Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-12-09
FARM NOTES.

| fhe sll-the-ysar-round COW Is the ons
! that generally best fills the bill.
I II your Deighbor succeeds better than
I sou do, find out how he does 1t.
Never break of limb on valuable
tree; always make smooth cut.
Some one asks: "Are we going to the
dogsp No; but the sheep are.
Don't be satisfied with merely raising
. few hogs, but raise good ones.
A busheI of potatoes often commands
Is high o price as bushel of wheat.
A good farmer will drive his work IN.
Head Of having his work drive him.
The farmer has heretofore scattered
bis energies over too large surface.
In judging wool, the rest of the fleece
IS compared with that on the shoulder.
1t pays to grind grain for the stock;
aud it pays to feed it with cut fodder.
The older the tree the more difficult to
transplant and the moro uncertain Of sue.
cess.
The farmer that has eggs, poultry and
good butter to sell docs not need to go
into debt at the stores for the little
pecessary running expenses. But, Ok
course, good management is necessary.
II separators are to be useil which
shall they be, wood or tint I believe
the general decision is that tin IS prefer
able with wide frames and wood With
The T supers, says correspondent in the
Bsessspsrs' RsOitn.
1t has been found that corn.fneai and
hiddlings will not mako four cent
pork at profit 10 Now Hampshire; but
That twenty cent skin.milk will do it.
Tho Wisconsin Experiment Station has
found that to mix meal and milk pays
far better than 10 feed either exclusively.
A good rule in farming 10 to use tho
land that every crop shall make margin
of profit, and shall leave the land richer
1t the close of the course Of rotation than
IL was at the beginning. After this has
been accomplished durlugone rotation 1t
will be sasier during each succeeding
one.
Turkeys like variety OF food, though
they do very well upon corn, which they
never refuse while 10 health. They arc
very fond of mash of boiled potatoes
and Indian meal, aud thrive admirably
upon it. What over tho provender, it
should be fed regularly, and the birds
be kept thriving from the shell to the
butchers block.
l.. I. Lamborn says that the carnstion
Of the future must be q large and perfect
flower that will give, perfect calyx sup
port to Its petals. The flowers must bo
on loug stems, stand erecr, fragrant in
the highest degree and we'll fringed.
Tho plant must be Of branching, dwarf
ish habit, a vigorous grower, on early
and continuous bloomer.
IN the face of depressing circumstances
the brood sow may prove TO be the most
valuable animal on the farm before the
year closes. About the worst move the
farmer may make will be the neglect Of
bis brood sows. This is an "off" year
in tho business, but the man who keeps
steadily on at his work with his breeding
stock will como out best in the end.
Lmong the farmers of central nlinoia
there is nearly unanimous verdict that
grain farming docs not now yield any
margin of profit; but among the agricul.
tural industries which do give good re.
turns they mention sheep raising, horse
breeding Zone man engaged In this says
that every horse grown to maturity will
average $50 profit, planting orchards,
and raising garden products.
solitary yellow-dock, nurdock or
mustard plant is best preserved by being
carefully cut off close to the ground,
gently carried to the house aud con-
sigucd to the kitchen stove Just before
the water boils in the tea kettle.
Commencing TO breed high class
fowls, soisly with the object of making
money from them, is the rock on which
many sn enthusiastic beginner has split.
Profit must always be secondary con-
sideration ut the outset. 1t means hard
work and plenty Of It for year or more:
the profits come later If you only stick.
Al item in making tho most of tho
corn crop is to begin feeding the fatten-
ing stock carly. Under average condi-
tioDs the moderately cool weather in the
fall is the best time 10 fstteu stock, and
with good, thrifty stock much better
gam eau then be made IN proportion TO
the quantity Of food supplied than at
sny Uthrt time.