Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-02
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

| FARM AND GAhDEN NOTES.
Fowls like shade in summer.
Set or 'break up" the broody hen
at once.
Kerosene is very effective for the
cure of scaly legs.
Assafoetida in the drinking water is
said to be good for gapes in chickens.
Poorly stocked farms are neither at
tractive nor are they made most profit
able
The horse that has steady work each
day is the best able to stand hard
work
See that the fowls have fresh water
and pure air, but not damp quarters or
drafts.
Do what is necessary to be done in
good season; there is often much loss
in delay.
The knowledge of how to sell farm
products will come largely from ex-
perience.
On plowed land there is very little
loss of manure applied in winter by
teaching.
A complete failure rarely falls to the
lot of a really good farmer with any
one crop.
When it is considered necessary to
make radical change of feed do it
gradually.
Rice boiled till soft and mixed with
. dry oatmeal is good to vary the chick
ems food with.
Dairy stock cannot be improved if a
careless mixing of all breeds is per-
mitted to go on.
If the coops for little chicks are on
the barn floor give them some fresh
earth for carpet.
A very little food when it is needed
will often make the difference between
profit and loss in dairying.
Pekins are not fanciful as to food,
take willingly what is given them and
the ducklings fatten quickly.
Good pasturage is necessary in dairy
ing. A COW must be able to fill her
stomach without working oil day for it.
Whitewash the coops before using
them; it gives an air of neatness and
air of healthfulness-ai full of health.
If you have to confine your fowls so
that they have but small run be sure
you keep it well spaded, that is, spade
it often.
1t is claimed that with plenty of
charcoal, the same amount of feed
will produce far greater amount of
| flesh and fat.
Summer dairying makes butter
when it is cheapest, and allows the
cows to go dry when the best prices
can be realized.
For summer or autumn crops keep
the manure on top as much as possible,
to act as mulch and help to retain
moisture in the soil.
One advantage from clover is the
roots, which penetrate and mellow the
subsoil, and which make rich manure
soil when they decay.
Want of fresh water is numbered by
some among the causes of feather eat
ing water should be replenished often
and kept in the shade.
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do their best. But that does not mean
that they should never touch anything
but board or stone floor.
Many farmer has made himself in
dependent by supplying some trifing
need of the market that the general
producer has overlooked.
Peaches do not thrive in wet soil
and this is often leading cause of
failure to secure the best results. Good
drainage is an important item.
A London journal commends Ameri-
can breeders for sticking much more
closely to the original italian type of
Leghorns than the English have done.
| Farmers cannot afford to cultivate
wheat for an average crop. Then why
net fit your land to grow an excep-
tional crop? That will pay, and it can
be done.
Manure may be wasted by attempting
to make it do service in larger space
than it will proftably cover, as well as
entailing more labor than the crop can
compensate for.
TO rightly fulfil the function of stock
breeding the animals must be 30 mated
as to produce the best possible results,
generating on generation, N an ever
ascending proportion.
A week is long enough for the hem
house to go without having the drop
pings removed. Sprinkle sand, dry
earth or coal ashes under the perches
after removing the droppings.
Don'tkeep too many kinds of poultry,
especially if You are just starting in
the business nor is it necessary to
build fancy houses except for the
pleasure OF 1t.