The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-30

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natural function OF the domestic hen.
The hen, however, performs greater
work than the birds on the wing.
Birds seldom lay more than two or
three eggs before beginning incubs-
tion. but the hen may lay from fifteen
to fifty, or even more. She must pro-
ducs these eggs, rs we'll ~ maintain
herself. In the natural state she lays
fewer eggs, but has greater difficulty
in procuring food and resisting enc
mics An egg is 3 composite substance
AID cannot be produced from sim
gle article of food. The hen requires
= variety of food in order to fulfil her
duties as . regular and persistent
layer.
1t is not, therefore, conducive to egg
production when the hen is deprived
of her natural advantage of scratch
ing. She does best when she is COM
PEELED to scstch and work for her food,
and she will always select the kind
most suitable for her purpose. When
hens are confined in enclosures they
may be fed too much while in con.
dition of idleness. A hopper that is
Kept full of food where the hen can
always reach it induces her to desist
from the work of scratching, because
the necessity for SO doing then ceases
and she becomes too fat. Nature
teaches, therefore, that hens should
be so fed 10 to compel them to scratch
and work for their food, which keeps
them in health and leads 10 greater
egg production. Mirror and Farmer.
SUMNER CARE OF rHR GALA.
How to care for the calla during tho
summer, in the most satisfactory way,
seems to be question on which many
growers OF it differ, writes Eben E.
Rexford, in the American Agricultur.
ist. Some keep it growing all through
the year, and because 1t does compare.
lively we'll with this treatment, they
argue that the proper way is to keep
it growing. / do not agree with them,
however, because l do not believe any
plant ought to be kept growing actively
all the time There should be period
of rest. My plan is to put the pots
containing the plants out Of doors in
June, turn them on their sides under
tree. or in some partially sheltered
place, and there I leave them until
September without any attention
whatever. After short time, tho
foliage turns yellow, and very soon il
drops of, because the soil in the pot
is becoming dry. In two weeks after
putting the pot out, you would not
suspect there was live root in tho
soil it contains But the live root is
there, nil prepared. OF course the
soil absorbs more or less moisture
from the air, but not enough, in an
ordinary season, to keep il from get
ting as dry ss dust. One would ma.
turally think the root would wither
away, but il does not. Although the
soil about il seems robbed of all
moisture, the root holds enough to re.
tain plumpness.
In September prepare fresh com.
post OF mucky earth, some sharp sand,
and q little loan. II the roots are
strong, good sized ones, use an eight
inch pot to plant them In. Good drain
age must be provided, for, while the
plant likes q great deal OF moisture at
it's roots while growing, it does not
take kindly to stagnant water about
them. Keep the soil moist, or wet,
by frequent applications of water,
rather than by confining it to the pot
by imperfect drainage. An imper-
fectly drained soil soon becomes sour
and heavy. and this induces disease |;
and an unhealthy Gala seldom gives
flowers. Plant the roots so that the
crown will be two or three inches
under the soil, water we'll, and in Q
short time young leaves will appear.
Then give more water, but do not
keep the soil very moist until strong
growth has begun. II there are two
or three good, strong roots, do net
separate them, but give larger pot, il
necessary. 1 prefer to grow two or
three roots of blooming size in the
same pot, because the quantity Of
foliage will be much greater than
when but one root is used to a pot,
and there will be as many again flowers.
II given proper care, . pot containing
two strong roots ought to have at least
one flower open and . bud showing
nearly all Of the time from January
to April.
Farm AND GARDEN NOTES.
Blood will tell in dairy cattle.
Take good care Of the young COWS,
that they may continue profitable
when they are old.
To protect the brain of the horse
from the rays of the hot sun is hu-
name and may save the life of the
horse.
Scotch Clydesdale breeders are re-
ported To be increasing the size OF
their horses and to be going In for
the largest sires.
The dairyman with q good we'll aud
windmill eau feel about As inde-
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