The free press., 1895-02-21
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

ANN AMI phIbEN 4NcIbos
Agriculture the world over seems to
be in O transition state.
A drouth has one advantage: 1t is
the best time to kill weeds.
Breed for vigor of constitution as
we'll as for form and pedigree.
Don't drive the horse in slippery
weather unless his shoes are sharp.
Wheat mixed with corn and oats
makes better feed than either alone.
The feeding value of wheat would
never have been developed at dollar
bushel.
After you get your blood, says
swine grower, then everything depends
upon your feed and care.
A neat and attractive appearance of
products offered for sale often has
much to do with the price received.
The most prosperous communities
are those where the farms are of mod
crate size and thoroughly cultivated.
The Asiatic breeds are generally fair
winter and early spring layers. They
make excellent mothers and good table
fowls
A piece of rock salt placed in the
horses manger, SO that be may lick it,
will be found very beneficial to his
health.
There are many wastes on farms.
Looking after the little things, as we'll
as the greater ones, is what counts
for profit.
The male exerts the stronger infu-
ence upon the offspring, and for this
reason pure-bred male is of the ut
most Importance.
Increasing the product for the farm
by extensive culture and careful man
agement, shows thrift as much as an
increase i'll the acreage.
Sufficient room, warmth, light and
cleanliness are the four points which
must be observed to render the keep
ing of animals profitable.
Adopt a system of rotation which
will suit your farm and conditions.
1t need not be "iron clad, but should
be intelligent and systematic.
Feeding potatoes with long sprouts
to cattle is very dangerous practice,
as the sprouts contain poison which
acts injuriously on the nervous sys-
TEN.
Plants elaborate the food clements
which they get from the soil and ar
into more complex substances which
make suitable food for ANIMALS and
man.
In-breeding in the hands of the skill
full breeder has been an important
factor in producing animals of model
form now known as the improved
breeds.
If butter is long in coming, stir in
three tablespoonfuls of good dairy salt
to every two gallons of cream and
churn at temperature of about sixty
degrees.
The shortage of feed has been a
great educator, and it is probable
that hereafter farmers will care for
and save their fodder as they now do
their hay.
As the last quart of a milking is
richer in cream than the first three
quarts, so the last pound a well-fed
COW eats is worth as much as the first
three pounds in profit.
In mulching for winter protection
it is quite essential to understand the
nature of the work. The idea of the
mulch at this season is to keep the
soil in an equal temperature through
out the winter.
With all stock, exercise tends to
develop the muscles, and has tend
ency to produce lean meat, and not
fat. The foundation of lean meat is
the natural growth of the animal,
while the laying on of excessive fat is
Il cultivated tendency.
Young trees should be mulched both
summer and winter. The mulch can
be taken up in the rainy season and
the soil stirred, but it should be re-
placed during dry seasons and cold
winters. The trees require mulching
for winter as soon as the first heavy
weather approaches.
The Southern growers of peach trees
say that it is impossible to successfully
cultivate the peach without free use
of the pruniDg-knife. Every winter
they should be gone over, and the
weak, starved shoots cut off, Only
the strong. healthy, vigorous branches
are LETT to bear leaves and flowers by
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