Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-26
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The cabbage crop is one that nearly
always pays.
Sugar corn comes little earlier if
the tops are broken off after the ears
form.
An Australian farmer attributes the
loss of hundred fowls to feeding
them upon sun flower seed.
Make the butter first-class and put
it on the market in such manner as
to make it show for all it is worth.
Watercresses is an excellent food
for chickens. 1t can only be grown
in clear water with sandy bottom.
1t is claimed that a decoction of
smartwood or walnut leaves applied
once day to cattle will keep of flies
Pigs should always pay on a dairy
farm, as they will assist in consuming
a large proportion of waste material
that is unstable.
Breeding stock of all kinds need
muscle rather than fat, as the latter
means the loss of energy, if not of
health and vigor.
All admit that COW needs shelter
in winter ;bnt it is equally necessary
to furnish her protection from flies
and the scorching rays of the sun of
summer.
Poultry raisers in the vicinity of
summer resorts will be apt to find
more money in disposing of their
fowls during the hot weather than later
in the season.
The better milk development Sc
cured with the first calf, the better re-
suits it is possible to secure. Make
the best start possible and keep in q
good condition.
Pigs can Re fed, handled and dis
posed of to better advantage if the
litters from the sows come about the
same time. 1t is best to have them
uniform in size and also in growth.
Rye is excellent for late pasture or
for early spring. Quite crop Of it
may be grown on late corn land. 1t
may be sown on the land occupied by
corn before the corn crop is removed.
Sore places on animals caused by
flies may be annointed with a mixture
of one pint of crude petroleum, one
tablespoonful of woodtar and one teas
poonful of carbolic acid, we'll mixed.
So far as possible the crops on the
farm should be grown to suit the mar
ket, and the crops that bring the
highest prices in proportion to the
cost of production should be grown.
If there are dogs about put wide
awake COW or two in the pen with the
sheep at night. If the COW has young
calf she will do especially faithful SER
vice. A billy boat would do the bust
ness pretty we'll.
There seems to be considerable diff
ference of opinion among dairy far
mers as to the feeding value of SKINNED
or separated milk. Some put it as
high as bushel of corn for every 10C
pounds of milk, and others as low as
half bushel.
The ladybird is valuable insect de-
stroyer. 1t is the special enemy OF
the little green aphis that destroys
tender plants, and the ladybird is al
ways seen upon rose bushes in sum-
mer time, because the aphis especial
ly attacks the rose.
Some gardeners have been troubled
with black-rock in tomatoes. The fun
gus of the potato rot attacks them on
both leaf and fruit. There is no rem
edy after it gets full possession of the
vines, but on early use of Bordeaux
mixture is q preventive.
A first-class animal is sure to bring q
good price, but he who has all first
class stock usually obtains ''the top OF
the market" When they all seem to
be of one mold. and that a good one,
there are dealers ready to take them
as a lot, and at your price.
The SOW must be in thrifty condi-
tion to produce thrifty pigs. Feed her
on succulent food. Cooked or steamed
clover, turnips, potatoes, beets, and a
variety, with due proportion OF
grain, will keep her IN the best condi-
tin for producing thrifty pigs.
The milk test has come to stay, be-
cause it is right that it should stay.
1t makes better and more honest dairy
men, it teaches the farmer how to
weed out his inferior stock and de-
velop his best, and generally, it leads
to improvement of farm methods.
| Currant bushes in vigorous growth
always make superabundance OF
wood, and should be trimmed by cut
ting out the old canes that we're weak
ened by age and fruit bearing. Also
thin out new growth, and cut back
the ends of long, slender branches.
Keep the back barnyard as neat as
the front; have the manure pile, the
old board pile, the rubbish pile al
ways under cover. Make the neat
ness of your place noticeable and
teach not only your own boys but the
whole neighborhood lessons of beauty
and thrift.
Grass is essentially milk, cream
and butter food. The finest grain
mixture ever devised will not answer
So we'll. When the latter is given il
should be with the idea of making
bone and muscle, while the grasl
makes the milk. When the grass Il
poor the grain IL good adjunct.