The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-04-28

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difference between cash and trading
Out butter.
Experiments at the Minnesota station
shows that the early castration of lambs
has the following advantages: They
reach a greater weight, are less trouble,
they have less Offal when killed, their
meat n better in flavor.
Tlere is no reason why farmer
should pay l5 cents for beef and sell
his chickens for less, nor should he be
content with pork and potatoes when
he can have poultry on his table. If
the markets ARE poor and prices are low
the best place Ia dispose of the surplus
is at home
In the Hawaiian Islands, where
pumpkins and other like plants have
been introduced, and where they have
no bees or other insects Of that kind To
do all the flower fertilizing, il is done
by the natives. These plants were
found to flower profusely, though bear
ing no fruit, and when they finally
solved the mystery they found it neees-
sary to carry by hand the pollen from
one plant to the pistils Of another.
Butter and eggs seem really made to
go together, and nothing fits better on
a dairy farm than moderate lot Of
chickens. Not only do the latter con-
sume the waste milk products with
profit, but those who pay the best
prices for golden butter will be quick
est to buy the fresh eggs and the fat
poultry. They mutually help each the
sale of the other.
When it requires more time to save
a thing than the article is worth after
it has been cared for We are losing mon-
ey. The person who expends a dollars
worth of time 10 save twopenee wi
prove business failure if he follows
this plan throughout life.-National
StOckman.
There is nothing more provoking
than trying TO cook with partially
/ green wood. So much more wood has
/ TO be burned 70 overcome the waste in
turning the moisture in green wood To
steam that more heat is given out than
Is needed. IL is the mark Of good
farmer 10 have a years wood cut aud
piled always in advance of it use.
When this is once begun there is a real
saving in labor, a. less Of the dry wood
will be required.
When trees are set out they usually
have tag describing the variety at
tached either to the stem of the tree or
to some limb. This is necessary so
long a. the tree IS out Of the ground.
But after 1t Is set map Of the orchard,
| with each tree located on il and de-
scribed, should take its place. As the
tags are generally attached TO trees By
wires, this, as the tree grows, prevents
the clrcdl4tiOn Of sap, aud, unless re-
moved soon, mIy cIlss the tree 10 be
nearly giriled by the wire.
Potash is the mineral that is most
needed for the potato crop. But il is
much better distributed as top dress
ing over the whole surface than applied
with the seed potatoes in the hill. The
potatoe roots very early in their growth
| fill the soil between the rows. When
mineral manures are applied in the
hill, unless cIre is taken 10 mix them
thoroughly with the soil, they may eat
into the clt seed and ef.ctualIv q =
strOy the germ. When used broadcast
on the surface tbs re Is no danger #
this.
y frequent string Of the soil is not
conducive To prosperity of weed growth.
Eternal vigilance and everlasting at it
are the qualifications Of the farmer who
boasts of clean field. Since frequent
and shallow culture also adds, as a
general rule, in retaining moisture in
the soils, il follows for two good and
sufficient reasons that the clean farm
Is nine times in ten the successful one.
Nebraska Farmer.
Farm wells are necessarily near sur
faces that reek with filth, farm cellars,
in which large quantities Of perishable
produce are stored, are very different
from the conditions in welI-sewered
modern town house, where there are
no such continued aecumulations. and
where there is every convenience and
every incitement to cleanliness and
neatness.
Warm skim or new milk Is the most
perfect feed for pigs, and when this
can not be had the nearer to il the food
can be made the better the result will
be- Middlings made into a thin slOp
steamed if convenient and a little oil
meal added, is probably the best sub
stitute for milk. IL promotes growth Of
bone and muscle, and does not make
the young pig too fat Corn meal pOr-
ridge, with good proportion of oil
meal, is good ration, except that the
corn may prove too fatteniDg.
The mangel wurtzel is a large, coarse
beet, which Outyields all the ordinary
kinds, and Is therefore preferred as
/ olotA icclf uccau-c OF The greater
amount Of forage it will produce. But
it, more important value as feed for
cows is in its late-keeping qualities.
Ii covered with earth and kept from
air, it will be in good condition for
feeding until fresh grass comes, which
is when it is most needed. But there
Is little nutrition in these roots, and
they need extra grain feed to keep the
COW in good condition for milking.
The hog gets at any time in his life
less variety in his feed than any other
kind Of stock This is especially true
when he is being fattened. There are
other grains that have quite as good
fattening qualities as corn. A mixture
Of oats and barley, or of peas and bar
ley ground together, makes a feed that
will not only fatten, but will also fur
nish the due proportion of lean meat
that is required to make healthful and
easily digested pork.
The farmer who grows a variety Of
crops can ifhe chooses select such kinds
a. will furnish him always something
TO sell at any time Of the year. All the
family expenses go on without eeasing,