The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-06


bran are profitable. II it is only a
cents worth day it will pay.
A poor COW in the dairy is like a dull
tool in a carpenters hands-requircs
the expenditure Of large percentage
Of energy to obtain a small percentage
Of result
A much better price can he had
for winter butter, because the
supply is limited. This difference in
price is all profit, for the cows must be
kept and fed. IL does not pay 10 let
them run down in condition, and there
Is more time 10 do the work. Cows
fresh In the fall give a longer flow,
which is kept up all summer with a
good pasture
1t requires but a small amount Of
capital to get a start with sheep, and
in opening up a new farm they will
help materially to commence the in
come, consuming much which would
otherwise 90 to waste, both in the pas
tures and in the stablss.
The farm which is well fed will feed
the farmer. 1t must be applied to the
stock as well as 10 the land, and by
feeding the stock well the land may be
fed with the greatest accuracy, and 50
the circle Of feeding be made complete.
There is no poorer economy than in
buying poor harness because il IS
cheap. Well-tanned leather with due
care will resist dampness, and will
keep sound a long time. HARNESS
should never be kept in the stable.
There is too much ammonia in stables,
which will quickly cause harness to
rot. When used in warm weather the
harness should be cleaned often, and
kept soft and flexible with OIL
Make your butter as you please, but
if you want to get the best prices make
it as folks want it who buy it and pay
the best prices.
LOwland pastures should always
contain redtOp in some Of its varieties.
II makes the cleanest, incest looking
and sweetest turf of any grass. The
tine-ieaved varieties should be selected
for cultivation in pastures. Meadow
feseue is a valuable pasture grass.
where the soil is good, and ON sandy
soils red fescue is perhaps one Of the
best species We can cultivate, assOeiat-
ing with it English bluegrass.
Always in saving lettuce seed choose
that which has most leaves, and
which has grown without interruption
from the seed. The practice in rlany
families Is to pluck the leaves three or
four times, and when the leaves begin
TO be tough, let the plant send up its
seed stalks. Usually the largest crop
Of seed will come from the plant that
has the fewest leaves Bat IL will not
be worth planting. Grown a. lettuce
for seed should be. withouLdisturbing
a Leaf, each plant will produce very
few seed. Yet seed from this nearly
seedless lettuce Is worth any amount OF
the seed which IS produced in the
usual way.
Those who intend to keep any smOk-
ed hams and shoulders for next sum-
mer's use, should use salt for packing.
Ii is more cleanly, and better in every
particular, than ashes or other articles
commonly used. All that is necessary
Is TO 80 place the meat that the pieces
will not touch each other, covering
well the top pieces The salt will not
be wasted, as it may be used, over
again, or taken 10 make brine. Hams
packed in this way will not be musty
or dirty on the outside, nor will they
take any more salt than had been alb
sOrbed before packing.
A calf dropped in the fall should be
good one to rear, that is, of course,
providing it has good blOOl and is Of
likely appearance. The calf begins
life in a warm world, and one in
which flies are not troublesome as dur
ing the summer months, and the little
animal has plenty Of time to begin 10
grow, and become weaned and accus-
toned TO hay and grass by the follow
ing spring, when it is in first rate con-
ditiOn to go to pasture grasses. The
and there is good reason TO expect il to
make a fine COW.
There is no crop grown 50 easily and
with sd little cost As late-SOwn- turnips
in field Of well-cultivated corn. The
shade of the corn will keep the turnips
from growing much until the corn is
cut. Possibly also their growth will
be checked by the demand of the corn
roots for plant food But in the Indian
summer that follows the first frost the
\ turnips will make a rapid growth, a.
they will then have all the land for
their own use. The turnip will endure
a pretty heavy frost, and grow again if
warm weather follows il But in our
climate turnips can not be left in the
ground all winter, as they are in Eng
land.-American Cultivator
For many reasons fall planting Is
preferable to spring planting. There
Is much more time to do the work
properly. The roots get firmly estab-
lished during the winter. The tree or
shrub is then in condition for imme-
diate growth on the opening Of spring.
Nearly all deeiduous trees and shrubs
can be shipped and transplanted in
autumn to advantage; also, roses in the
open ground, when slightly protected
with suitable mulching.
Many people are surprised 10 learn
that milk which is liquid has larger
proportion of solid contents than have
many articles of food. Milk averages
s. per cent. of solid matter, of which 4