The record-union., 1892-12-09

in drilling the hole the drin should pass
near the quIrk, 80 tEat there would be
DANCER OF ianIeiiess, the hot iron woald
scar over ana prevent any trouble from
this quarter. Then | cut with sharp
chlsei across the top crack, so that it will
gram down square across and so grain off
the split. After having made the hole
properly, then make a nail that will
drive in snug, with head large enough
and properly shaped so it will fit the
notch when L elinch on the opposite side.
have cured good many split hoofs in
this way"
KEEP A SUPPLY OF LIME.
No well regulated farm should be with
out barrel or box of lime. Nothing
purifies the stables quicker and nothing
is better to put into the pig pens or
chicken n-houses to prevent filth and ver-
min. If the cellar is damp and unwhole-
some little lime scattered about over the
floor will produce a desirable change in
the condition of affairs. If lime is handy
there is lable to be more whitewashing
done, and this in itself would be reason
enough for keeping supply on hand. 1t
IS one OF the cheapest articles and one of
the best that can be kept about the prem
ises.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Poor butter in neat packages will sell
better than good butter in ''mussy," dirty
looking packages, but good butter in neat
packages sells best.
People who use. their noses for deter
INNING the value of manureS or fertilizers
are sure to lose money, because most of
them believe that horrible smell indi-
Gates strength.
In sending potatoes to market do not
mix varieties, and sort as evenly to one
size as you can, Dealers like to handle
and can sell better goods that show some
care and judgment on the part of the
shipper.
AS lands have become exhausted we
see apple trees gradually die. When an
old orchard has disappeared from starva-
ton 1t is folly to set young trees in their
places, unless potash and ground bone be
applied literally.
Those who are not familiar with the
habits of peppers and egg-plants may not
know that their productiveness may be
wonderfully increased and their bearing
season prolonged by continuing to culti-
vate them late in the season.
A man must become a regular crank on
the manure question before he can be a
success as fruit and vegetable-grower
lie whom his neighbor characterizes as
manure crank" is on the high road to
success.-Fruit-Grow Journal.
Whitewash will make the interior of
the stable much lighter and more COM
Portable in winter. There is no reason
why an animal should be kept in dark
ness if it can be avoided, and especially
when whitewash can be applied at
small cost.
If choice, well-bred COW can secure a
record OF over fifty quarts of milk in one
day, does she not stand forth as an ex-
ample OF what farmers may do with good
cows? If the farmers cannot raise tifty-
quart cows, is it any reason why they
should be content with cows that do not
yield ten quarts day?
Give plenty of room to young trees.
They should not be closer together than
thirty-fve feet each way for apples and
pears. Allowing plenty of room permits
OF the cultivation of some kind of hoe
crop the first two or three years, which
destroys all grass and weeds and enables
the trees to grow rapidly.
To keep selected eggs for Matching pur-
poses, put them in a cool place, where
they will not become frozen. the cooler
three times week. Eggs kept in this
manner need not be packed, but NAV be
simply placed on racks. They should
keep well for six weeks and produce
strong chicks.
Every pound of flesh gained by an ami
mai IN winter costs more than one and a
half pounds in summer and every pound
after
the winter sets in. The live stock should
be ted well now, so as to carry them into
the winter in good condition, as it is
cheaper to put on the flesh and retain it
while the weather is mild than to attempt
to fatten poor animals in winter
The advice, which is often given to
farmers, that they make speciality of
some particular crop, is not to their ad-
vantage in every case. If farmer is near
large market and knows that his soil
and climate is adapted for the production
of some article tnat is largely in demand
in the market, he will incur but little
risk, and may meet with success, but the
farmers, as class, should engage in di-
versitied farming.
The ground for young orchard should
be well plowed and prepared, the same as
for any other crop. The young trees
should have plenty of roots, and it is best
to cut back the top severely whenever it
can be done without injury. In making
the holes for the trees have them large
enough to admit of spreading the roots.
Good planting of the trees is one-half of
the future difficulties removed at the
start.
If farmers would regulate all their af-
fairs by looking well to tie cost they
would secure profits from many sources
that serve only to cause waste 1t is a
waste to provide an animal with food that
is only picked over and trampled, es-
pecially when such food can be prepared
and made palatable with ground grain.
The different foods assist each other
when they are judiciously used, and the
cost of production is regulated more by
the manner of feeding than by the actual
amount expended for the foods.