Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-19
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Look out for fire during dry times.
Sow some rye if short of pasturage
or forage.
It is sour milk, not separated milk,
that hurts the calves.
Character is always writing its name
indelibly on the face.
If milk is put in sour cans no steril-
izing in the world can save it.
Don't feed cold milk to a small calf,
Feeding three times day is best.
Overproduction OF inferior products
causes some men to fail as farmers.
Red clover is one of the very best
friends of the farmer if rightly used.
Sec that the roosters have firm flesh.
The flabby ones are no good for
breeding.
Soapsuds are an excellent fertilizer
for grapes on account of the potash
they contain.
It does not iniure the keeping
qualities of butter to make it from
sterilized cream.
There are farms where moro head
work would bring better results than
more hard work.
Evaporation from the soil may be
largely prevented by the use of a
mulch on the surface.
Pullets batched in July and August
will give you eggs during Lent, when
the demand is unusual.
The way the plow is adjusted has
much to do with the draft as we'll as
the quality OF work done.
1t is wise policy to breed what the
market calls for and for which the
best prices are being paid.
Iowa dairymen find that sweet corn
makes the best favored butter, but
not so much as other feeds.
The milk-can on the steps at the
farmers gate is sign of prosperity,
and in time it will lift the mortgage.
When you see weed don't wait to
have it identified" Kill it at once,
be it Russian thistle or native pest.
The roots of pear trees run very
near the surface of the soil, and care
must be taken when plowing near
them.
Plow around your hay and grain
stacks. Plow half dozen burrows
and make them some distance from the
stacks.
| Sterilized cream is better for MAX
80 IL,
sterilized. 1t will swell more in freez-
! ing, and make lighter and smoother
! ice cream.
| No one objects, or has the right to
object, to oleomargarine, sold rs oleo.
margarine. But there are the best
and strongest reasons for objecting to
it's being sold as butter.
The quick-growing kinds of turnips,
sown late in the autumn, are very sue
culent but do not have the nutritive
qualities that belongs to the Rata
baga family or even the White tur-
nips when sown earlier.
Pears are ready to be picked when
the stem parts readily from the spur
when raised by the hand. The fruit
should always be picked by thus rails
ing it up, instead of pulling it off.
Aim to leave the stem on the pear.
No remedy has been found for the
pear blight which has been affecting
quinces in many localities. All dis.
eased twigs should be cut and burned,
and affected limbs should be cut off
foot below the discoloration point.
The first essentials OF good butter
making are patience, cleanliness, good
Judgment, and hard work. Proper
feeding of the COW is the starting
point, and then the most absolute
cleanliness from barn to shipping case.
| Heavily laden limbs should be sup.
ported by wires from common point
near the top of the tree. This method
is an improvement on the old wooden
props. The wires may remain perma-
nently, as heavy crops may come in
succeeding years.