Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-17

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selected. The best common cow is q
half-bred Jersey having good common
dam and pure sire. Some of these
are as good as the pure bred.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Dead dogs kill no sheep.
Quack grass loves poor farmer
It's a poor "brace" that breaks a
trace.
A drained acre of land is equal to re.
moving one hundred miles south.
Two beeves can never be made fat on
a pasture that has only grass enough for
one.
Keep studying and experimenting IL
you do not want to be left behind the
times.
Many men in the dairying business are
ignorant on many of the most important
points.
| Store carrots in pits or cellars, and
cover the roots with sand to prevent
them from willing.
If it is possible have the heifer calf
come into the dairy at twenty-six or
twenty eight months old.
Now the weeds in your pasture land
four or five times year and you will be
free from them in a few years.
In fattening rapidly, close quarters,
cleanliness, small amount of light, and
plenty of fat farming foods will soon tell
the story.
At this time it is safe to keep a few
more fowls than are actually needed for
breeding in order to be secure against
ordinary accidents.
If celery is put in the cellar some earth
should be left on the roots. The roots
should be kept moist, and the tops dry
and free from frost.
Start beds of mushrooms under green
house benches. Cover spinach lightly
with litter, and kale in exposed loca.
tions should also be covered.
! When the weather is mild in winter,
lettuce in frames need all the air you can
give them, other wise they will be so ten.
der that the least frost will kill them.
The principal difficulty in keeping late
chickens growing is lack of warmth. If
they can be kept comfortable it is COM
paratively easy to keep them gaining.
Ducks, young or old, do not thrive
we'll on grain diet. They need more
bulky food. Bran, grass, middlings and
food of this kind are better than grain.
While as a general rule old hens are
Improbable, it is sometimes advisable to
keep them, especially when they have
proved themselves to be good mothers.
All business men take note of the con-
slant changes in the taste of their Gus
toners and in the demand for certain
kinds of goods. Farmers should do the
same.
To grow an orchard successfully have
for several years. Before planting plow
deep, and if subsoil be used all the
better.
E. d. Eastman, of Rochester, N. Y,
feeds 120 COWS for nine and half cents
each day by means of the silo. He con-
siders silage and cotton-seed meal per.
feet ration.
No man need think of succeeding in
keeping cows unless he is willing to give
his attention to it, and care at least for
the comfort OF his COWS as he does for
his own comfort.
While kerosene is an irritant, crude
petroleum makes good liniment. 1t
will kill every louse it touches. Use
kerosene on the roots and in nests and
petroleum on the chicks.
Cabbages in cold frames should be
aired freely and kept cool. Heads for
winter and spring use must now be pro-
tected, but not covered too deeply, nor
stored in too warm place.
Because occasionally crossbred fowl
presents fine appearance one is tempted
to think it good plan to breed them,
but this is mistake. The best results
are secured by keeping the breeds pure.
In the management of fattening it is
much better to have fowls eager and
hungry for their food, so that they will
hunt aud scratch for something to eat,
rather than to have them lazy and list
less.
In most cases, even when the poultry
is given good range, it will be found
advisable to have close yard where, at
any time it may be considered advisable,
more or less of the poultry can be con-
fined.
1t takes time to increase a cows
capacity for milk when feeding for that
purpose. A cow giving $50 pounds of
milk year cannot be made to give 300
pounds Immediately. The change is
gradually made.
Some of the larger breeds of poultry
are best in small towns or villages where
it is desirable to allow them the range
of your own premises, but not to bother
the neighbors. The larger breeds are
easier to restrain.
A few carrots given daily to the horses
and cows will be considered luxury by
them, and the carrots will greatly benefit
them. One of the best modes of pro-
viding natural butter color for the
butter is to use carrots for the cows.
To get milk-to get the most and the
best milk--the bodily comfort of the
cow must be considered and ministered
to. The comfort, the ease, the perfect
rest of the COW must be studied if she be
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