The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-11
AL Around the Farm.

From the Philadelphia Record
Ifa young tree is leaned by the wind
get il back in line At once, for never
again will il be 20 easily done Stake,
if necessary.
Never allow a swarm of bees To re-
main out long after settling. Hive
them as soon As possible and lessen the
risk ofiOss
IL requires just as much care and al
ways more feed to make the same
weight with scrub stock as il does
with pure breeds, and the price Is
never 30 high for the first a. for the
last.
The sheep should be clipped clean
about the hind parts, lest filth gather
and attract blow flies 4 mixture Of
glycerine and fish oil in equal parts Is
excellent to smear over such parts
The custom Of loading farm wagons
80 that the heaviest weight i upon the
front wheels is all wrong and adds ma
terially 10 the draft. The heaviest
weight should be carried by the hind
wheels. This has been proven by Off
eiaI and careful tests.
\ very weak dilution Of carbolic
acid will keep flies OF from cows in hot
weather. The carbOlie acid may BE-
made stronger and mixed with some
grease 10 put around the cows horns,
as the horn fly is more persistent in its
attacks at this point, and there l. no
danger Of the acid here where the cow
cannot get at il TO lick it. No COW likes
the Odor Of carbolic acid.
The right time to hoe a garden i a.
soon after every shower As the soil will
work nicely. After shower weeds
spring up by myriads, and il the sur
face of the soil i stirred while they are
in the seed leaf every one Of them i
destroyed; while, if permitted 10 be-
come few inches high, they viii be
very difficult to destroy.
II i not always safe to separate the
ewes and lambs suddenly, especially in
the warm weather, when any unusual
condition in the eve may lead to unex-
pected trouble. The rule must Be 4
close oversight Of the flock, one by one,
and the drafting OfrOfthose ewes whose
lambs may be safely separated from
them permanently.
The best working animals must come
from working sires and dams. \ colt
from a apampered sire may be handsome,
but when it comes TO hard work he will
be "soft'' and cannot BE- counted on to
do his share Of pulling ali day. The
best sire, if not the prettieSt, is one
that works in harness every day.
Almost always il is good practice 70
harrow pIowed land as soon a. possible
after il has been plowed- In turning
the furrow there are inevitably large
air spaces left under il, which, except
in very early springtime, drv it out
much too quickly 10 make good, mel
low and moist seed bed II i all the
worse if the soil i elayey in texture
and has been plOwed when too Wet
Then the furrow between the dry air
under it and the dry air above it bakes
into a clay brick that no plant roots
can penetrate. But if the flrrOw i
broken down soon after being turned
the soil dries and becomes baked
French dairymen are complaining Of
the increasing inpOrtations OF coco but
ter, which Is threatening TO displace
not only the genuine article, bit al>O
Oleo. The latter has been largely man
ufactured in France, bat il seems that
even 4 cheaper substitute has been put
on the market - that butterine now
has q rival that meets il on it, own
level.
A COW which yields product Of 500
year Is pretty sure to be paying in
vestment If bought ST reasonable price.
One which will give you but half that
amount, a. many Of them do, is a poor
thing to keep, even If q gift TO you
Have good cows or none. In buying do
not be guided by the eye. Value d.
p,nds upon the cows yield of milk, and
not upon her beauty.
We have always been well aware that
Dorset Horn breeds will readily give
birth to a lamb or lambs in November,
and yield another birth the ensuing
May or June, but we have heard own
ers Oflarge fiOeks of that breed condemn
the practice IS likely to injure the
stamina of the ewes and tend in the
end, if much resOrted 20, rather disad-
vantageOusly to the general health and
well-being Of flock Mark Lane Ex-
press (England).
Corn ensilage weighs from 10 10 80
pounds per cubic foot, depending main
IN on the height Of the ensilage above
il and the compassion TO which it i
subjected. Probably 10 TO - cubic feet
will De the usual bulk Of a ton of enSi-
lage. IL Is easily worth One-third the
value of hay, ton for ton, though it Is
rather cheaper for most farmers 10 put
up three tons ofensilage, including cut
ting il, than one ton of hay, a. all the
way from Is To - or more tons Ca sue
culent corn fodder can be grown on
land where il would be difficult To cut
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No man ought to be employed TO
drive or care for team that il not nat
urally fond of horses. Ifhe does not like
them he will not study their wants or
habits, and will be likely 10 neglect
and spoil good team Such a man
ought 10 drive mules or oxen, or 10
work out his living with spade or pick
Ii does not take a careless or needless
man long to spoil more hOrseflesh than
his wages amount to in q season. \
bad-tempered man will spoil the temp
er of the best horse
Professor w. II. Jordan, OF the Gene
va Experimental Station, says: There
are two factors which determine what
a COW can produce-viz: The animal
and the food Can We 30 manipulate
the food, irrespective Of the animal,
that We can secure an approximate
amount of the product that We want?
In other words, can We manipulate the