Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-08-19
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


By the way, how clean do you keep
your cows udders9
The farmer or dairyman who allows
weeds to taint his pastures is not sue
cess.
If fowls have 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
are 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
beel Which sells for the most2
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 if 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 feel
ing of hogs rs well as for summer pas.
ture. Stow away little that is cut
young and nicely cured, aud feed ii 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 first requisite in training aud
educating the colt for future usefulness.
The dairyman who feeds only home
products, corn fodder aud corn meal, for
instance, does not always practice econ
omy. Better vary this one.sidel ration
by exchanging some corn for linseed
meal.
A full and strong stock OF bees at
swarming time contains about 30, 900
workers and one prolific queen, the
mother OF the whole colony; also go to
500 dfones are about the number to be
tolerated.
The best profit to the stock breeder
alw ays comes ia breeding for special
purpose animals. Select your purpose,
the dairy, beef, mutton or wool, the
horse ior the road OF the saddle, and then
stick to t.
Apple growers can take profitable
step forward this year by aban ioning the
time honored barrel aud packing their
finest fruit ia small boxes OF crates. rhs
market Is quite ready iof this departure,
aud such packages would undoubtedly
prove popular
Care should be taken to keep the pas
sage 10 the hives as free as possible from
weeds, bfiefs aud other obarucilons.
Many valuable bees, returning home
Hith luil load, are lost within few
yards Of the hive BY getting entaagled
Ia the hrleFs or wesas.
There should be good supply of va
ier nsaf the hlgea these days When
bees come out u the hives 10 the spring
they usually look faT water the aFst
ihia8, aud the nearer the supply ihe lees
danger theFs alll be II their gatllng
eAlllsd ~ death " lhell sag holae,