Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-01-20
FART NOTES.

A CO nent door is good for the poultry
house.
Keep fresh water before your fowl
constantly.
Stock growing involves less labor and
less machinery.
The-Light Brahmas make good cross
70 increase sizs.
Separate all your breeders, and sell al
the surplus stock.
For eggs alone, Leghorns are best
with Hsmburgs second.
By working hot ashes in the soil II
will drv out and work fine.
Keeping the droPpings cleared up vii;
prevent scaly legs in fowls.
It il nearly always bsst to feed whole
grain to the poultry at night.
1t is well known that the fsedin,
salue Of hay varies good deal.
The cabbage plants will grow mo. ;
ssocky il the seed are sown thin.
soot or ashes aifted over the tomato
. ssd will drive out insect msrauders.
Properly managed, the winter season
10 most profitsb:e for poultry raasers.
No stock on the farm will moro gen.
eroasly repay good care than the fowls.
Peas may be planted as soon a. the
ground is opeu enough to recsivs the
seed.
The Bush Lima bean has stood the test
aow of several seasons in many different
localities.
When . very early crop of potatoes is
desired sprout the potatoes used for seed
before planting.
Conover's Colossal, leading sspars.
gus, has now Q rival in earliness in the
newer Palmetto.
Farmers who put largely in grass upon
which good stock 10 kept are constantly
growing richer.
Fur growing tomatoes under glass the
temperature should not be less than sixty
degrees at night.
Scald the drinking vessels not less
than four times . year. and you will find
it preventive Of poultry disease.
Plant more nut trees. The black wal
aut pays well for the space it occupies
in valuable lumber, a. well as in its
nuts.
II you have disagreeabls cock bird,
which u fonder of q .hting and quarrel
ing than breeding, remove him once;
his room Is better than his company.
1t is not often that hen will want tG
set at this time, aud II she does it will
require more than the average comfort
abe quarters if she matches oat her eggs
we'll.
II should be remembered tthhzs ice at.
tack iil-fed fowls frat, aud thstit is next
to impossible to feed up into thrifty
condition fowls that are badly infected
HikAGoA
The secret OF success In raising early
broilers for market is not 50 much in the
ss in the feeding and care
after ward necessary to secure vigorous,
thrifty gain.
In making start with turkeys it will
always pay to get one of the better
breeds. The bronze is one OF the best
breeds. They are hardy and grow
rapidly to . good size.
Every flower garden ought to have
several varieties of sweet peas, nastur-
liuns and thunbergia, all Of which climo.
srs bloom the firsr season and are read
lily propagsted from seed.
If you find . bird indsposed, remove
aud care for him. II he has no disease,
remove his tail, one feather
1t . time; the loss Of his rudder will
build biri up.
Use all reasonable psius to keep the
poultry tame. 1t will be quite advau.
tageous when it begius to be necessary
70 handle them, ss it will BE- when the
hens begin to set and hatch out.
The masters eye alone will stop the
leaks in farm profits. He must see every
broken rack and windy exposure, like .
missing pane of glass, and lind the holes
Ia manger or drop, and detect the weak
spot in the door. The hired man wiz
sleep soundly, but the owner of the horse
viii hear hum II he gets cast in the STALL