The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-22
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AMI tAhbhN NOthS.
Comb honey is more salable than
extracted.
Aluminium horseshoes are worth
thorough trial.
The objection to fed honey is its
tendency to candy.
Bees are fond of snlt and are said to
make more honey when it is provided.
Big horses with style and quality
are still commanding remunerative
prices.
A horse with a sore mouth will pull
harder on the bit than one with
sound mouth.
If the fall is favorable to honey
gathering the colony will store enough
to winter on.
A fast walker possesses the essen
tials of courage, energy and nimble-
ness of action.
IL is harder to find frst-cls road
or carriage horse to-day than it has
been for many years.
There are said to be four distinct
varieties of honey-bees in India. They
are all different from the honey bee of
this country.
When sheep is to be sold put it in
the best possible mutton condition.
Never think of selling thin, poor
sheep on any account.
A hen that lays large number of
eggs is never sleepy or droopy. She
is too busy supplying the different
foods that nature and the eggs de-
mand.
Feeding too much soft slushy feed
is often factor in bringing on the
gapes in young chickens, as the fer
mentation taking place tends to create
the germs of the disease.
On the farm, at least, the fowls
should have a good range, as they will
pick up much that would otherwise go
to waste, and in this way the cost of
feeding be greatly lessened.
Chicks that give promise of proving
standard fowls will thrive much better
if the culls are removed and more room
in the quarters and freer range given
to those that are to be kept
Don't allow the boys to tease the
stock ram. A butting ram is great
nuisance as well as dangerous ami
NAL, and the boy that taught him to
butt does a mischievous act.
An English farmer timed his horses
when plowing, and found they walked
at the rate of nearly IA! miles in eight
hours. 1t requires a eleven miles walk
to plow an acre in nine-inch furrows.
If half the trouble were taken to
bring out the walking gait of work
horses that is bestowed on the trotter
or runner to bring out their move
ments, the farmer would be astonished
at the result.
Good draught horses are bringing
good prices on their merits, and the
scrubs find no market at cost of pro-
duction. Is it not time we gave up
raising scrubs and breed for size, style
and beauty.
If increased yield is the object choose
the most persistent layers and mate
them with cockerel of the best egg
laying strain to be had. Then give the
hens sufficient exercise and plenty of
reproducing food.
Diarrhea may often be mistaken for
cholera, as the symptoms at the start
are nearly the same. AS soon as the
birds are affected they have a down
cast look, become sleepy, lose strength
and have more or less fever.
The advantage with the Italian bees
over the black is that they are much
easier to handle, being much gentler.
They also produce a much larger in
crease of bees, and under the same
conditions make more honey.
In most localities the use of honey
is nothing like so great as it would be
if those who keep bees would put up
the honey in more attractive form
and take more pains to bring it to the
notice of the better class of consum-
/ ers.
Foundation is an indispensable
article in the apiary, and every keeper
of bees should have good supply of
it on hand. With it we can have nice,
straight combs, and save the bees con-
siderable work, as well as consumption
of honey.
Look for market for your small
fruit near home. Long shipments sell
dom pay the smaller growers, as the
commission on small shipments are
high, and it is only the larger growers
who can make any profit by shipping
long distances.
Properly managed, an incubator viii
hatch fully as many eggs in proportion
as the average hen, especially during
the winter. But it is necessary fully
to understand the machine and to give
proper care in order to obtain the best
Besults. Now is good time to buy
and try an incubator, as it will give
plenty of time to get accustomed tC