The record-union., 1892-12-21

IuOiie h4SueE price IOr DrOllefS Will more
IMAM compensate for these points Of in
feriority. In this matter, however, he
WI! make prudent experiment on
limited scale to begin with.
he poultry business as conducted by
TINS gentleman and he is only one among
many IN this vicinity is safe, pleasant
ana fairly lucrative. He started in 1886
with less 81 900 of capital.
RAISING TREES FROM SEED.
In the spring, as early as the ground
can be worked, l have bed prepared as
large as l think will be required to raise
all the trees l shall want to grow that
season. The soil is spaded as deep as it
can be done; then with it is thoroughly
mixed one-thirG good well-rotted stable
manure and one-third pure sand. After
being raked over and all Jumps taken of,
lsmooth the bed with the back OF the
rake and mark off the bed in rows about
ten inches apart, making the marks just
light enough to go by, then SOW the seed
thinly and as evenly as possible, pressing
the rows smoothly as l go over them,
which is all the covering they need. |
then give the bed a thorough watering
with watering-pot. After it has settled
l cover the bed with narrow boards, lay
ing them north and south, just so the
plants viii receive the early morning and
the late evening sun.
The boards are raised from the bed four
or five inches, and as the seedlings grow
are raised high enough to let in air and
sun morning and evening until the plants
are large enough to bear the all-daY SUM-
The bed is kept moist all the time by
watering in the evening, but not so wet
as to drown out the young plants. The
bed is thoroughly worked over as often
as required to keep the weeds down and
the earth loose.
When the little trees are one year old
that IS, next spring. set them out in
rows, far enough apart to be cultivated
between, setting the trees about one foot
apart IN the row and keeping them free
from weeds and the earth stirred well all
summer. The little trees will be ready
for setting out IN the fall, where they are
to remain permanently, or they can re-
main in the rows until spring and then
be removed. But, if the tall should prove
favorable, prefer setting them ont then,
as the earth gets settled around the roots
through the winter months, and the little
trees are ready to start growing when the
spring opens, perhaps weeks before the
earth Is in proper condition to be
worked, as it Will not do to set out young
trees in a wet, sodden earth or mud-p
die. The earth should be kept stirred
and the trees kept free from weeds and
grass at least the first season.-Country
Gentleman.
THE BRTTISH-NUBIAN GOAT.
In Great Britain much interest is taken
in the improvement of the various breeds
OF goats, but especially those useful for
milk and flesh, while in America the
most attention has been paid to the long
tbered Heeces OF the MOhair goats. The
Baroness Burdett-Coutts exhibited in the
Royal Agricultural Show at Warwick
Castle Park number OF the improved or
British-Nu5ian goats. The breed origi-
nally came from Eastern Africa on the
Upper Nile. 1t has large dropping ears
and atriangular-shaped mead. The wide,
long ears are turned up at the tips which
hang below the Jaws. The nose is arched
very high and the forehead is prominent
being covered with close curly hair like
that on bull. The color of the short
coat Of hair varies from black through
red to dark tan. The male has but little
of the Objectionable scent usually per-
tanning TO he-goats. The females are
very quiet and gentle and remark ably
fertile, breeding readily twice a year,
often having three kids at birth. They
are unusually good mixers, averaging a
daily milk-fow of nearly a gallon. There
are many acres of land too rocky and I'M
fit i'll many ways for cattle and sheep
which would give good returns if gra2ed
by the best milk breeds of goats or by the
hardy long-haired breeds. AS land be-
comes more valuable in America this
custom viii be followed l..
Sewel! of England in American Agri-
culturist.
AN OLD TREE.
A writer in the Gardeners' lIaqazine
describes an old tree of the Gloire de
Dion Rose in the garden at Blake House,
near Taunton, England, which was bud
ded on a briar-stock thirty-two years ago,
The stem at eighteen inches from the
ground is ten inches in circumference,
and it is Of standard form, five feet, six
inches high. The branches have a cir
conference of twenty -four feet, and the
vigorous plant still blooms abundantly
until late in the autumn, and shows no
evidence of exhaustion.
PORK BARRELS.
In sailing pork do not use the old pork
barrel without a thorough cleansing.
This may be done by washing and soak
ing with water made strong with COM
mon washing soda, which is cheap, and
can be found at almost any grocery store.
\ better way, if the barrel has been in
use long, and if it has ever had meat or
brine become tainted in it, will be to fill
it full Of dry earth and allow it to stand
a week or two, during which time the
earth will have absorbed much OF the
grease and all OF the odor that may have
penetrated into the wood.
FOWL IN WINTER.
In planning about how many fowls You
shall winter, ETC., bear in mind that
twenty-five hens well housed and well
cared for generally are more profitable
than fifty would be if crowded into a
house that is only large enough for
twenty-five or thirty and left to the care
of themselves. Every hen over the num-
Der that you can house and care for well
viii be kept at loss. " hen culling your
stock save the best pullets and SOME of
the old hens for winter layers. Do not be
tempted by the extra price you can get
for those early pullets which will soon be
laying.
WHAT FARMERS DREAD.
A wet pig-pen in winter is a difficulty
which many farmers dread and there is
a loss of weight in the pigs when the
Den is not dry. Make a strong floor of
poles and have the floor raised a foot or
two above the level of the ground sur
face. Upon the poles put foot or two of
straw and leaves, adding more leaves to
the litter daily. In short time the litter
will be well packed down on the poles.
making an excellent pen, which will be
always dry, as the space between the
poles of the floor will permit the water
from rains to flow through.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Keep your dairy away from your beef
stock. You can not afford to feed both
alike.
A young colt can be grown 100 pounds
a month on sweet s1im-milk with very
small grain ration and some clover hay.
To cure mango in hogs, wash clean with
soap and water and then rub all over with
lard with little coal oil added, taking
pains to keep dry afterwards.