Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-04-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Leghorns are among the very best of
layers.
Set the first clutches of duck eggs
under hen.
Proper shelter from storms means
regular, even feeces.
1t will pay every grower to learn
thoroughly to grade wool.
Burs in the pasture are very expen-
sive Get rid of them.
The less water there is in butter the
fewer odors it will absorb.
The best way to keep root crops is
to pack them in sand and put in the
cellar.
Put the perches far enough away
draught.
Eggs often have q bad flavor from
the food the hens eat. 1t is well TO
bear this in mind.
Have the nests so low that the hens
can step in. If they jump i'll they are
apt to break the eggs.
If the young stock is to be used for
breeding it should always be selected
| from the earliest matches.
Cows are not kept for their company.
therefore why let them go dry four to
six months out of the year.
Early manuring is simply impossible
| if the animals are stinted while they
are forming bone and muscle.
The production of eggs is a great
drain on hens vitality. Therefore,
the laying hens should be well fed.
Whether Matched in an incubator OF
under hen, do not feed the chicken,
until they are twenty-four hours old.
| 1t never pays to offer horse for
sale in poor condition. 1t does not
pay to keep horse in poor condition.
Fourteen million of the inhabitants
of France have farms of twenty acres
or less from which they manage to
obtain n living.
Young turkeys are naturally tender.
There is no advantage in Matching
them out until the weather is reason
ably well settled
Provide all the setting hens with
comfortable quarters and see that
| their feathers are well dust9d with in.
sect powder before starting them.
If colt is broken to harness when
he is full of life and spirit, he will be
more reliable than if handled in the
same way when weak and half fed.
II they are made comfortable and
kept in good condition some of tho
hens will want to set this month. II
will be worth while TO make them com
Portable.
Experiments will show that it is .
mistake to feed more than ten pounds
of beet pulp per day to pigs. Under
I'LL circumstances the pulp must bt
combined with other fodder.
Place box of salt near the water
ing trough SO the horses can lick il
whenever they go to drink. This i,
preferable To the usual method of salt
ing the farm horses once IA week.
In making butter there is no neces
sity for manipulating il with you
hands, as some ignorantly do.
wooden ladle is the proper utensil t,
use for working aud handling thi
product,
Ducklings are much more easily 70,
than young chickens. Nothing seem
10 disagree with them as long ms il i
sweet. They take kindly To skim milk
hutter-milk, meal. wheat bran, pota
toes or almost anything else.
A good, warm stable is not only al
indication Of "a kind-hearted, mereifu
owner, but IL also signifies that he j
a frugal and economical man, making
practical use of his knowledge tina
warm shelters are great feed savers.
Draw the manure aud spread ia
same on the Fields as rapidly as eau be
No farmer wishes To- be- behind han,
aud forced 10 haul fertilizers whel
every effort should be- confined to th
preparation of the soil and sowing th
Bred.
II will pay you either to sell yen
! cattle ~ soon a. they are III Tor aha
/ you can get or feed them 80 that the
will come out IA the spring in goul
condition. u sill not paw "a keo
them over second winter % the hop
/ VI increasing their weight