Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-18
Farm Notes.

Inere are many slupie uiStHous Va Pio'
tecting the poultry at night when the
weather is extremely cold, and it is not
necessary to incur great expense in so
doing. An excellent plan is to use heavy
wrapping paper which may be pasted on
the walls with ordinary paste. Any of
the commercial water proof papers offered
for sale will also answer, or newspapers
covered with cheap muslin, the whole fas-
tened with tacks serves admirably. When
the cold season has passed the paper
must be removed and the walls thorough
ly cleaned, in order to prevent harboring
places for lice.
Don't miss the farmers institute says
the New England Homestead. Give day
day or two to solid progressive farming
from those who have carved out their
own fortunes on the farm. Listen to
their keen wit and humor and return to
the home fireside wiser man. These
DAYS of facts and humor, nicely mixed,
will be far cheaper than the whole win
ter's evenings spent in the country grocery
with its ribald stories Take along your
wife, daughter or sweetheart, for many
others will be there. Often brightest and
most popular lectures are given by far
mers' wives. The women have equal
rights with the men folks here, and the
most successful institutes are those that
have varied programme that interests
the whole family.
The board of health of Philadelphia has
re 1uired the tuberculin test on all cows sup
plying milk to that city. This has given
rise to some friction.
Professor Cornevin has Investigated for
French farmers the feeding value of fruit,
and finds that while apples do not fatten
cows, that they like them, but that for
poultry they cause loss.
important, truly says Secretary Benton Of
one of the well known horticultural So
cieties. In years of plenty our local mar
kets are soon overstocked and we are for
tunate if we even realize the cost of pick
ing. Every grower of fruit should put up
for home consumption 365 jars of the
different kinds of sound, well ripened
berries This is the home market that
pays best of all. Ripe fruit is an agree
able, nutritious and wholesome food, and
should be one of the chief articles of diet
every day during the year. The superb
GRITTY of home canned fruit over that put
up in factories will insure ready sale for
a considerable quantity at reasonable
prices. Fruit should be made an impor-
tant part of every meal. We must in
crease the consumption. A large amount
of surplus fruit should be dried. Choice
fresh fruits that do not command a
ready sale should be carefully assorted,
packed and placed in cold storage until
the rush of over-supply has passed. The
juices of fruits put up in alright jars
before fermentation begins have been
perfectly preserved for years, in most de-
licious form; free from alcohol, whole
some as a beverage, or excellent for jelly
Unfermcnted grape juice has already be-
come an established drink in most cities,
and constant demand may be expected
for it hereafter, but wine making is
strongly opposed. To secure the ready sale
of fresh fruits, neighborhood unions
should be formed, through which fruit
may be properly distributed in carload
lots.
Wheat is good for horses as well as
excellent for the production of pork, beef
and mutton. When used as food for an
imals, it should be coarsely ground or
crushed. If no crusher is available, soak
the wheat in water one day and two
nights. For work horses no feed is more
satisfactory than wheat ground with oats.
One bushel of wheat to four of oats,
ground makes satisfactory feed.