The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-23
All Around the Farm


first year. By this is not meant that
breeding Is a matter Of no importance,
bat she must be made 20 Do good service
the first season If she j. To keep 1t up.
Letting the calf suck the first season or
permitting II to run with the dam Is a
very bad way 10 make good milk
er.
Why is it that "a good orchard Is
one Of the first and most important inn
provements mentioned by the man
who offers his farm for sale2 Why
does such an inducement reach 30 far
into the affections and poeketbOOk Of
the prospective purchaser? Epito-
mist.
Skim milk = an excellent human
food. IL makes muscle. IL the milk
man can sell il for cents u quart that
will be equal to 81 per 100 pounds for it,
and at such price he will realize good
profit. The progressive milkman
mi ght educate his customers gradually
to realization Of the value Of skim
milk.
Always take the wife's advice about
making the garden, but don't let her
do the hard work. Il may seem pot
tering work, but if 80 plant in long,
straight rows with room enough be-
tween to use the cultivatOr freely. In
this way by horse power much more
can be accomplished, and the labor
being used economically, and on rich
land, will make more profit than the
like amount Of labor on any part ofthe
farm outside the garden.
Ii is practice Of some farmers We
know to let few burdock plants grow,
so as 70 furnish green bite iOr horses
during the early summer. The horses
are almost crazy at this season to eat
something green, and the slightly Bit
ter taste of the burdOek leaves does not
prevent them from eating them greed
lily. This will not interfere with eat
ing dry feed as green grass would do.
In fact, some hOrSemen regard the bur-
dock leaves as a valuable tonic, and de-
clare that horses eat more heartily and
do more work after they have been fed
thus--American CultiyatOr.
Every one has noticed how, when a
large branch Of tree is cut of, small
branches will shoot out around the
stump. These branches are from the
reserve buds, Of which all trees have a
great number at every portion Of their
surface. Under ordinary circumstan-
ces these never come To maturity, but
when the tr,e is wounded or cut off or
loses some Of its branches the reserve
buds at once come into play and renew
the foliage.
Wheat straw IS the best bedding for
pigs. Rye straw often has black dust
on it, that gives the skin, especially Of
white hogs, a dirty appearance. Oats
straw usually has more or less rust. It
may seem to some that a clean, pink
white skin is not very important in a
pig, but is is an indication of health.
a pig will always keep on growing 20
long a. his skin il clean and hair
smooth. When the hair begins to Ct RI
and grow long, and the skin looks din
gy and rusty, look out for the setback.
1t Is necessary to guard against the
squash vine bOrer in advance. After
he begins his work he operates inside
the stalk, where no poison can reach
him. Vet he must first eat his way
into the inside. This suggests the
right way 10 head him off. Keep the
stalk from the earliest growth of the
vine sprinkled with water every few
days in which paris green has been
Dissolved at the late of one teaspOOnful
10 each gallon of water. If rains come
and wash this off renew the appliea-
tiOn. Ii is much cheaper to kill Off the
hOrer before he has done any damage
nah a. Is IL to--.--@it and kill him after he
has done his worst work.
tuberculosis is being stamped out Of
the cattle of France, and the govern
ment now demands veterinary in
speetiOn and tubereulin tests for all
cattle imported into France. Ameri-
can breeders should take the bull by
the horns and have their herds tested
aud freed from every tubereulOsous an
imal, then be able to sell cattle war
ranted free from tuberculosis. Were
we to buy pure-bred bull or cow for
breeding We would demand tubeTeulin
test before paying for il. While NEST
of our herds are comparatively fire
from tuberculosis perhaps none are en-
tireIy free.-Rdral World.
Good roads are continual blessing,
or as long as they last. The more we
have Of them the better for the State,
for the States people and for the
horses. But while we are about il,
why not insist upon broad tires for
heavy vehicles? Several attempts
have been made to secure the passage
of law to this effect, but it has always
failed, in great measure because of the
opposition from the agricultural conf
munities. Boston Transcript.
When oats are raised for feed, and
especially when they are to be fed in
the straw, they should be cut when
the straw begins to turn and the grain
has formed we'll The straw will con-
tain more nutriment and be better rel
ished bv the stock than if allowed to
get ripe. But when they are to be
threshed they should be allowed to get
little ripper. With small acreage
very good plan of arrangement is to
NOW down and manage the same as
clover hay. They can be harvested at
a less cost in this way than if cut and
bound, and in feeding there is les
waste.
The eombi nation Of welLestablisEed
breeds, each grown for a distinct pGr-
pose, is always failure, as the prepO-
teney of each breed neutralizes the
other, and thus produces a mOngrel
that is quite as not to reproduce the
least favorable rather than the most
favorable characteristics desired.
Breeding pure-bred animals to grades
is always good plan, for there is no