The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-26
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Sailing with brine is not effective.
Excessive feeding of Swedish turnips
makes the milk bitter.
Begin early and train the fruit trees
to grow symmetrical and well bal
anced.
Itrequires ensilage and warm stables
for cows in winter to make winter
dairying profitable.
1t is doubtful il there is any better
milk-producing food for the brood
mare than ground oats.
Professor Weigman attributes oily
butter to iron, which comes from the
use of poorly timed vessels.
Keep close watch on the work
horses. Give them all necessary pro-
lection against bad-fitting or dirty
collars.
Hot weather brings plenty of work
in the poultry yard, and work that can
not be slighted nor neglected if profit
able results are to be expected.
Handsome, well proportional, sound,
sixteen-hand carriage horses that
show quality and good action will
bring about as much money to-day as
ever.
Green bone is an excellent egg-mak-
ing food. 1t is also excellent for
young chicks, as it furnishes the ma
terial required for the growth of bone
and feathers.
Soapy milk has been found to be
caused by damp, foul straw upon which
the COWS were bedded. This abounded
in bacteria, which got on to the udders
and thence into the milk.
Sailing with one-half to one and one
half ounces per pound increases the
total weight of butter about twelve
per cent. The unsalted butter has a
larger water content than the salted.
Young ducks are great feeders and
will sometimes gain rs much as q
pound in week. Duck meat can be
produced almost as cheaply as pork,
and with about the same kind of feed.
Because there are poor imported
stations it is very foolish to refuse to
buy or use an imported stallion.
Some of the best horses in the world
have been imported into the United
States.
When honey is capped and sealed it
should be removed at once If fine
appearance is desired. If left to the
bees it will improve in flavor and
quality but at the expense of discol-
oration.
l. Seidl finds that weak brine up to
ten per cent. is not fitted for presery-
ing butter, and that saturated brine
cannot be relied on, even when the
butter is kept in cool place. Brine
is likely to give butter "heet" taste,
If eggs are desired during the warm
season, do not let the hens get crowd
ed in the roosting place. Better pro.
vide a roosting shed with open sides.
At the most, not over twenty-five
should be allowed to roost together.
The best time to oil harness is after
it has been out in the rain. When it
is nearly but not quite dry wash 1t
clean with lukewarm water with lit.
tie common soap in it; rinse off tho
soap, and when nearly dry apply the
oil.
Clover or iine-cut beet tops packe
away tightly while green, in barrels,
will make good juicy fool for the
hens next winter. The barrel must
be air-tight with n tightly htting head,
and the heavy weight must be left on
the top until you are ready to use the
contents.
The best temperature for creaming
in deep-setting is forty-tiye degrees
, No advantage was found ia heating
from 93-ll0 degrees before set
ting. The addition Of from ten t.
, tWSenty fvo per cent, water appoare'
> 70 slightly impgeys ths thefousAnea
OF ereaming,