The record-union., 1894-06-28
the ailing animal than all the drugs in the

Duck6L OF Wdler IOI your Squash FlueS.
Apply pint to each hill. 1t is good |
fertilizer and keeps the bugs away.
There are many horses that have never
been seen to lie down in their lives. Their /
rest is not complete, however. and their !
joints and sineWs are liable to stitfen I
early.
When an animal lies down in pasture
field the grass beneath it becomes tainted |
with the insensible perspiration. and will
not be eaten till the odor is washed OF by |
a soaking rain.
For a small lawn the best invigorator IS
gill of nitrate of soda once week IN a |
pail of water, applied with a watering |
pot, over an area Of 100 square feet The |
grass Will quickly respond to such treat |
ment.
Apples wrapped separately in thin pa
per will keep much longer than those not
wrapped. The difference is so market
that all apples sent from New Zealand or
Australia TO the English market are SO
treated.
Trees, whether planted for ornament or
usefulness, are the better for the society
Of other trees near by, because OF their
atfording one another mutual protection
from winds and from extremes of heat
and cold.
The New Zealand farmers are the most
ten years the agricultural resources OF
that colony have been developed until the
dairy and frozen meat industries have at
tanned enormous proportions.
An old rope about seven feet long, with
the ends tied loosely together and thrown
over cows hind quarters and over her
tail at milking time, will prevent her
from switching her tail, thus sparing
both the milk and the mixers eyes.
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deep so as to afford a soft bed for the run
ners. Apply fertilizers along the rows
and work it into the soil. Any growth
OF plants made this season will have a
corresponding influence on the crop next
year.
Whenever cattle are put up to fatten
they should be placed wnere they will be
kept quiet. They will eat better and gain
flesh more rapidly than il exposed to any
annoyance or worry. This is point IN
economical feeding which no one can
afford to overlook.
The farmers in Georgia are now bend
ing every energy to make large crop of
cotton, and are buying fertilizers in eX-
cess OF any year past. They contend-at
least large number do-that they can
get as much for the cotton seed alone as
they could get for the corn made Oh the
same acre OF land.
Asparagus may be grown with the use
of fertilizers as well as by the application
of manure. Experiments made during
the last two years are very favorable TO
fertilizers, applications being made late
in the fail and early in the spring. A
hen with q brood of chickens is the
best protection against the asparagus
beetle.
Chickens which are apparently lifeless
will sometimes revive ii placed for short
time in warm position. An incubator
which is heated to the right degree for
Matching is perhaps the best place for
affecting such a restoration. 1t will
generally revive the chicks that are suf-
fering from cold unless life is absolutely
extin ct.
Keep a close watch on the work horses.
Give them all necessary protection against
bad-4itting or dirty collars. A writer
suggests the use of strips of heavy felt
under the traces, back bands, collars and
head-stalls to prevent chating. When
these become rough and harsh from ab-
sorbing sweat and dirt take them off and
wash them.
The question is sometimes raised wheth-
er it is possible to keep wooden dairy
utensils always perfectly clean. 1t is not
good policy to let the milk stand for any
length of time in wooden pals or recepta-
cles, but wooden churnS and butter
workers are all right, ands can be kept
perfectly sweet and bacteria proof by the
use of plenty of hot water.
The sooner our farmers realize the facts
connected with horse breeding, the prin-
cipaI one of which is that ordinary and
common-bred animals are bound to have
less and less value each year, the better
it will be for them financially. The trend
in breeding should always be toward a
higher standard, and so compensate for
the deterioration in prices.
No mechanic will attempt to perform a
full days work without sharp tools, yet
farmers will use the same tools a whole
year without sharpening them. 1t is as
important to keep the farm tools in good
order as it is TO keep sharp ak, as the
better the condition of the tools and i'm
plements the less effort is required by
the teams and the better the work is per-
formed.
Holding fast to old implements and ig-
noring the newest is to enter into compe-
tition with others in handicapped con-
dition. Any labor-saving appliance les
sens the cost OF production and affords
larger profit. The enterprising farmer
will keep himself well informed on this
point and will always be on the lookout
Tor labor-saving implements in every de-
partment.
There is no knowing the cost of crop
except by keeping an account with it.
Farming is business, and the farmer
must do as other business men-keep
books. Unless he does so he will be un-
able to estimate concerning his crops, or
know whether he has made profit.
Every article consumed on the farm
should also be charged as SO much sold
at home.
Turkeys do not fatten we'll in confine-
ment. saws a writer. A week or ten days
is as long as they can be cooped without
loss of condition. The best plan is to
feed abundantly twice day with corn
and then pen Tor one week before mar
keting. II the turkeys will not appear
promptly at feeding time don't grieve
about it; they are getting plenty outside
and viii flesh up all the same.
There is some disposition to laugh at
men who go into agriculture late in lite.
This is all wrong, as it is a tribute to the
attractions of the occupation. 1t may be
that they do not go to work III practical
manner, but most OF them have some
GOOD ideas. Often these men have money
enough to indulge in fancy farming. and
then. by bringing in improved stock,
etc. they prove themselves valuable
addition to the community. Do not dis
conrage any man who wants to try farm
mo but give him all the aid you can.
There is room enough for all who come
In some branch OF the industry.
Care should be taken in planting dab
las to give sufficient room so that the
nlants will not crowd. A distance of
three or four feet is not too mucn. Stakes
should be provided, and these should be
strong. and should vary in hight, so that
when they are set deep they will come
little below the top of the plant. Tall
growing varieties often attain hight of
Seven feet. Even the dwarf pompon va
rieties need stalking. not SO much 10 hold
them up, but to support them during
heavy winds.