The record-union., 1892-04-09

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nation to attend to it. We know that in
the greater number of cases the farmer S
wife does not need this suggestion, for
she has learned the value to the house
| hold of the poultry yard.
Some men set tree as they would a
| fence post; but such will never make
good fruit-growers. The hole for the tree
should be made wide and deep, and the
bottom filled with good, rich earth Then
set the tree firmly and put a good stake
beside it and bind a belt OF soft material
! about the tree and the stake.
Do without fences wherever it is pos
slble. \ fence is a costly luxury, as il is
useless unless kept in repair, but when it
is harboring place for insects and YER
min OF all kinds, which find refuge in the
! collections OF refuse in the corners, it
causes the farmer more labor to repair the
damage to the farm than the advantages
gained from the fence.
Under proper management either the
Wool or the increase should pay for keep
ing, while the other should be profit, but
sneep cannot grow wool or furnish nutri-
uous milk to lambs if they have only
sufficient food TO maintain animal life; it
requires more food during winter when
the animals have no shelter than when
they are well protected.
1t has time and again been proclaimed
THAT great care is needed in keeping dairy
salt. 1t absorbs and retains odors as
readily as the milk or cream, and should
be placed in a covered barrel or tight box
IN dry place. Carelessness regarding
TINS may result in injury to the quality
OF butter, through means used and in
tended for its prevention.
A correspondent of the Maine Fu7,7pe1'
cures collie in sheep by dissolving two
tabiespoonsful OF EPSON salts in about a
nall pint OF warm water, and adding one
teaspoon1ul of essence Of peppermint.
Open the sleeps mouth and insert a
small funnel in it. a boy can pour the
salts while the sheep is held. in about
two hours the sheep will be all right.
When you transplant trees take the
precaution to prune the branches so as to
restore the rest destroyed by the root
mutations that are always inSeparable
from removals, and then mulch so as to
retain moisture until the new rootlets
can get good start. Many trees are lost
by neglecting the proper cutting back,
thus leaving too much work for the Grip
pied roots to accomplish.
Beet sugar is receiving more attention
every year. Clay soil gives the highest
percentage of sugar. The average yield
of sugar from beets is about II per cent.
and over twenty tons of beets can be
grown on an acre, the cost of which, for
seed, labor, etc., is about $40. Over 600
acre. but this yield depends on the soil,
the fertilizers used and the season.
With good care Brown Leghorns
should lay as many eggs in year as any
breed of fowls. Light Brahnlas, Plyn-
outh Rocks and Wyandottes are all con-
sldered good market poultry. We should
! advise to have two houses for 100 hens: a
house I0Xl2 would do for fifty and the more
space you can give them in summer, the
| better it will do. One acre of orchard
would be enough for hundred hens.
| Grass is great thing for all poultry, and
and if yarded the yard should be so large
| they could not kill the grass.-Poultry
Monthly.
1t is well said that ten acres of small
| fruits will often make a man more truly
prosperous than ten times as much land
i'll wheat or corn. He may not be worth
as much in actual capital invested, but he
VIII be getting larger income, and do
ing 1t with much less severe toll. The
small farm, we'll titled, whether it be in
! fruits, dairy, vegetables, etc., is almost
| always the most satisfactory.
! An excellent way to secure early plants
is to use egg shells. Fill the shells with
rich earth, plant few seeds on the top,
and when transplanting the young plants
place the shell in the ground with the
plant. first dipping the shell in water,
and crushing it before filling earth
around it. In this manner the young
plant receives no check. and a large
number Of shells may be used by placing
them on frame in a warm and sunny
place.
a rat-proof floor for chicken-houses
can be made by mixing coal ashes and
freshly Stacked lime. Take twenty or
/ thirty bushels of ashes just as they come
| from the heap, cinders and ALL Add to
! this one bushel of fresh lime, in the
! liquid form just after Stacking. Mix
/ thoroughly with hoe. Make floor a
| foot thick, or even thicker. The stuff is
cheap. Ram hard with heavy hammer
at least three times, on different days.
/ This same process carefully performed
will make a cellar floor that can be
! scrubbed.