The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-10-26
All Around the Farm.


The scapsuds on farm are Of value,
and there Is considerable quantity
made during year. II added to the
manure heap they are excellent in as
sisling 10 protect the manure from loss
by escaFs Of ammonia There are GER
tain fas acids formed from, the soapsuds
which unite with substance In the hear.
producing salts, and as decomposition
progresses there IS breaking down Of
compounds and the formation Of others,
the soapsuds performing more than
their share in the alterations Of the
substance in the heap.
Put the young roses that have just
rooted in q cellar where the frost will
not reach them, but do not keep them
toe warm. Ifstarted very early in the
house, and set out in the open air after
frost has passed, they win make rapid
growth and bloom during the summer.
Old rose bushes may be cut back after
the ground is cold, and protected with
straw or old bags
Some Of the expert pickers OF poultry
can take the feathers off a fowl 50
quickly as to astonish one who does not
understand the operation. 1t is done
by dipping each carcass in cold water
and allowing it to drip. Finely-p1l-
verized rosin is then busted over and
among the feathers, which causes the
feathers to stick to the hands, even the
pin feathers coming out with but little
difficulty. Use the common crude
rosin, about half a teaspoonful for each
fowl.
There are not many farmers who
would be willing to spread 40 or 80
loads of stable manure over the apple
orchard, yet if they would do so they
would find out that apples are profita-
BILE, as the manure would increase the
yield, improve the quality and make
them more salable in market. II the
manure il not obtainabie fertilizer
consisting of 400 pounds bone meal,
800 pounds suiphate of potash and 100
pounds of nitrate of soda viii not be
too large an application for one acre
Nut growing is profitable, bat it re-
quires years to bring a nut tree TO a
stage of growth where il will pay well,
hence only young farmers are induced
to devote land in that direction. Wal
nuts, ehestnuts and butternuts would
improve with cultivation. In a few
years walnut trees will be 50 scarce
that the farmer who has a grove will
secure his own price therefor, the tim
Der being valuable.
This is an excellent time for looking
after the garden. As soon as the frost
kills the weeds or other grOwths rake
the garden plot over and burn the
collected material. Plow to the depth
Of six inches and spread as much ma .
nure over the plot as can be spared.
There will be no danger Of applying
too much. The manure will be render
dered tine by the frosts Of winter, the
soluble matter will be carried down by
the rains and the garden will be ready
supplied with plant food in the spring.
When DOES the farmer make profit2
There are hundreds Of farmers who
have become wealthy, yet they have
handled very little money and have
had difficulty in meeting their Obliga-
tions. There is one bank account
which they do not draw upon, and the
deposits accumulate for years, and that
is the soil. A farmer takes a poor farm,
works it, adds manure, and receives
but little over expenses, but every year
his farm becomes more fl vtile and also
increases in value Ia ten or more
years the farm may be worth five times
the original cost, and it represents just
as much profit as though the farmer
had received money. All farms are, to
a certain extent, banks deposit, where
the profits of the farm slowly accumu-
late.
inexperienced persons who under
take the management of bees will find
much to learn before they can succeed.
rhe winter care is important, for the
bees must not be kept too warm, and if
exposed they may perish A special
house should be provided, which should
be kept at uniform temperature
When foods are fed on the farm and
sold in some other form the valuable
elements of fertility are retained at
home, and as long as this is done the
farm may be cultivated to its highest
limit of capacity, and becomes more
valuable every year.