Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-12-21
rARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FAhm AMI tAhDEN NOlGSs
Be sure your hens have tight roof
over them.
Injudicious feeding is the ruin OF
many horses.
There is saving of ten per cent. in
favor of cut rations.
Blankets are as necessary for the
horses as overcoats for the men.
1t is neither economical nor neces.
sary to feed the horse all the hay he
can get.
As general rule it is the most prof
liable to use mature sires and dams
in breeding.
Tests made at the Michigan Expert.
mental Station were against fat-bot-
tom foundation.
If from any cause surplus honey be-
comes unfit for table use it should be
fed back to the bees.
Bees should be prepared for winter
as soon as the honey flow ceases,
whether late or early.
The future value and usefulness OF
the horse depends largely upon the
first winter of the colt.
A bee-keeper, of Colorado Springs,
thinks alfalfa leaves are better pack
ing for winter than either chaff or
other leaves.
Horses that are used for driving on
the road do best when fed chiefly on
oats, with sufficient hay to make
proper ration.
Help the poor ragged hens to get
on their winter suits by the addition
of a little oil meal OF fresh meat to
their daily ration.
Keep the sheep out of the rain. A
cool dry place is not Objectionable,
but wet fleece is breeder of dis.
comfort and disease.
A Viennese apiculturist has dicov.
cred hive in which there are two
queen bees, who live most affection
ately together and rule their subjects
jointly.
If covers, frames, etc., are moved
after it is too late for the bees to OBJ
tain propolis outside or to work it in
side, many crevices will be left open,
through which cold and wind will en-
ter.
A chaff quilt, or cushion, from three
to four inches thick if the upper story,
half-story, or super is left on, and
thinner if the cover only is used,
should be placed over the frames to
absGAb the moisture from the cluster.
If about to start in the poultry bus
mess there are SO many breeds to
choose from, you better, if you have
no choice in the matter, get breed
suitable to your place, surroundings
and facilities for keeping and selling.
In planting trees, whether it be
spring or fall, mulch them. In winter
it keeps frost out of the ground, and
in summer the roots are cool and
moist underneath 1t, and both of these
things are great aids to the trees in re.
covering from transplanting.
Top-dressing pays the best on land
we'll set with healthy, desirable grass
plants. An old, wornout moving, in
which wild or inferior grasses pre-.
dominate, offers little inducement to
the top-dressing method of enriching
the soil; /; suoh land should be plowed.
The closest study and the most
careful thought cannot always insure
success. But they will bring the far
mer great deal nearer to this result
than any method, or want Of method,
which neglects to make careful and
timely plans for the work that is to be
done.
Where from any cause it is not prac-
ticable to use wire netting rs pro-
lection against the ravages of mice
the trees may be saved by raising a
small mound of earth around each
tree. Mice usually work close to the
ground, SO that a small mound pro.
tects from them.