The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-05-07
Young Peach-Trees.

Young Peach-Trees.
| Young peach-trees, where but a row Of
them are desired, should be cut back very
low at the start, so as to have them grow
stocky, and also to permit of more easily
/ gathering the crop when the trees are in
| fruit; bat for orchards, where the horse is to
be used for eultivating the land, it is not
convenient to work among them if they are
too low. Manure should not be used the
first year, but ground bone and wood ashes
are excellent. Ayoung peach orchard should
be cultivated and kept as clean as corn
crop, and a careful watch should be kept for
the borer.
Matching GOslings.
/ Geese begin to lay early, and usually bring
off full brood of gOslings. There is MOTH
ing to gain by Matching goslings under hens,
as the hens are not as successful with gos-
lings as with ducklings. The best success
Is when the mother goose attends to hatch
/ ing and raising them herself They are
] easily raised If fed regularly on avariety of
I soft food, mixture of ground oats, corn
meal, ground meat equal parts, and mashed
turnips or potatoes (cooked) being excellent.
The gOsliHgs should not be allowed on the
water until well feathered, as it chiIls them
and eauses death Very cold water to drink
! is liable to produce cramps. Give them
warm, dry place at night, and as soon az
| grass appears they viii need but very little
food or assistance from their owner.
To Remove Rust from Tools.
Mix equal parts of sweet oil and turpen-
! tine, and form these into q smooth, soft paste
by stirring in sufficient quantity of fine
emery powder. Put a small portion on
piece of soft, old flannel. and rub IT we'll and
brisSly over the steel then rub with another
piece of flannel free from the paste, and
polish with a very fine soft buster or piece
of wash leather.
Lawns and Chicks.
There is no better place for hens with
| chicks than on q clean, cOsely-mowed lawn,
| for the reason that there is no high grass to
cause the chicks to become wet and they
can see their enemies better Cats, rats, and
hawks commit depreGations more easily
when the chicks run in high grass or weeds.
| The mother hen will better defend her brood
on clean lawn, and the chicks can also find
/ little dainties that would otherwise not be
| seen. 1t is an excellent arrangement to
| cOnfne the hen on the lawn and allow the
chicks their freedom if she strays away with
| them.
| How to Milk.
| A French dairy journal says you should
milk rapidly, because slowness causes loss
of cream; thoroughly, to the last drop, be-
cause the last is best; at the same time
every day crOsswise with the fore and hind
teats, because the milk flows faster than
with parallel milking; with five fingers.
not with first and thumb; never with a ma
chine; quietly, keeping the COW as placid
II tf,le
ing her fore foot with a strap. Never
strike; and keep hands, cows udder, and
all utensils extra clean.
/ SOFA Beans.
Sofa beans have been tried to some extent
in New England, particularly at the Massa-
chusetts College and Experiment Station,
and are recommended for dairymen's use,
especially those who have silos. The beans
are round, like peas, and may be Iipened
| and ground, but there is no way the crop
can be so well utilized as by storing in the
| silo.
| The plant, like clover, is valuable on ac-
count OF its high per cent. of nitrogen, and
| viii make a balanced ration with corn fodder.
Here and There.
For peach bOrers, q mixture of soft-sOap
and copperas, applied with q whitewash
| brush, is in common use among Western
fruit growers. Soapsuds, to which hand
full of copperas is added, if poured about the
base of peaeh-trees, will help to kill the
grubs.
When covering small seeds be careful not
to have too much earth over them. They
cannot push through the ground after germi-
nation in some soils, and especially where
the land bakes, Such seeds as carrots, pars-
nips, turnips, kale, cabbage, etc., require
| only a slight spinkling of dirt for a covering.
Beets, peas, beans, and other large seeds may
be planted deeper, but half an inch of dirt
is sufficient for them.
Sudden changes of the ration do not prove
| of advantage with dairy cows. A change OF
food should be gradual. 1t requires but
| very little to cause q COW to fall OF in milk,
and the feeding should be done judiciously.
| Oilmeal should always be used by commence
ing with a small quantity, half pound
day being sufficient, increasing ounce u
day until pound or more Of the meal is
allowed. 1t should be mixed with other
food, as it sometimes gums" in the mouth
and may be rejected.