The National tribune., 1895-10-31

| shown at some Of our exhibitions had laced
| breast like the cock. This would seem the
| proper and correct thing for the Brown Red
| Game is the counterpart Of this fowl save the
lemon lacing has been changed to white, and
the Brown Red hen has laced breast.
Consistency would require these two varie-
ties to be alike throughout, save the color of
the lacing, the one having lemon, the other
white. 1t really looks as if the Birchen
Game was destined to be quite popular in
this country. The combination of black
and white seems to strike the American
fancy more strongly than the combination of
black and yellow. This will be found to be
the case in the Duck wing Games, the Silvers
outranking the Golden IN popularity. Given
the same size, the Silver Gray D0rkings
would lead the colored. The Silver Wyan-
dOtte seems to be more popular than the
Golden. And so on throughout the list, the
black and white birds catch the American
taste. Although the Brown Red Game has
never been very pOpular-never so popular
as its merits deserVed-this need not pre-
vent its more taking relation from achieving
popularity.
Birchens were produced originally by
cross of the Silver DuckwiDg and the Brown
Red the Duckwing being used to effect the
change in the color of the hackle and outer
lacing. This cross, however, usually gives
more lacing than is required or desired, and
a return to the Brown Red is made to get
rid OF the extra lacing. 1t is by no means
an easy thing to produce a new variety and
though every step should be indicated, the
patience necessary for the undertaking could
not be supplied TO the experimenter. He
must furnish that very important element
himself Ordinarily, except to the one who
likes this kind of work, it does not pay to
attempt to produce a new variety. 1t is
quicker and cheaper to purchase it already
made. But there are always some mir ds
which delight in the manipulation old
varieties for the sake of producing new and
to them we owe the new combinations in
color or figure which delight the eye.
Game fowls, especially exhibition Games,
are not generally included in the list of
practical fowls, but they are really very
good layers of most excellent eggs, and are,
despite their long shanks, most excellent
fowls for the table Their bodies are plump
and meaty, and the flesh is exceedingly fine
in grain and delicious in flavor Exhibition
Games are better practical fowls than they
are given credit for, and the Birchen is one
of the most useful.-AmericaR AgricuItltr-
ist
Earth Over Manure-Piies.
A few inches of dry earth over pile Of
fermentlng manure Will efectually prevent
loss of ammonia. This is much more
common cause of loss where manure is piled
than is teaching. We doubt whether dur
ing Summer and until cold weather the
piles of manure left out of doors get more
rainfall than is good for them. This is es-
pecially true Of horse manure, which viii
burn into ashes and lose most of its ma
nurial value if kept where rain cannot reach
1t. The waste from teaching of manure oc-
ours mainly in Winter and early Spring,
when the melting of SHOWS and heavy rain
falls dreneh the soil with water.
Around the Farm.
The best chemical dehOrner is caustio
potash, to be had in sticks for few cents ali
any druggists. When the calf is few days
old clip off the hair over the horn-button,
mOisten one end of the caustic, hold the
other end, wrapped in paper, and rub it ON
the button until the skin is very red and
highly infamed. When the seab comes of,
if the least trace of the horn-nut remains,
repeat the application. Put the caustio
only on the nut or button, as it burns in
tensely.
Young trees should be thoroughly in
wires are cutting into the bodies, and MUST
be removed or readjuste If exposed to
girdling by mice or rabbits, or to barking by
horses or cattle, proper guards should be put
around them. One of the best methods of
tree bodies is by encasing them in
} piece of clOsely-WOYen wire screen wound
around them.
When an animal dies upon the farm, if the
nalady is not contagious, some use may be
made of the carcass. portion may be fed
% the poultry, and the remainder can be
buried in sections, near the vines, trees, or
ows of asparagus and rhubarb. Fruit trees
will stand but small amount of such strong
ertilizeis, and are liable to be killed by an
verbose.
Horse radish is one of the crops that usually
ays well. But it is somewhat of a weed,
nd sometimes hard to eradicate. The small
cots of pencil thickness, found on large
alts, are used for starting bed. These
cots are cut in pieces six to eight inches
)ng, with lower end slantiRg to show which
'ay 10 plant them. Have the ground rich
nd well prepared, ard make holes with an
ron bar, then Side the cuttings in a
iake straight, long roots deep soil is neces-
ary. Many market gardeners plant horse
I'd sh as second crop between their rows
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