induce the hens to
scratch and work in the litter. When
given an opportunity to exercise, by
scratching, the hens will lay more eggs
than when kept in a state of inactivity
tits just as essential for a farmer to take
an inventory of his stock in store as it is
for the merchant. 1t is needed to de-
termine whether it is profitable to carry
more or less of certain kind or article,
or whether it is profitable to carry it at
all. Sometimes we carry too much for the
capital invested, or not enough, as the
case may be. We cannot discover this by
guessWork.
Peach trees probably made more growth
OF wood last year than may be desirable.
and are therefore more liable to injury
from severe cold. The extra wood should
not be cut away until the beginning of
spring, or until the frost and cold has
finished the damage. Keep the ground
around tender fruit trees nulched if there
is liability of an early flow of sap, as is
sometimes the case where certain trees
are favorably located.
Overlooking is detrimental to complete
digestion and is waste of food. While 4
heavy feeding is the universal recon-
mendation if a large yield is to be Sc
cured, yet it would be we'll to pause and
consider the fact that the powers of an
| animal may be overtaxed and its diges-
ton impaired. Regularity CT feeding and
the allowance of sufficiency should be
| observed, but nothing can be gained by
going beyond the limit Of TIE capacity Of
the animal. 1t is safe to claim that disease
is more frequently the result OF oveffeed-