Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-09-28

the mare on the action and conforma-
ton of the colts.
It IS said that fowls that lay white
eggs are more prolific than those
which lay dark eggs.
Care in handling young horses will
be well repaid in the increased faith
fulness and docility of the pupil.
A great deal Of wet land along the
banks of streams and ponds can be
used for growing the basket willow.
An eight-frame hive for bees is now
preferred to the ten-frame Lanstroth
hive, which has been SO long in use.
4 solution of silicate of soda is said
to be a perfect preservative of eggs,
and does not iniure them in any way.
If necessary to cultivate the potatoes
after the plants have blossomed IN
order to keep the weeds down, run the
cultivator very shallow.
There is no better grain for poultry
any time of the year than wheat, ex-
cept when fattening. When ready to
fatten corn should be used.
Breed for quality as we'll as size.
There is many sound sixteen-hand
horse that nobody wants at any fair
price, simply because he is coarse
brute
It is the rushing and worrying of
horses that hurts worst in hot weather.
A steady gait and gentle treatment
will accomplish the most at least ex-
haustiOn.
Soft food does not tax the digestive
organs sufficiently to insure their
vigor. 1t is the cause of more deaths
of young chicks than anything else,
excepting lice.
The idea chat corn cobs are of no
value is mistaken one. They should
be carefully saved, and either con-
Nerted into cob charcoal or burned
and the ashes given to tho pigs.
The most expensive fertilizer to
the fnrmer is nitrogen, and this cost
he can reduce on his farm by growing
clover, COW peas and green crops for
turning under, for the purpose of
renovating his soil.
After the flies begin to bother the
horses in the pasture it will be found
to be q good idea, whenever c7rcum-
stances will admit, to put the horses
in darkened stables during the day
and turn them out at night.
Don't give your horses too much
cold water when hot or after hearty
meal, especially when they are tired.
II you will remember this advice it
will save much uneasiness in your
horse and much loss to yourself.
When animals are stabbed at night
o. minimum of 1900 cubic feet should
be allowed for each of them. In Eng
land, the newer cavalry barracks give
a minimum of 1900 feet with ground
area of fully ninety square feet per
horse.
It costs no moro to grow pound
of mutton than it does to grow @
pound of beef, while the former pos
sesses the additional advantage that
the wool produced will pay for the
animals keep. This leaves O good
profit for the meat.
A French agricultural writer recon-
naends the use of powdered camphor
to dry up COWS which continue to sup
ply milk too close to time of calving.
Cows giving about six quarts day,
three weeks before due, were given
three doses of thirty grammes each
dose, and the COWS became dry in two
weeks.
Apples do not sweat. Cool apples
if placed in warm room will con-
dense tho moisture of the atmosphere
which comes i'll contact with them,
Just as it is condensed on the outside
of pitcher of cold water on q warm
day. And this moisture contains germs
of decay. Tho remedy is to keep them
surrounded with uniformly cool at
mosphere.
Never allow draft of cold air to
pass through tho hen house for venti-
lation or for any other purpose. Cold
drafts on chickens are not needed, aud
work injury to them by increasing the
demand for food and decreasing the
egg supply. If hen house is too
close leave the south side door open,
which will give ventilation sufficient
for all purposes
The COW pea is q species of bean of
d dwarf growth, and bearing roundish
pods, having seeds OF various colors.
It is nutritious plant, both as re-
CARDS the grain and the stem and leaf,
and is readily eaten by all kinds of
farm animals, especially pigs, which
may be wholly fattened on this crop,
grown for the purpose. 1fsown thick
ly on the ground it may be plowed
under in the fall with much benefit to
the land.
The first thing to remember about
scarlet clover is that it is an annual
That is, when it once produces seed
there is an end Of that plant. 1t is
like corn or wheat in this respect, not
like timothy, which will yield crop
after crop of seed and still grow.
Scarlet clover may, however, be sowed
III the spring, and clipped or pastured
in the fall before the heads form. If
then kept through the winter it will
yield crop of seed the next year.
That really means two crops from it.