The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-06-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Be on the lookout for early farrowing
sows.
Make second planting of carly gar.
den crops.
Milk and grass are the best feeds for
young pigs.
Trees should be set out before they
start to grow.
No hog is quite SO raveuous as SOW
that is sucking pigs.
AT first give SOW bran aud milk, aud
and then add corn meal.
Keep ali colonies strong. This is the
secret of keeping bees for profit.
Gladialusus come true when pro-
pagated from the small bulblets.
There is no special advantage in
setting out strawberry plants early.
Any of the leading breeds of hogs are
good if they are given proper treatment.
The only safe plan of being sure of
saving all of the pigs Is to be ready for
them.
The Dawson rose, it is claimed, is a
valuable addition to the list of hardy
roses.
Seeds of hardy flowers ought to be
sown as early as the ground can be put
in order.
Good pasturage of any kind will help
the brood sows materially to give good
flow of milk.
The fiat cover is the best for all bee
hives. Itcosts less than the gable cover
and is more convenient.
Do not take the winter packing out of
the second story of the bee hive till
time to put in section boxes.
The best remedy for the cut worm is
to put piece of tin or stiff cardboard
around eaci plant when it is set out.
When stock are first turned out to
grass care should be taken that they
have access to all of the salt and water
they want.
Sheep may be rid of ticks very salts.
factorily by feeding sulphur, which
should be given in small quantities and
not too often.
If the acreage in meadow is not sutfi-
cient to furnish full supply of hay for
winter feeding it will pay to SOW millet
or Hungarian for hay.
In nearly all cases it will Fay to har-
row the potatoes thoroughly before the
/ plants make their appearance above
ground; it will help kill out the weeds.
The fat in the milk is the most potent
factor in determining the yield aud
quality of cheese, and the quality of
cheese is largely affected by the amount
of fat contained in it.
Let the bees alon2 as much as posi-
BILE. Decide upon some method and al
here to it. The double hive method is
the best, and will give the best results,
if properly carried out, if there be any
honey in the fields.
When cattle are turned in on clover it
will be best to turn in for one or two
hours the irst day, two or three the Sec
ond, so that they may be somewhat ac-
customed to it. In this way the risk of
bloat may be greatly reduced.
A Rochester commission merchant
addressing the Western New York Hor.
ticultural Association on "Points il
Shipping" said that il growers would
sort each one hundred barrels down tc
seventy-fve, they would receive just as
much money, and save the extra barrel
and freight.
A valuable grain to feed chickens dur
ing the first three weeks Of their lives il
Golden Millet. Very small chicks need
very small seeds. They constantly search
for the seeds of grass or any small seeds
Nature is the best teacher. Small whole
seeds are the hest thing in the grair
line that can be fed to very youn!
chickens.
The farmer who has bit of marsh
, land near his house where the grass
not of much value for cattle feeding ma
do well to enclose it with fence and pu
geese there. They like such feed, AN
are profitable poultry when rightly man
aged. A small yard to themselves. an
feed carried to them is better than allow
ing them to roam.
The results of trials at tie Maynar,
agricultural experiment station for tw
years indicate that for fall or winter pigs
which are to be killed when about on
year old, it is more profitable to let ther
J run in pasture or woodland during tn
E warm months, and shift for themselve
until within eight or ten weeks of killin
t time, than it is to feed them in copdpC
0 ment during the summer,