Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-09-21
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Sailing with brine is not effective.
Excessive feedingof 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 if there is any better
milk-producing food for the brood
marc than ground oats.
Professor Weigman attributes oily
butter to iron, which comes from the
use of poorly timed vessels.
Keep a close watch on the work
horses. Give them all necessary pro-
lection against badftting or dirty
collars.
Hot weather brings plenty of work
in the poultry yard, and work that can
not be sighted nor neglected if profit
able results are to be expected.
Handsome, well proportioned, 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
teral 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
larger water content than the salted.
Young ducks are great feeders and
will sometimes gain as much as u
pound in week. Duck meat can be
produced almost rs 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-
Grafton.
/. Seidl finds that weak brine up to
ten per cent. is not fitted for preserv-
ing butter, and that saturated brine
cannot be relied on, even when the
butter is kept in a 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 roosting shell 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 II
! clean with lukewarm water with lit.
I tie common soap in it; rinse oil tho
soap, and when nearly dry apply the
oil.
Clover or fine-out beet tops packe |
away tightly while green, ia barrels,
will make a good juicy food for tbs
hens next winter. Tho barrel must
be air-tight with Il tightly lifting heal,
and the heavy weight must be left on
the top until yuu are rua Is g. use the
contcN
The best temperature for Dreaming
ia deep-setting is forty-iive degrees.
Ne advantage was found III heating
from 9all0 degrees before set.
ting. The addition pf from ten h.
tweuiy We per cent water appeared
10 slightly Improve 'h4 ,horoughneas
og creaning,