The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-05
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

'Ripening cream we'll before churn-
ing develops flavor and Ienders churn.
ing easier.
Embden, White China, and Tou-
louise are among the best breeds of
geese to raise.
No ventilation is as Injurious to
poultry as draughts; pure air is es-
sential to health.
In case of fire in stables, put sad
die on your horse and you can lead him
ont without difficulty.
Bones placed in fresh horse manure
soon soften and crumble, and soon be-
come ready for plant food.
When poultry diarrhea is caused by
cold or damp quarters no internal
treatment will cause cure.
Eggs for Matching should be gath
cred daily, handled carefully, and
stored in a cool, dry place.
With Brahmas, especially, better re-
suits are secured by limiting the num-
ber of hens to the roosters.
As young chickens have very small
crops they need feeding every two or
three hours during the day.
Morphine given to mares when in
milk poisons the latter and may cause
the death of the sucking foal
Horses are very fond of sugar, and
very frequently lump of it would be
found much better than the whip.
Give the poultry a good range when
poss BILE; the coop and surroundings
get tiresome when confined too closely.
In molding butter scald the mold
first and then dip the print into cold
water. The butter then comes out in
nice firm cakes.
Grade the dressed poultry before
sending to market; a strictly choice
article brings the top prices, but an
inferior article never does.
Good feed and care will improve COM
mon stock, but the surer and quicker
way is to introduce new and better
blood. Try combination of the two
methods.
As soon as the colts in pasture be-
gin to fall off in flesh from fighting
flies, place them in darkened stables
during the day and allow them to run
out at night.
Some one has said: ''The shepherds
who raise free wool on one side of the
fence and dogs on the other are
bound to make a fuss, and who can
blame them.
Geese do not arrive at maturity un-
til their third year, but are long
lived. When ull-grown, geese will
weigh from twelve to eighteen pounds
when dressed.
The man who allows his farm ma
chinery when not in use, to stand in
the sun and rain is losing money fast.
Have an implement house large enough
to drive into.
The proper time to cut clover is
when the heads are all in blossom. If
,ut too early it is watery and if left
until the heads are brown the second
growth will be checked.
The effort to obtain a good yield
from a rundown farm, and to i'm
prove its condition at the same time,
will prove a failure. First build up;
the good crops will come in their own
good time.
Where farmers permit fowls to shift
for themselves they are often nuis-
ance. Such men are right in declar-
ing that poultry don't pay. 1t is a
fact, SO far as they are
concerned.
Good crops grown from the land,
fed to good stock upon the land, and
the by-products returned to the land
with due care, will make better land,
bigger crops and enable the feeding
of more stock.
The dairy farmer finds that the in.
tensive system of culture which he
must follow enables him to improve
the fertility of his soil so that he can
raise larger crops aud get better re-
turns from hiL land than he could be.
fore.
A man named Button, of Fort Scott,
Kan, has named his daughter Pearl,
and Mr.. White, OF the same State,