The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-15
Notes.

10 Salt Beef-FOr lOO POUNDS meat; o
pounds salt, 3 pounds brown sugar, 2
ounces saltpeter. Mix these thoroughly
and rub each piece of meat with all that
it will take, and if you do not get it all
rubbed in leave the meat and give second
rubbing, and then pack tightly in crock
and put on a weight. If you have any of
the salt left sprinkle it on the meat, and
I it will make its own brine. If after few
days it has not enough to cover it, put on
little salt and water.
One of the most interesting and novel
schemes that are resorted to when it comes
to ''doctoring'' up a horse for sale is
''peroxiding'' Horses just suitable for
carriage work, save that they do not quite
match in color, are now chemically colored
to the tint desired in the twinkling of an
eye. A "peroxided' horse shows what
has been done to him soon after his new
owner takes him away, and frequently he
has to be s'touched up. This bleaching
does not injure the horse any more than
it does the average girl, but the chemically
tinted coat seldom looks well when closely
examined, the dark roots of the hair show
ing on careful inspection. Yet it deceives
the average buyer, and so answers the
purpose of the INSCRIPTIONS horsetrader.
In selecting bull, choose one whose
mother and both grandmothers have each
yielded above 300 pounds of fat for several
years in succession. Then look for vigor
and strength and evidence of function in
the individual and see that among his.rela
tives there are no weaklings Be sure that
he has a good skin, soft and of fair thick
ness | am afraid of very thin skin;
beware of hard one. If he got me lot
of heifers that developed into good COWS [
would keep him as long as | could without
inbreeding far enough to interfere with the
strength and size of his get.
Dried beet pulp from beet sugar mills is
becoming popular among dairymen in some
localities The pulp is soaked in water
about six hours before feeding, and five
pounds of pulp will take up nearly four
gallons of water. 1t makes bulky, juicy
feed for winter, especially relished where
there is no silage or root crops in the ra-
ton. 1t is claimed that the same material
is good food for sheep, hogs and poultry.
Coal is used for fuel on many farms and
ashes are commonly wasted, as they are of
no particular value as a fertilizer, but it will
be worth while to save them to make farm
walks and roads. They should be spread
about six inches in depth and each layer
sprinkled with enough water to make them
pack solid In making roads or walks on
low places there should be filling of about
foot of small stones below the surface of
coal ashes. Walks with foundation of
stones remain dry and firm at all seasons
Of the year.
1t is a we'll known fact that plants grow
largest in rich soil, but it is not so we'll I'M
derstood that the largest roots may be
found in very poor soil. This has been
made subject of late experiment by
French botanist. Lots of COLA seeds were
planted, respectively, in washed sand, in
soil exhausted by many crops and in good
soil; and after seven weeks, with like wa
tering the roots in the sand had grown IA
to l 6 inches; those in the poor soil, 10 to
II inches, and those in the good soil had
grown only 6 inches.
When selecting peas for an early supply
the dwarf varieties will be found most
suitable, as they do not have to make
heavy growth of vine before coming into
bearing The more wrinkled the seed the
better the quality of the pea, though some
of the earliest peas are not wrinkled The
Champion in one of the best in quality,
but is not early and is not as prolific as
some varieties.
No poultryman can afford to be without
charcoal A little goes long way and is
worth its weight in gold to raisers of young
chickens 1t aids digestion and promotes
the health of brooder chicks to a wonderful
extent. The use of charcoal is generally
corrective of numerous poultry ills.
Fowls need great deal of fodder in win
ter to neutralize the concentrated food.
One hundred hens will eat five pounds Of
clover leaves daily, besides their regular
grain ration, and the clover is very nutri
tious food as we'll as supplying bulk. Of
ten cut rowen hay will answer fairly well
as a substitute, and if neither clover nor
rowen is at hand the chaff from the barn
floor will supply great deal of fodder as
we'll as serving as a scratching litter. The
Maine station found that for 100 hens )
pounds of clover leaves took the place of
II pounds of beets, and the hens were kept
healthy and thrifty. 1t is certainly easier
to provide this small amount of clover fod-
der than to raise the beets required to take
its place.