Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-09-26
PAr,M AND GARDEN No1Hk

Generally the Oooe turkeys 1or Dreeo'
Ing are those two years old.
II turkeys can be given q free range
they can be raised very chesply.
When you can keep hfty hens profit
ably you can readily keep more.
Chopped onions fed twice . week now
will help to keep the fowls healthy.
! Early matured, stock cost less than
those that grow and mature more slowly.
! II earth Is used as an absorbent in the
1 poultry house remove it before It be.
comes foul.
The black knot In the plum tree has
become SO general as to call for Iegisla-
tive action.
Young chickens will readily eat wheat
when two weeks old and 1t Is better for
them than corn.
Some OF our well-known horticulturists
claim that there is too much sum ner
pruning Of grapes.
A good rule is to use the large roosters
of the small breeds and the small roosters
pf the large breeds.
A poor hen will not lay at all; fat
.ne will lay few eggs, and these will not
be good for Matching.
Mlllet and sorghum seeds make o
splendid feed for young poultry, whether
ii the brooder or with the hens.
Wheat Is one OF the best feeds you can
give your fowls to produce eggs; 1t is
also good to feed young chicks.
| Strictly choice fowls that are known
- be such command good prices all the
year round In the city markets.
It was state in bulletin from Cor.
nell Station that chilling tomato plants
l. Of no advantage, neither is trimming" :"
With those who carry the stock owe,
winter the manure if carefully handled
sud treated will prove source of profit.
When the poultry can run out it is best
not to feed them too much. II they have
good appetite they will hustle around
roore.
The chicks of oil breeds are nearly OF
the came size until they weigh a pound,
30 that for broilers breed counts but
little.
Inquiry is developing for turkeys OF
large size. twenty-five to forty pounds
cling about the size of the modern tur.
key idea.
W. E. FarEer tells that cold storage
grapes pay one for holding them until
the great surplus has worked off from
the market.
Do not try to keep too many chicken:
in flock. More dollars will be got fr,m
flock OF fifty well kept than 1Oo that
ire crowded.
While there is leisure is good time
. make COOL supply of pens that will
restrain the old hens and let the chicks
ruu at large.
Already the smoldering fires of the
acubator are beginning to burn, and
three weeks' trial trip will soon be on.
Row is the time to set things in order.
In discussion before the American
'omo!ogical Society, Van Lendley
claimed that Edwards winter is fine
winter apple for North Carolina, and
one OF the best keepers in the middle OF
forth Carolina.
OuCSCSSio IA SAiiANoboAS VI SdIok uAtSS
raany Of them, do not cover their straw.
berry plants until the ground Is froz.n,
then they spread coarse hay over them
.aick enough to conceal the plants, but
not enough to smother them.
Energy and a good shovel OF ample
apacity for handling snow are two of the
requisites about the chicken yard now.
Give them dry ground at once after
ALL of snow, that they may be reg
lar in their exercises each day.
Each year the poultry industry grows
more prosperous. More eggs and poultry
ire produced each year, and each year
The prices arc higher than the year be-
ore. This indicates that we are be.
coming a natiol OF poultry eaters and
hat poultry Is going to become gooi
property for some years to come.
Many experienced and successful sheep
wners declare that the wool alone will
pay for the keep Of the sheep, and that
lhe money derived from the sale Of
ambs and mutton should be clear gain.
Upon such basis there would seem to
be little doubt that the profit from them
llust be greater than from any other
:lass OF stock.