The record-union., 1893-05-03
ling OF the cream. Avoid the use of the
hand; use whisk broom or a spray from
the nozzle OF the hose.-EXchange

ling OF the cream. Avoid the use of the
hand; use whisk broom or a spray from
the nozzle OF the hose.-EXchange
HOW TO STOP HENS EATING EGGS.
This is something many who keep fowls
{ NculG Ike 10 isnoH. No doubt all have
had more or less trouble from this per-
nicious habit in their fowls. One who
| has tried many remedies to prevent hens
4 from eating their eggs, states that he has
met with success by simply covering
/ the nest. When hen becomes accus-
toned to eating eggs from a nest she will
usually resort to that particular nest, as
she associates the place with the food, and
seldom goes to another nest for eggs. BY
covering, and not using the nest for
awhile, the hen soon forgets the habit,
and does not always continue it when she
lays in new nest. The remedy is worthy
OF trial.
GENERAL FARM NOTES.
a. Countryman is the name of poultry
raiser near Admission, Ala.
A milk COW should never be driven
faster Than walk or be worried by dogs
For summer or autumn crops keep the
manure on top as much as possible, to act
as mulch and help retain moisture in
The soil.
Have convenient gates. Allowing cows
10 jump over few bars or few rails will
be TO start to teach them to lump fences q
little later.
One advantage from clover is the roots.
which penetrate and mellow the subsoil,
ana which makes rich manure when
they decay.
Many farmer has made himself indie
penuent by supplying some triliing need
OF the market that the general producer
has overlooked
Peaches do not thrive in q wet soil and
this Is often leading cause OF failure TO
secure the best results. Good drainage is
an important item.
Professor Henry shows by experiment
that II costs - 81 to produce one hun
ufed pounds of gain with lambs, and
% 70 W produce the same gam with pigs
OF ABOUT the same age.
Beware OF all patent processes for ret-
tlhs more butter from milk than ever was
IN II. Ihey are frauds. All those who
lhVest lhelr money in them usually do so
with fraudulent intent.
In France, where the forward axle of
the wlde-tIred wagons used for heavy
teainlng Is made shorter than the rear
one, the four siX-Inch rims in passing
over a road roll section two feet wide.
Not one farm in five is worked SO as to
produce half what 1t is capable OF. Then,
after deductlng all eX XDenscs for uro6ucinor
1t, there is not half the net profit there
would have been il it had been raised on
half the land.
Away from large markets land is COM
paratlVely cheap, and, as a rule, the
laruls are large-too large for the benefit
OF me owner. \ majority OF them would
yleid Twice as much net profit if the labor
and expense laid out on the whole were
JudlcIously put on half.
The question of spring blowing has
DGen The SlIhlayt of r,;-
mas mas developed great variety of opinion.
Inc weight OF testimony is against 1t.
however, one deep ploWing in the autumn
pelus regarded as sufficient. The moist
ure accumuiating during the winter is
| likely 10 be lost when spring blowing
takes place.
An experiment in planting potatoes has
%pr4teu % surprisingly profitable, says IA
writer IN the Agricultural EDjt0JujSt
inns Is simply done by planting the seed
whlIe plowing the land. Make one fIr
row hrst and drop the potatoes in it: the
next Iurrow is turned into it, and so on
Placing the seed in every third turrow.
Whiie plowing the ground the potatoes
are being planted.
one farmer objected to keeping sheep
OH the ground that his farm was stocked
to It's fullest capacity, and by close chilli
Vation, rotation and fertilization was pro-
Quclng every bushel of grain possible.
ct he was finally persuaded to purchase
twenty sheep as an experiment. and To
ms astonlshment found that he not only
hau ample room for them, but that they
were very profitable besides.
whenever you have piece of land that
you can not cultivate. put it down in
grass. Too much land is somotimes q
uraW pack, but the best mode of keeping
the !and IN condition, if you can ONLY
cultivate portion OF it, is TO seed the re-
malnder down in grass. If the grass
crop Is light, plow under that which has
grown and seed it again. Once a sod is
obtained the land will begin to recn-
perate.
The tomato is native of South
America. 1t was taken to Europe earl
IN the sixteenth century. The spelIinT
OF the word with final seems to he an
English spelling. The French and Span-
lsh have tomato" from MEXICAN
tomatl." Its short name is lycopersicum
esculentum. 1t was formerly supposed
70 possess the power of exciting the
tender passion, hence the name Glove
apple.' wv
The poultry on the farm should be
looked after by one person--usuallv a
care-taklng, intelligent daughter. if the
mother is taken up with other cares. By
tins means great interest in the subject
soon arises, and every year fewer mis-
IdheS Will Ee MADE Personal eXperi-
ence and that of others derived from
reading will soon arouse a love for snch
charges that renders the daily labor
work of art. Divided responsibility spoils
the whole business; let one person have
sole charge of the fowls.
The advantage of pruning fruit trees
low, so as to bring the heads near the
ground, are summarized as follows. by
Prof. Rane, in late bulletin of the West
Virginia Experiment Station. Low trees
can be more easily pruned and their fruIt
more easily gathered. They can be
more conveniently sprayed, and thus
protected against insects and funpi and
are not so liable to break down. The
vigor which is required to build up
trunk in high tree can be used
to advantage by the branches and fruit of
a low-headed one.
More Note SIguers.
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