Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-11-10
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A hen that is too fat can't lay.
1t pays to salt the cattle regularly.
A liberal use of whitewash is bene.
fetal.
Dampness is to he prevented at all
times
Sour milk is an excellent drink for
poultry.
Well drained land is the best for
fruit trees.
Winter wheat and rye make good fall
pastures for stock
A good orchard adds greatly to the
market value of n farm.
by sowing rye you can have green
food late, if not all winter,
Cattle will eat almost all of the corn
fodder if it is cut or crushed.
To mako profit from your butter
you must make n good article,
As soon ms the leaves are off the cur
rant bushes the wood should be
thiuned.
The best profit comes from hogs
that are marketed before the age of
ten months.
You will save money, time and vex.
alton of spirit by keeping all machin'
cry III perfect repair.
Keep up with the times and do not
persist in old methods when you find
new ones which are better.
When planting trees dig the holes
large enough to allow the roots to
spread out in their natural position.
If you wish to keep your horses in
good condition see that their stable is
kept clean and that there are no
draughts.
Before setting nm orchard, il would
be well to find what varieties succeed
best in your locality or in locations
having similar conditions to yours.
A pound of honey well stirred into
gallon of water, and set whore ii will
keep warm, aud where bugs and insects
will not get into it, will in "a short
time be converted into fine article of
vinegar,
We cannot give mp stock growing on
the farm, tor the fertility of the farm
must bo maintained and our pastures
must be utilized; our crops of grass
aud forage and grain, too, should all
be fed on the farm,
The Danish cattle are hardy little
race, perfectly adapted to their some
what hard circumsts qces, Their milk
does not compare ia ably with the
Jersey, Holstein or Shorthorn breeds,
being deficient in butter fat,
Good protection in the way of we'll
made chat hives will go a long way
toward keeping the bees healthy, even
when feeding ON bad honey. II closely
confined aud obliged TO feed on bad
honey bees are often subject to dysen-
terry,
Where no increase ia the number of
bees ls desired all swaFms that issue
eau bo put back, but ia order to got
them 80 stay all queen cells must he re-
moved A good time ta do this Is
while the swarms are out, an they will
atay out after sitting long enough 10
d0 this
Extracted honey will often granu-
lato and hecnme hard ou the approach
II cold weather II II good quality Il
will heeome white IT, restore II tn
lts liquid iurm set the vessel contain
iHH Il in warm water aud gradually
btIng - a boil until the honey Is
melted
Ia planting vines, trseh, "a shrubs
lhe roots hhanl1 hp placed IA a. aear
lheif natural position a. possible.
hHeh ~ the luss ahieh l. attributed
~ the laeh ~ eare GA tho part If lhs
nursery man l. really caused by the
failara II tbs fruit grower to ohsefYe
lhls taln.
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