The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-02-20
THE ADVOCATE.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.


The medium sized hog Of good
quality is more profitable than the
very large hog.
Law out the spring work. See that
all the farming iml dement's, harness,
ETC., are in order.
There is no doubt that much benefit
to the swine breeders Of the State Will
result from organizing.
If the fowls are not well housed
sudden change to cold weather checks
the development OF eggs.
Wisconsin has neatly 1000 silos
within her borders four times
as many as any other State.
Chemical analysis has shown that
wheat bran is about as valuable for
feeding stock as whole wheat.
1t is an easy matter to clean out the
poultry house if the floor has been COW
cred to the depth of one inch with dry
dirt.
1t pays as we'll TO grade poultry be-
fore sending to market as it does to
grade any other article offered tor
sale.
Pure, fresh air is essential to health,
but it will not do to have currents OF
cold air passing through the poultry
house.
Ammonia may be prevented from
escaping from the manure pile by &C.
casionally applying dry earth to the
surface.
Imperfect sailing in working viii
often cause the butter to be speckl' d
or streaky, the remedy is in the man
agsment.
Pumpkins can be grown very cheap
and they are excellent for milk cows
and hogs In fact they are good for
man or beast"
Success in gardening depends very
largely on having a rich, deep we'll
broken soil. The garden spot should
be broken in the fail,
1t is established that horse whose
individual ty is strong enough 10
create family type will also fix tie
color with great uniformity.
The country of the sheep, par excel
lence, in Australia. On the continent
there are few more than 100000
people, but there are 62,000,000 sheer.
No animal on the farm loses its
value quicker than an improperly
managed COW. The very best COW
can be spoiled by weeks misman-
agement.
When the farm boy is given a pres
ent of pig or calf, let it be with the
distinct understanding that he has TO
feed and care for it, and is to have all
the money it sells for.
Alfalfa, says Gleanings, is ore of the
most wonderful honey plants in tie
world, aud bee-keepers in the vicinity
of this plant have had more uniform
success than elsewhere.
Every farmer should raise at least
all the fruit his family can consume,
and the man who does not do it is not
as good provider for his family as he
might and ought TO be.
Straight rows in the garden not
only look better, but they can be cult
waited more easily. Don't make
crooked rows when straight ones can
be made just about as easily.
Young men on the farm are circum-
stanced in many respects much as are
the great majority off the farm. They
have future, aud it depends very
much upon their own efforts what it
shall be.
The Michigan Farmer says that
unrendered beef tallow chopped into
very small pieces and fed once in two
or three days along with other iced
puts fine gloss on the plumage OF
show birds.
The sting of bees, wasps and hor-
nets may be cured without the use OF
alcohol or Bourbon by the free use Of
sweet oil, both internally. The juice
of the common yard plantain is good
aud will often prove eflectual.
TIE Western P!owman says, keep