Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-11-02

Clay makes a better stable floor THAI
planks, for it contains a little damp
ness which conduces to good feet. and
the horse finds irregularities in its
surface, and by placing the heels on
the higher surface the tendons are
relaxed. giving them needed rest, while
in plank floors the slant is backward,
making the animal stand with the
| tendons always on strain.
Many Of the wild blackberries would.
If cultivated. prove superior to those
| now used, and would no doubt be
harder. Cultivation may improve
the wild berry and entirely change Its
| characteristics, the fruit being bet
ter and larger, while the advantages
of the native variety are retained.
There are thousands of blackberry
vines along the roadsides that contain
prizes IL attention was given their
selection and cultivation.
Experiments in feeding and in COM
putting the value of eggs show that If
no estimate is made for labor one doz-
en- eggs can be produced at cost of
about six cents for food, or about half
| cent per egg. If all of the food al
lowed to hens was converted into eggs
the profit on a dozen eggs would be
but much depends on whether the hens
convert the food into eggs, flesh or
support Of the bodies.
1t will cost more to purchase
thoroughbred stock than to grade up
provement will be much more rapid
and larger profit derived. 1t may
require several years to gradually i'm
prove a common herd until it nearly
reaches the excellence of the pure
breeds, but the farmer who desires to
Il a <I 1xv boo ,,,,sr r,fx
with the thoroughbreds. Time is
money on the farm as well as in other
pursuits.
| Butter is a product that does not
Impoverish the farm. A ton of but
| ter does not remove over so cents
worth of plant food from the farm.
Being mostly carbonaceous, it is pro-
duced from that element of the plants
which is derived from the air through
the functions of the leaves. The farm
that is devoted to the production of
| butter, and on which SKINNED milk
is used for pigs. will improve in fer
! tility every year.
| quart of bran mixed with p peck
| Of cooked turnips will give better re-
suits than when the same proportions
( of bran or turnipS are fed separately.
for the reason that the turnips are
composed mostly of water and the mix
! ture is more complete as a fOoi, while
the bran is better digested when fed
with the bulky food. Variety in feed
| ing conduces to health, and the less
valuable foods become more valuable
by mixing them with substances that
are more concentrated and nutritious
| It is doubtful If farmers who have
kept the mutton breeds of sheep com
plain that "sheep do not pay" 1t is
the long adherence to the fine-wool
varieties and the use of scrubs tina:
cause failure. The markets are not
we'll supplied with choice mutton, such
as may be found on English stalls
and when attention is given to this
| fact there will be a profit. In fact
farmers who have kept mutton bree s
find that young lambs alone give
large profits.
Only about 25 per cent. of the food con-
sumed by a COW is utilized for produc-
ing milk, the remainder going to the
support of the COW and into the manure
heap. This estimate of 25 per cent
however. does not apply to all food oi
to all cows. There are cows with
better digestive capacity than others
but all cows must be maintained from
! the food eaten. for which reason one
good COW will give larger profit thar
two cows that are inferior, as the cost
of support of two cows is greater thar
for one.
Late tomatoes can be had until the
weather is somewhat cold If n rude
! tent or shelter, made of cotton cloth, is
placed over the vines, so as to protect
them from frost. A few vines treated
in this manner will cost but little. The
covering will only be required at night