Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-08
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Bright, red combs, clean plumage,
plenty to do, indicates good health,
and also shows that the use of condi-
ments is necessary.
Early and close culling are the two
principles upon which, to very con-
siderable extent, success depends in
improving the poultry.
1t is said that the polled Angus
grades are more in demand in Europe
than any other cattle. Herefords
come next and Durhams last.
A fly net and darkened stable will
do much toward preventing the horse
wasting in fighting flies that energy
which should be expended on his
legitimate work.
DR.. McClintock, of the University
of Michigan, has been making expert.
ments with hens eggs, and finds that
many of them are infested with deadly
bacteria.
Excessive gum on cherry trees seems
to be due to lack of potash. At least a
bushel or SO of unleached wood ashes
worked well into the soil about the
roots of tree that was badly affected
caused it to heal over smooth, grow
vigorously and bear abundantly.
So often the side branches of farm
work fail to pay because carried on
negligently. A dozen hives of bees
should bring the farmer as much rev.
enue as ten.acre wheat field. The
return the care of his chickens would
bring is underrated, and evvn the
children are not trained to proper
interest in them.
The farmers who take a pride in
their work, and read, study and sys-
tematize, are the class who will win.
The poetry OF farming has settled
down to more beautiful prose. The
genii of old which accomplished SO
much in single day have become ma.
terialized, and they take the form of a
sulky plow, the corn-planter and the
harvester.
The kinds OF corn to plant for en-.
silage will depend in great measure on
the location. Amount of fodder is
one thing and quality another. The
time for raising great mass of stalks
without ears has gone by. tits found
that the ears are as valuable as the
stalks, go then the largest amount of
both that can be grown the better the
crop will be.
Country shippers should give more
attention to the condition OF their
coops before shipping. Every coop
should be carefully examined and see
that the bottoms and cleats are Sc.
cnrely nailed. More or less stock is
lost in transit by shipping in old
worn.out coops, and this causes dis.
crepancy in account Of weights be.
tween shippers and merchants, for
which the latter are oftentimes blamed.
1t is often good plan to turn the
poultry into the clover field. Glover
is generally we'll occupied by insects,
which gives the hens something to
hunt for, and it is also rich in miner
ais. containing large proportion of
lime. Soft shell eggs are not likely
to be laid by hens running in clover
field, unless the hens are very fat. All
kinds of fowls thrive on clover, and as
it is cheap food it will pay to lot
them have the run Of the field.
Eggs gathered up here and there
about the farm cannot be relied upon
as fresh. As far as possible the hens
should be obliged to lay in the poui-
try house, and the eggs gathered up
several times a day, so that there is
no chance for stale egg to be packed
up unknowingly. If the hens are per-
mitted to lay in the fence corners, un-
der the barn. or in the out buildings,
the out of-the-way nests are likely to
be overlooked when the weather is bad
or one is in hurry, and thus the
stale egg gets into the basket and
spoils the reputation of the poultry
man.