Evening journal., 1901-11-30
AGRICULTURAL HINTS AND HELPS
What the Farmers Are Doing and How They
Are Doing 1t

and two. or three feet longer and is orl
20 inches deep. Set the pan over this
trench. bank up on the sides with soil
and put In about six inches OF water
build a fire under one end and allow
the water TO heat. AT one side of the
vat. build a platform for scraping the
hogs. Have a couple of pins near the
top of the pan over which put the ring
of two trace chains Put the hog on
the platform. Have one man take
hold of both chains on the oppositeI
sides of the vat Roll the hog into the
chain holder. letting il down into the
water gradually. Standing astride the
pan, each taking hold of the ends of
the chain two men will easily turn
and scald a heavy log IN about half
the time il can be done In The barrel
The water can be kept at the proper
temperature by adding more fuel or by
adding cold water when IL is too hot
The trace chains should be close
enough together to pass In front of the
hind legs and Just back of the front
legs When the hog Is scalded he can
be returned TO the platform by replac-
ing the rings OF the chains on the pins
and lifting on the free end.
Farmers have had varied experience
with seeds. Certainly with imperfect
| ly matured and poorly dried seed corn
there is danger. AS the following
facts show. properly dried mature
seeds resist very low temperature
without risk. These temperatures
j may be so low indeed that they seem
startling. The facts are offered here
TO show that IL is seed quality TO start
with and not the relative winter tenn
peratures, be they ever so unusual,
that causes the trouble.
Seeds were supplied last winter for
immersion I'm liquid air, and therefore
for subsection 10 extremely low tenn
Deratures. These seeds included corn,
flax. wheat. rye. cucumber castor
bean. tussian sunflower mimosa, yell
low lupine. sainfoin and pine. At first
these lots were immersed directly
from room temperature I'm the liquid
air and allowed to remain six and
r twelve hours. Other lots Of the same
sorts We're immersed "a and as hours
respectively. The seeds were then
terminated. together with control lots
] from the original packages. There
4 was essentially no difference in the
q proportion of the seeds germinatet
o from the original lots and from those
3 treated or immersed.
The corn was not Of a high grade
e and the starchy portion cracked badl,
e from the extreme cold. yet the germin
y alton was about all that could be ex
Y pected With flax and rye the extreme
e cold was rather favorable than otha
o wise TO the prompt termination of thI
( seeds These facts are stated to shov
/ that properly mamred dried seed
O are practically unaffected even at tn
e extreme low temperature of liquid al
e equivalent to $40 degrees below zero
= No fear need be entertained from out
q door temperatures If seeds are wha
r We know as air dry. BY these fact
we learn how admirably seeds are b.
v nature prepared TO withstand cold
d provided they are in a proper condi
q tion Of dryness.
!. There is nothing more provokin
q and more Improbable than flock o
v hens which have acquired the habit O
/ eating their eggs. This is a habi
e more easily prevented than cured
1. Give the hens plenty OF exercise, wit
l. a variety of food. Gather the egg
n frequently. provide sufficient restin
r places and keep one or more porcelain
eggs upon the floor of the house. Dar
Is nests are advisable, and a meat diet
le excellent
IN To cure the habit provide dark nest
NJ and add meat to the food. Remov
q the end from. several eggs and pou
m out the contents. Make a mixture {
N -four, ground mustard and red peppe
g. adding a little water TO hold the ma
iterials together Fill the shells an
place upon the floor of the henhous
Is The hens will make a wild scrambl
lg for these prepared eggs, will gobbl
10 down some Of the contents, and wi
lg soon be- gasping with open heak
ie Follow up this treatment until u
e-lhens refuse 10 touch an egg. Il seem
totand perhaps is somewhat severe, bl
e. no permanent i'll effects Will follo'
he The hens win soon learn that eggs al
nd not so palatable as they regarded the
and will desist from the bad habi
he Positive cures have followed Tn
an method.