The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-24
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


By the way, how clean do you keep
your cows udders2
The farmer or dairyman who allows
weeds to taint his pastures is not sue
cess.
If fowls have a large range now, the
grain feed may be cut to once day.
Let them hustle for the rest they have.
If the milk can is old and corroded
with rust, buy new one for the milk,
use the rusty one to bring whey from the
factory.
Keep your chickens growing from the
shell, and they will be ready for the
table or market any time after ten or
twelve weeks of age.
The good layers are active and gen.
orally on the move and scratching about
arc the first birds out in the morning
and the last to roost at night.
Does it cost more to raise 1000 pounds
of flesh in the form of poultry than it
does to raise 1000 pounds in the form of
beel1 Which sells for the mostl
The agricultural experiment stations
and dairy schools ought, in each State,
to note the appearance and spread of
Weeds that cause an unpleasant flavor IN
milk.
The wet season makes very "slushy"
grass. The COWS, the milk and the but
ter will be better il some grain is fed.
Bran is better than corn meal for hct
weather feed.
The Malta bees are noted for the
purity and delicious flavor of their
honey. They extract most of it from
sulla, or clover, of which there is an ex-
tensive crop.
Do not feed lot of cockerels till they
become ''old roosters," then sell on the
general market. 1t is haRd to make them
pass as '"spring chicken even If the
dealer cuts the spurs off.
Clover is valuable in the winter feed
ing of hogs as well as for summer pas
ture. Stow away little that is cut
young and nicely cured, aud feed it to
the stock hogs that you carry over.
Many horses that are unruly and have
bad dispositions are made so by bad
treatment when they are colts. Gentle
ness is a first requisite in training and
educating the colt for future usefulness.
The dairyman who feeds only home
products, corn fodder and corn meal, for
instance, does not always practice econ
omy. Better vary this one e.sided ration
by exchanging some corn for hnseed
meal.
A full and strong stock of bees al
swarning time contains about 30, ,00t
workers and one prolific queen, the
mother of the whole colony; also 60 tC
500 drones are about the number to be
tolerated.
The best profit to the stock breeder
alw ays comes in breeding for specia
purpose animals. Select your purpose
the dairy, beef, mutton or wool, the
horse for the road or the saddle,a and the
stick to il.
Apple growers can take proftabl
step forward this year by aban loning tn,
time honored barrel and packing thei
finest fruit in small boxes or crates. Tn
market is quite ready for this departure
and such packages would undoubtedl.
prove popular.
Care should be taken to keep the pas
sage to the hives as free as possible fror
weeds, briers and other obstruction'
Many valuable bees, returning nom
with a full load, are lost within fey
yards of the hive by getting eutaugle'
in the briers OF weeds.
There should be a good supply of wa
ter near the hives these days. Whe
bees come out of the hives in the sprin
they usually look for water the fir
thing, aud the nearer the supply the les
danger there will be of their gettin
chilled to death ob their way home,