The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-30
All Around the Farm.


From the Philadelphia Record
The chemists at the New Jersey ex-
pertinent station elaine 10 have proved
by analysis that crop Of crimson cIo-
Yer six inches high has accumulated
nitrogen per acre that would cost SIS
to buy; at - inches high, $3.50 per
acre, while at fall maturity the nitro
gen taken from the air by the clover is
worth so per acre.
II will pay any farmer 20 read about
his business, now matter how expert
eneed ne may be there are many things
he will never know from his own ven
lures. Especially in such work as
dairyman is reading beneficial, because
there are so many problems which re-
quire scientific attachments, and which
many farmers can hear Of only through
constant reading.
AT the rates at which wheat bran al
ways sells for in spring il is quite a.
profitable for feeding to buy wheat and
have it ground whole without boiling.
Ii this makes too heavy a feed some
more bran added to keep it from clog
ing the stomach, or perhaps some oats
ground with the wheat, may be added.
Yet for the nutrition afforded the
whole wheat ground makes a cheaper
feed than does the bran, and for both
horses and sOws il can be safely feed
with cut hay, cut cOrnstalks or cut
straw.
a good milch COW has broad hind
quarters and thin forequarters, thin
and deep neck, pointed withers, head
pointed between the horns, fiat and
fine boned legs and fine hair. Choose
one with udders well forward, wide
apart and large enough to be easily
grasped. a medium-sized COW will
give more milk in proportion to the
food she eats.
Every year, before it is filed, the in
side of the wooden lining of the New
York Experiment Station silO is paint
Ell with preparation A. follows: Mix
together by weight two parts Of paraffin,
two of rosin and one Of linseed oil.
Melt all together and apply the mix
ture, while hot, with a brush to the
wooden silO lining. Look out that the
mixture does not take fire while heat
ing. 1t will preserve the wooden silO
perfectly from rotting.
Manure made in summer wastes
much faster than it does in winter.
The warm weather hastens its decom-
position. But it il easy to prevent
serious loss by keeping the excrement
piled and 50 covered with earth that no
amonia can escape. Where cows are
allowed to lie in the barnyard during
the night, much of their liquid excre-
ment Is wasted. All such wastes de-
tract from the profit Of dairying, when,
a. milk and butter prices now are, the
most must be made of everything TO
keep the balance on the side Of profit.
Word comes from Nebraska that her
farmers have struck bonanzl in q
sl,eep-fattening industry. Large num-
bers of sheep are brought in from Ore-
gon, where conditions are favorable 10
the cheapest production of sheep, but
unfavorable for fattening. The latter
conditions, however, are found 10 per-
feetiOn in Nebraska, and Nebraska
corn Is now being converted into NUT
ton and handsome profit to the farm
ers. In tests made it was found that
the corn fed actually netted the farm
ers in every case from S5 to 80 cents a
bIshel.
All the necessity for care is not end
ed when the hen is daily installed in
lfvE tlst0v v.eSh--' t-.-ssN s...,a - .-~SSs-~-
faithfully. The Asiatie breeds of fowls,
including such crosses as the Plymouth
r ,ck, are 50 persistent in setting that
unless the poulterer tempts them off t.
eat they may addle the eggs by too
much warmth and exclusion of the air.
The egg i porous, and the young chick
must get all the air it requires through
the shell. As Matching time approach
e there is less danger Of adding the
eggs by cold, even if the hen is of
some time. The warmth from the
chick will keep the egg from getting
cold, anyway. Sprinkling the eggs
with tepid water is useful where the
sitting Is too persistent
Potash is the mineral that is most
needed for the potato crop. But it is
much better distributed as a top dress
ing over the whole surface then ap-
piled with the seed potatoes in the hill.
The potato roots very early in their
growth fill the soil between the rows.
When minural manures are applied in
the hill, unless care is taken to mix
them thoroughly with the soil, they
may eat into the cut seed, and effect
ually destroy the germ. When used
broadcast on the surface there is no
danger of this.
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