Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-27
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Dig around the rhubarb plants.
Be on the lookout for early farrowing
sows.
Make second planting of early 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 ravenous as a SOW
that is sucking pigs.
At first give SOW bran and milk, and
and then add corn meal.
Keep all 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.
Amy 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 q
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.
d, 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 each 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
ohouit oS bi'ch ~ ShiSit vuautAtieS uuu
not too often.
II the acreage in meadow is no. sufi-
cient to furnish full supply of hay for
winter feeding it will pay to SOW millet
or Hungarian for hay.
In nearly all cases 1t will ray 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 1t.
Let the bees a,one as much as posi-.
BILE. Decide upon some method and al.
here to it. The double hivc method Is
the best, aud will give the best results,
II properly carried out, II there be any
honey in the fields.
When cattle are turned in on clover II
will be best to turn in for one or two
hours the hrst day. two or three the sec
ond, so that they may be somewhat ac.
eustomed 10 ID. In this way the risk of
oioat may us greatly Fciueet.
A Rochester commission merchant,
addressing the Western New York Hor-
ticultural Association on "Points in
shipping" said that II growers would
sort each one hundred barrels down TO
seventy live, they would receive Just as
much money, and save tho extra barrels
and freight.
valuable grain to feed chickens dur.
Ing the frat three weeks Of their lives Is
Golden Mlllet. very small chicks need
very small seeds. They constantly search
for the seeds OF grass oF any small seeds
Nature Is the best teacher. Small whole
seeds are the hest thing Ia the grain
line that eau be fed to very young
chickens.
The farmer sho has bit of marshy
land aeat his house where the grass "a
not Of mneh value foF cattle feeding may
do sell "a eaclose il gIlh fence aud put
geese theFe, fhey like such feed, snd
aFu profitable poulFg When rightly man,
aged. A small yard 10 themselves aai
feed calflea 90 them Is better lhaa allos,
lag thea 70 loAm,
The Fesalls Il trials At The Maynard
agricultural experiment station for tw0
leaFs lasileale that foT fall oF wlnter pigs,
ehleh aFe q he Killed shea zhaua ons
lsaf old, 4 Is laafe pFanlabls % lst then |
Fsa N pasilfa % Auadland daflae tke |
@afa, iapaihs, aad shlft fuF themselves
aaiil atthlR eight - ten aeeks II kllllHs |
ilaass lHaa . is - leed theal ~ e0aaae'
sasas aaslas lke salaa.sg.