The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-06-24
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Some recommend soaking corn in ker-
osene for cholera,
If not already there, get onion seed
into the ground at once.
Hard coal ashes make nice cool
mulch for currant bushes.
Generally on the farm there is no ne
ccssity for buying extra foods.
It isn't so much what you make on
farm, as what you save, that counts.
Geese eat the grass close down to the
roots and often kill it out in this way.
Poultry will readily digest bones il
they are broken fine enough for them to
eat.
Potatoes do much better Il planted
while the furrow hill or drill is fresh
made,
When hawks bother the chickens a
few brush piles will afford a good pro-
lection.
Agriculture needs talent, energy and
persistence if it is rescued from its pres.
ent condition.
Curd Is good for young poultry of all
kinds and can be fed to the laying hens
to good advantage.
Hens will lay more eggs without the
roosteTs than with them, but of course
the eggs will not hatch.
Feed only what is eaten UP clean and
at certain hours in order to keep the
fowls from getting too fit.
To save feed by starving animals, is
the act of a miser, who starves himself
to death to save money to live upon.
The planting aud grating of all kinds
of trees and shrubs should be immedi-
ately attended to, il not already done.
Mass your flowers. Put the pausies all
together, the pholx together, the asters
together. They show off well this way.
If you have the right kind of horses
the buyer will come after them; if the
wrong kind you will have to hunt
buver.
Unquestiouably wood ashes fed to the
hogs are excellent as a remedy for GER
tain conditions that will surely result in
disease.
A single weeping birch does not look
bad on a lawn. Its white bark, weeping
branches and finely divided leaves are
unique.
The sowing of succession lots of peas,
beans, spinach, lettuce and corn, msy be
done every ten or twelve days for
month yet.
Leaving the manure in the barn-yard
will allow considerable portion
of it to leak away and often be carried to
the bitches.
Use good composte1 or we'll rotted
manure for early garden crops; if you
must use green manure, cover it well
with the plow.
Some people who give the cattle the
best of care neglect the hogs. The hog
will repay good care as well as other
kinds of stock.
Don't forget to SOW some flower seeds
for the wife and children, or at least pre-
pare the ground for them as you would
for an onion bed.
Guard against constipation in swine.
The fat-forming foods tend to produce
costiveness. The opposite kinds of food
tend to prevent it.
If turkeys are fed only once day let
it be in the morning, rather than at
night; with a good range they generally
have full crops at night.
You can still plant rhubarb and aspar-
agus beds, if not done already, and
strawberry plants may be set out, but
the sooner these things are done the bet
ter.
A little ditch here and there or the
cutting away of a ridge will often drain
away the surplus water. Such work
may not be but few minutes, but will
greatly facilitate the drying of the soil.
1t is always best to label everything
you plant in the flower and vegetable
garden, especially if there are several
varieties of the same kind of flowers or
vegetables, in order to avoid confusion
later in the season.
There is profit in really fine produc-
tions, be they butter, eggs, fruit, vege-
tables or meat of any kind. A gilt
edged Article will sell at a good price in
a glutted market. Care and the use of
ones intelligence will produce fine
articles.
Every farmer ought to know at the end
of the season what work has paid him
best, what work has paid least, and what
has retuned no profit whatever. We need
more of business methods on the farm
and less haphazard work-some of which
is very likely carried on at loss.