The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-09-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Pigs and dairying naturally go to-
gether.
The United States produce annually
forty-six million tons of hay.
A practical beekeeper does not ex-
pect any great results from flower
fields three miles away.
The more docile the calf the better
mixer is the COW or the better feeder
is the steer. There is little danger of
handling the calf too early or too
much.
In Australia the tree aphis is con-
trolled by tea made from tomato
leaves The tea is sprayed in the usual
way and week later an aphis cannot
be found.
The best test of the health of the
COW is the condition of her milk.
Whenever this shows an unusual
amount of fat the temperature of the
COW should be at once taken.
The hog business can be made to
pay if carried on properly. Like all
other animals the hog requires change
of feed and in summer plenty of room,
grass and other succulent foods.
A well-bred animal of any sort is a
machine for utilizing raw products to
the best possible advantage. 1t does
this with less waste, and consequently
more profit than a scrub can. 1t is
like using good machinery instead of
poor to harvest your crops.
Those that have bred to the best
sires have no trouble to sell their
horses at fair price, while the small
horses do not bring enough to pay for
their feed. The scrub and grade
stations must go; it is only the best
kind of stock that pays now.
Whether fattening an animal for
market or feeding horse for work
regularity is prime factor in success.
A good young steers meat can be very
rapidly toughened by neglecting to
feed him at the right hour few times
or letting him so without water.
The farm that does not support a
/ flock of poultry is not managed to the
| best purpose. On the contrary, the
/ farm on which too much poultry is
! kept will be the loser to the extent
that it is Overburdened, for where
poultry is crowded into a house it
ceases to be profitable.
Does not freezing butter damage it,
and if so why is freezing advocated?
asks Mississippi subscriber of the
/ Farmers Voice, and the Voice answers
as follows: Yes, it hurts it some, but
it can be kept for months without do
ing it any more harm than would re-
suit from freezing it week.
The more You can induce the lambs
to eat the faster they will grow and
the sooner they will reach the market
Ground oats make the best grain food.
Place it where they can eat all they
desire. Feed the ewes literally also
in order to provide the very young
lambs with plenty of milk.
There are many things that should
be carefully observed in the education
of horses thatare now entirely omitted.
Too much dependence is placed in the
bits, the lines, the strength of the
harness, the use of the whip, and the
ability of the driver to control the
horse by sheer brute force. Hence
there are 50 many fatal accidents.
A correspondent of the Field ant
Farm says that when team is dis
posed to pull unevenly the troubl,
may be remedied by unhitching th'
inside traces and crossing them, so a:
to have the same horse attached to the
same end of each singletree. He say
he has pulled many heavy load our
Of bad place by adopting this expedi'
ent.
The merchant makes an inventory oI
his goods at least once or twice a year
Why should not the farmer do the
same thing and sell off his culls. Tn,
merchant gets rid of unstable article
by Offering them at low figure, re
placing them with goods that are in
demand. The farmer can do the same
and he will find that it will pay, fol
he will then be improving every year
An Australian farmer after seyera
Intellectual efforts TO get rid of hoar
hound which is pernieious and rapi'
spreading weed there, inclOsed a poT
ton of the land ana put on about 20'
fowl, feeding them on corn night anC
morning for few days, then remoy
ing them 10 new location By thi
means the weeds which had deie,
other treatment were speedily dc
stroved