The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-23
All Around the Farm.

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the cream % rise D. the bc,t advantaSs.
such cans As these, open at the top are
commonly known ss shotgun cans.
and may be bought Of dairy supply
houses or can be made by any good
timer.
There Is a great difference between
dirt and filth good clean dirt is no ol.-
jcction in the poultry house in fact, it
IS a boon to the keeper and produces
good results, bat i, IS not so with tiItb.
This IS altogether different thing.
Clean dirt is a first-class disinfectant
and purifier, and so long as ii is dry
and friable it is advantageous to have,
but filth is not only dead and effetc,
but has power of destroying all that
comes within its action. The impurity
from this filth is disastrous to the health
Of the fowls and they viii soon become
diseased If the house is neglected.
Hence the importance Of strict cleanli-
ness at all times.
A. b. Howard says IA the Rural New
Yorker that in raising strawberries to
assist in securing pollenizstion, either
for fruit for consumption or for the
seed, swish an evergreen bush back
and forth, just touching the plants
lightly, doing this every day while in
bloom. The most favorable time is at
midday beneath clear sky, and when
the plants are free from excess Of
moisture. Avoid drenehing the foli-
age with water when the plants are in
bloom, if satisfactory polarization IS
desired.
It is well known that where ices
have unlimited room there is no oc-
easion for them to swarm. Though
there will be new colonies formed, in
stead Of flying away to seek new homes
they will continue in the same neigh
borhOOl, and keep on building aud
filling new combs until the entire
building is occupied. Many large bee
trees have been fonEd completely Hlled
with honey, an amount that no single
swarm could produce. Probably the
most extraordinary honey deposit is at
what is called Bee Mountain, near the
Brazos River, in Texas. The caves in
this mountain are only open on the
river, where its rocky sides rise to the
height Of 600 feet, and so nearly per-
pendicular that it Is safer as well as
easier to be let down from the top than
to try 70 climb up. In all these caves
are millions Of bees and tons Of honey.
One man who tried to investigate it
found columns Of comb honey hanging
from the walls, and seemingly extend
ing quarter Of a mile from the en-
trance.-American Cultivator.
The cheapest aud best fertilizer is
that made on the farm. The most of
the manure on our farm Is fed to young
clover. The clover is turned under for
corn, and wheat follows. The wheat
gets the manure indirectly through the
clover. The results are almost if not
quite as satisfactory as a direct appli-
cation. Wien We have fiilow ground
for wheat the manure Is worked into
the soil by frequent harrewings. The
ground is broken early and manure Is
spread as soon as pOssible.-Indiana
Farmer.
The editor Of Green's Fruit Grower
says he has found a great deal of fer
tility in street sweepings. When he
spread them an inch deep on the sur
face of a part Of his lawn, which had
been filed with sub-soil Of poor quail
ty taken from another place, aud but
imperfeetly mixed them with the soil,
the grass seed came up, but imme-
diately perished. burned up by the
strength Of the street sweepings. He
then cultivated it mixing it thorough
ly with the soil, sOwed seed again and
had good success, the lawn being of
marked beauty ever since. Since that
time he has used all he could obtain,
spreading them broadcast wherever he
desires to enrich the soil and secure
additional growth. He considers the
sweepings Of asphalt pavemsnts Of
more value than those from streets less
frequently cleaned.
GallOways are all hOrnless. The tes-
timony among old breeders Of Gallo
ways is that a pure-bred Galloway
never had any trace Of horns or scurs.
says the New York Farmer. That
there have been horned cattle bred in
Galloway is well known for many
years, for some farmers in that section
bred horned cattle, both beef and dairy
breed, and to outsiders this gave rise to
the story that part Of the Galloway
cattle were horned and part polled, but
oral testimony handed down for many
years, and that Of men who lived
among cattle, confirm the statement
that any trace Of scurs was always
taken as an indication ofimpure blood.
None OF the old native breed Of pure
GallOways ever had horns Professor
Low, Of Edinburgh, who carefully ex-
amined this matter, says; Absence
Of horns has been for a long period a
distinctive Characteristic Of the race. y
So fixed is this character that the pro
duee Of a pure bred Galloway bull with
any breed Of horned cows should give
polled calves. No other breed Of cattle
will equal the Galloway in this respect
The proper temperature for keeping
apples is ss nearly 3j degrees Fahren-
heit as it is possible to keep IL, and in
order to maintain this, it will often bt
necessary in this climate 10 provide s
separate place for storing the fruit, a,
the average cellar under the dwelling
house is = holly unfit for this purpose
If the cellar consists Of several COM
partments 50 that one can be shut of
completely from the others, and the
temperature in this kept below 10 de
grees, it will answer the purpose very
well. II this cannot be done, cheaI
storage house may be built in connee-
ton with the ice house, by building {