Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-10
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

knowledge of the apiary must be
gained by yourself. Others may supply
you with facts, but results must be the
work of ones own experience.
BY feeding at short intervals all that
an animal will eat up clean the hogs can
be made to fatten more rapidly, but the
work must be done regularly.
Does it cost more to raise 1000 pounds
of flesh in the form of poultry than 10
does to raise 1000 pounds in the form of
beef2 Which sells for the most2
The light Brahmas are of the very
best breeds to keep where it Is desired
to raise large, heavy roosters that can be
made ready for market when six or seven
months old.
Meehan says it is always better to
prune roses early in the winter than to
wait till spring, aud, as a general prin.
ciple, it is much better to prune carly
than to prune late.
The new chrysanthemum, Golden
Wedding, attracted much attention at
the late show in New York, aud has
been pronounced as probably the finest
yellow yet produced.
Have you ever figured out how much
profit you made by letting sheep run in
field of cornstalks till their wool was
full of bursa Some time when in good
spirits undertake the job.
Do not feed lot of cociersls till they
become "old roosters," then sell on the
general market. 1t is hard to make them
pass as "spring chickens" even if the
dealer ~ cuts the spurs off.
Professor W. A. Henry has shown by
experiment that it costs S2.6l to pro-
dice 100 pounds of gain with lambs,
and S3.03 to secure the same gain with
pigs of about the same age.
When the eggs are wanted for the in.
cubator, good plan is to separate the
hens from the roosters for week and
then turn them together, and then begin
saving the eggs in few days.
While the farm affords plenty of range
and an abundance Of grass for the fowls,
yet with this good feed aud care are
necessary, especially during the winter,
if the best results are secured.
Overfed hens are liable to disease, and
when leg-weakness, egg-bound, soft or
extra large eggs are laid, or poor
matches occur, they may be directly
traced to overlooking of the hens.
Some of the winter. Towering salvias
are very snowy. 8. involucrata is one of
the best; it has long spikes of pink
s,,
months, says a correspondent in Garden.
ing.
On the farm, at least, it is often pos
sible to keep small flock with very lit.
tie expense, as they will be able to pick
up the greater part of their feed, while
if larger number were kept more feed
ing would be necessary.
The first demand of the gardener Is for
lettuce, and he begins his round of profit
when he can deliver the large, crisp
heads ahead of his neighbor. Seed for
lettuce plants must be started in the fall,
wintered IN cold frames, and sown in
February in the hot-bed.
When chicks droop their wings and
die without any apparent cause it is
usually the result of breeding from
pullets, unless the chickens are being
chilled or insufficiently brooded, or by
being kept in damp quarters, either Of
which would produce roup and conse-
quent death.
The main reason why shallow cultiva.
tion succeeds SO we'll with the onion Is
according to A. A. Crozier, because the
roots grow best in compact soil, and
the explanation which attributes the
general practice of cultivation to the
supposed shallow.rooting habit of the
plant is erroneous.
Seed of the white barletta. or of the
| queen onion, if sown now, will make
fine crop for pickling before cold
weather. The heaviest croppers are the
mammoth pompeii and the white
sgarganus, which look very much alike.
The former is said to be superior to all
Italian onions.