The record-union., 1892-07-29

Gays before killing. The object i'll keep
ing them in dark coops is to keep them
quiet, as they fatten much quicker. Feed
soft feed twice day and give screenings
at night. Give them pure, fresh water
every day, as this is very important
Item In fattening poultry. Do not feed
them anything for at least twenty-four
hours before you kill them.-Farm and
Fireside.
VALUE OF THE RANGE.
A hen on the range keeps herself in
condition for laying by being continually
at work. If she is allowed too much
grain she will become lazy, refrain from
1Toraglng, fattens and soon ceases to lay.
rms is matter that deserves attention.
Keep the hens at work. When they seek
insects, scratch and travel over wide
area OF ground, in order to secure vari-
ETY., they are not only lessening expenses,
but also keeping themselves in the best
order for laying. 1t is due more to the
exercise than to the food which hens re-
ceiye, to which may be ascribed the
greatest value Of a range. When hens
are in confinement they are liable to be
oYerted, and 1t requires extra care on the
part OF those who manage tlocks in sum-
mer to avoid overlooking. We have
found that when there is ample forage
for hens they need no food at all in sum-
mer, as they will easily find all the
worms, seeds and grass required. A
good range in summer will provide
eggs With little or no cost to the farmer.
LIME AS A FACTOR.
It has been found that air-slaked lime
eXerts marked effect on the soil when
used in connection with a green manu-
rial crop. The action of the lime as a
chemical agent is fastened and intensi-
fed, while the decomposition of the green
manure IS more complete from the action
OF the lime. a green crop may be plowed
under at any of its stages of growth, but
such a crop should not mature to seed
bearing. When the buckwheat of miIlet
is turned under, lime should be broad
casted over the surface and rye seeded on
the land. The rye may be used as late
fall and early spring pasturage, and
turned under also in the spring in time to
allow of a crop of corn. There is but lit
tie cost for labor and seed, and the bene-
fits derived will be much more than
when the land is left idle, or in fallow. as
it is styled, while the growing of the
crops, as well as the several plowings of
the land, will reduce the crops of weeds
to an extent that will well be a reWard for
the expense d.-Philadelphia Re-
cord.
FARM NOTES.
Never send out package of butter you
are not proud to have your name and adj
dress on in plain letters.
One hundred bushels of corn to the
acre means 1000 pounds ear corn and
5000 pounds of fodder, or $4,000 pounds
dry, or between 20 and 80 tons green.
The crops are more valuable to the
country than the gold in the mines. Even
Calitornia's gold output is not equal to
one-half Of the value of her fruit crop
every year.
1t is observed that the farmers who are
successful are those who never lose sight
OF the fact that the farm is a home: that
everything done toward identifying
and improving the place is enhancing its
value.
a gentlemen who has seventy cows
and four hundred hens finds that his hens
pay him the geatest profit. He feeds
them properly and has stream of eggs
going to the market all the winter when
the demand Is great and the prices high.
Farm Journal.
Success generally attends well tended
crops, in spite of insect depredations. I
certainly have noticed that crops, feeble
because of poor seed, poor soil and poor
management, are the ones that the insects
harm the most.-T. II. Hoskins.
Many years ago it was the belief of
gardeners that to take hold of a cabbage
and pull 1t hard enough to break few of
its roots aided it to form a larger head.
This accordS with recent experiments in
United States station, which resulted in
showing that cabbages slightly tilted
over with the pillow in the fall produced
large heads.
Peas are rapidly coming into favor as a
food Tor mich cows, especially in the
winter production of milk. as they are
easily grown aud worth twice and a half
their weight in bran. Use the Canadian
field pea. Sow two and quarter bushels
per acre.
1t is not generally known by growers
of the mountain ash that it is liable to the
attacks Of the apple tree borer. 1t is, in
fact, often breeding place for these pests,
which afterward destroy the orchard. To
exterminate the borer he should be looked
for and destroyed wherever he is likely
to appear.
1t is the opinion of the Texas LSUe Stock
Journal that SO far as fleece and mutton
are concerned the sheep industry is on a
better footing to-day in the United States
than it has ever been before This is be-
cause farmers have been trying to inn
prove both the breeds and methods of
taking care of sheep.
Is there money in poultry? Let Hol-
land answer. In that country there are
many farms of not more than twenty or
twenty five acres on which not ONLY liy-
ings are made, but on which the owners
have got rich. Truck farming and breed
ing of poultry and egg production seem
to be the chief sources of money-makinp
The value Of the skim milk and whey
should always be considered when milk
is supplied to creamery. AS the patrons
of the creamery can feed the skim milk
and whey TO pigs. it is plain that por-
ton OF the profit derived from the whole
milk must be taken from the pork, which
n q a ~
creamery.
Experiments made in fertilizing cur
rants and raspberries show that ordinary
land plaster matured twice the amount of
fruit on the canes compared with canes
not so treated. AS plaster is perhaps the
cheapest of all fertilizers, fruit-growers
should give it trial next season, or NAV
even use 1T now, In order to promote
growth of new canes.
The amount Of milk and butter that
may be obtained from cow is shown by
the performance of the Holsteins, which
yield not only large quantities of milk,
but stand high as butter producers. a
yield of 26.02l pounds ofmilz about IL. 600
quarts) In one year has been the result.
The same cow also produced twenty
eight pounds of butter in one week. Some
OF them have produced thirty pounds of
butter in one week, and at the same time
yielded large quantities of milk.
Ifa farmer has more land than he can
cultivate. or sell, he will put it to good
use by growing timber on it. 1t is not
wise TO allow the land to grow up in anv
kind of timber that makesit its appearance.
but young trees should be set out, or the
seed planted, at regular distances, so as 10
receive cultivation for year or two. Nut
trees will pay something in their crops.
and a field of black walnuts will be worth
q small fortune by the time a young
farmer becomes middle-aged.
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