The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-22
rAnM AND GARDEN NOTES.

| tAih AM tAANbhN MILES,
Do not keep too many dogs on tho
farm.
Don't forget the value Of the home
market for farm produce.
Keep tho tobacco pipe away from
the barn and the milk room.
Sec thnt tho lambs do not get
dronched in heavy shower.
Do not forget to water the calves
and yearlngs in the back lot.
Range bred cattle now going to mar.
ket are proof of the value of pure bred
bulls.
For aphis and scale insects on all
plants use kerosene emulsion or to-
bacco water.
Do away with the rigid stan chions;
no COW can be comfortable in ono. The
swivel stanchion is all right.
Black knot on cherries and plums
should be cut out and burned as soon
as discovered. Spraying is a remedy.
Have plenty of light in tho stable
sunlight Is the foe to disease But
cover tho windows with bagging at
night.
Good blood is oil right, but good
quarters, good feed and proper meth
ods make success doubly sure in the
raising of hogs.
Pigs can be fattened more cheaply
by feeding woll-mashed boiled pota-
toes, mixed with slops and bran, than
in any other way.
While there is good pasturage is q
good time to push the growth and fat
tening of undesirable animals, When
they are ready for market, sell them
If you have fences on your farm,
see that they are properly kept up.
Broken fences and tumble-down gates
are sure indications of indifference in
the owner.
Feeda milk producing ration. Glover
hay, some good corn ensilage. wheat
bran, n little cottonseed meal OF
ground oats, or linseed meal, makes
good ration.
A COW should have about one foot of
cubic space for each pound OF her
weight. The stables should not be less
than ten feet high. Don't ventilate by
windows yentilate from side by chutes
to the roof.
Keep the pigs clean and feed them
properly and they will not scour. An
attack of scours equals the dropping
of about one week of growth, conse-
J quently it will pay to use is the way oi
better sanitary conditions and preven.
tion foods.
A gardener claims that when five
acres have been brought up to the
highest state of cultivation, when the
full extent of its usefulness is reached,
more money can be made from it than
from two hundred acres in cereals, as
usually cultivated.
Give the roosts q good washing
with kerosene, to which q gill OF
: crude carbolic acid and gill of spirits
of turpentine to each pint of kero
} sene, has been added. 1t doesn't cost
much in time or money, and it:
mighty comforting to tho fowls and
saving to your pocket.
A hard working animal Is always
thin, ana requires more food to sup
port it than does one in idleness. be-
cause the muscles and the fat are con
sumed in heat production. This heat
passes off through the skin and leaves
the body at normal temperature. i
this escape is arrested, fever follows
If it escapes too rapidly, chill and it.
, consequences result.
Tho best kind of bees for practica
results, and for the comfort of the
: beekeeper, is the italian. These beel
/; are as gentle as house-hies. They are
: much more docilo to handle than the
!, black bees They are larger, stronger
moro active and industrious, and have
, a longer proboscis that enables then
! to secure the nectar from some flowers
> which is beyond the reach of th
!, black bees. This of itself renders then
|, much more profitable.