, 1898-11-18
Farm Notes.

not be lone with the view of holding
the animals over until spring only.
1t will not pay to simply keep" an
animal. 1t should make a gain every
month in the year. If it is at a. stand
still in the winter, receiving only suf1
dcient food for support, there will be
, loss of four or five months that must
be regained after winter is over. A
certain amount of o is required to
keep the animal and to increase in
growth or weight it must be fed lib
orally.
When planning for next year make
it a point to rotate as far as possible.
Do not plant potatoes in the same To-
cation where the crop grew this year
and make changes for all other crops.
BY so doing there will be fewer risks
Of disease of plants and the land will
Hetter retain it's fertility.
The seed potatoes should not be al
lowed to sprout, and should be kept
In a cool place.. One reason why seed
potatoes from New England are pre-
ferred is that they are not allowed to
sprout, the climate being favorable in
that respect. If kept in a pit outside
the potatoes keep well for seed, and
If stored in a cellar thR TEMPERATURE
should be even and as 40 fees
Las possible, while -dam"hsAbe
avoided. Seed for early potatoesf just
before planting in the spring, may be
spread out, and the sprouts be- al
lowed to start, but the seed should go
in the ground Immediately.
Linseed meal. bran, c~ottonseed meal
and other foods may be applied di-
rectly to the soil as fertilizers without
feeding them, and with excellent re-
suits. In fact, cottonseed meal is
largely used as g. fertilizer and sold as
such. But in passing these foods
through the body of the ANNA not
only are they digested and partly de-
composed, but the animal derives
large extent. as well as portions of the
mineral matter, the manure, however,
being more valuable because of being
made from foods rich in all the ele.
mentS of fertility.
Experiments made show that when
trees are swabbed a few inches above
and below the ground with soft soap
it serves admirably as a protection
against borers, but it must be applied
frequently, if washed away by rains.
The s~oapSudS on a farm are OF
value and there is a considerable Juan
tity made during a year. If added to
he manure heap they are excellent In
assisting to protect the manure from
loss by escape of ammonia. There are
certain fat acids formed from the
soapsuds. which unite with substances
in the heap, producing salts, and as de-
composition progresses there is a
breaking down of compounds n the
formation of others, the soapsuds per-
forming more than their share in the
alterations of the substances in the
heap.
DITt fho uo1-nn rncac fhof houn 5IJcB
rooted into a cellar where the frost
will not reach them, but do not keep
them too warm. If started very early
in the spring in the house and set out
in the open air after frost has passeda
they will make rapid growth and bloom
during the simmer. 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 poul-
try can take the feathers off a fowl
so quickly as to astonish one who does
not understand the operation. 1t is
done by dipping ZACH carcass in wa
ter and allowing it to drip. Finely
pulverized 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 ~teaspoonfuI
for each fowl.
There are not many farmers who
! would be willing to spread 40 or so
loads of stable manure over the apple
orchard, yet if they would dc so they
would find out hat apples are profta-
BILE. as the manure would increase the
yield, improve the quality and make
them more salable in market. If the
manure is not obtainable a fertilizer
consisting of 400 pounds bone meal,
300 pounds sulphate of potash and 100
pounds of nitrate of soda will not be
too large an application for one acre