The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-11-21

Rye adds no plant food to the soil
and hence has no value as green ma
nure
Feed the coarse fodder with the
small feed so as to maintain the
balance in the ration.
Cool the cream Immediately after it
comes from the separator 1t will
make the butter better.
Wife will thank you for your
thoughtfulness in sharpening scissors
and the kitchen knives.
Wheat-bran middlings roots and
grass make a good ration for the pigs
selected as breeders. Notice that We
omitted corn
There is economy in buying the
best made machine or tool. But re-
member after you have bought it to
take good care of it.
The earth of the chicken pen floors
is as rich as many brands of fer
tilizers. Get it out on the land and
put in fresh dirt. 1t will be better for
the chickens and better for you.
Stop that little gully in the field
which opened up with the last rain.
1t is easier to fix now than after the
next rain or two have made the
breech infinitely larger.
Make difference between the feed
ing of the pigs that are to become
breeders and those you are fattening
for market. Overfatness must be
avoided with the former
If the pasturage is dry and the feed
poor, one stalk of corn in the silk is
worth more to the COWS now than
the ear that the stalk can produce
will be worth next winter.
Store the oily feeds where they will
not become contaminated by foul
odors. Feed thus affected is more
than apt to faint the milk and carry
the cowy favor to the butter
Don't be content to do anything but
the best type of farming. Be on the
watch for new ideas. If your neigh
boris methods are better than your
own, do not be too proud to say so,
but adopt them. If you have an idea
or method which will help your neigh
Dor, see that he gets it. Help others
and help yourself
In taking the stock in from off the
pasture this fall remember that the
change from field where much exer-
else is obtained to the stall is quite Sc
we're. For this reason the COWS
should be allowed as much freedom as
possible in the yards about the barn.
They should be put in the barn only
when the weather is bad or at milk
ing time.
In the cutting down Of small trees
farmers often rob themselves of larger
profit later on. Arboriculture tells of
an incident in Virginia Ten years
ago about $4,000 young hickory trees
were cut down to provide hickory
hoops for about 10000 apple barrels.
The barrel hoops had been sold for
about $500, If the trees had been
allowed to grow, they would have
been big enough in a few years for
cutting up into carriage spokes, and
would have produced, at the present
price of S35 thousand, spokes worth
more than 100000. This is the kind
of Forestry argument that ought to
appeal to owners of brush lots
Make your own vinegar on the farm.
Only sound, ripe apples should be
used, avoiding dirty fruit or washing
it before pressing. Use only juice
from the first pressing, place in clean
barrels which have been treated with
hot water or steam to destroy unde-
sirabe germs. The barrels should
not be full, nor tightly corked, as
free access of air is desirable In
ordinary temperatures, the first stage.
the alcoholic fermentation, should be
complete in five or six MONTHS but by
storing in warmer rooms, and by the
use of yeast, can be much shortened.
The second stage, the acetic fer
mentation, may be fastened by heat
and by the use of a good starter" OF
mother or sharp vinegar When the
required acidity is reached, the bar
rels should be filled TO the bung and
tightly corked to avoid undesirable
lamentations.
Pinstch OIL the residue left in the
cylinders used to contain the gas for
lighting railway coaches, and which
can be obtained for about 20 cents per
gallon in small quantities, is recon-
mended by the Colorado experiment
station as a good substitute for car
bon-bisulphide in eXterminating prai-
rie dogs, gophers, rabbits, or any
ground burrowing pests The follow
ing directions are given for applying
the remedy. Three hands and a boy
will accomplish the best results.