The state herald., 1914-03-27

Be gentle with all animals.
Plan on having a garden and deter
mine to take care of It.
The duck averages ten dozen eggs
In about seven months laying.
Watch the feet of the colt. As they
grow the horse will be valuable or
not.
Feed plenty Of charcoal. as 1t is one
Of the best things for keeping the poul-
try healthy.
In small garden cucumbers and
muskmelons may be trained on a wire
trellis or on pea brush to save space
Cooking food for hogs and cattle
was long ago proved to be not only
no improvement but often an actual
loss.
Quiet. gentle. handling of the ewes
during the winter makes 1t much cas-
Ter work to care for the flock during
the lambing period.
One Of the professors of the Car
negie school at Pittsburgh recently
found an edible mushroom weighing
little over 80 pounds.
Irregularity in care and feeding is
felt more by sheep than by any other
farm animal. A successful sheep man
says that he feeds by the clock"
With sod-mulch systems, the grass
in the orchard must be moved often
and allowed to lay where 1t falls. Its
removal decreases the fertility of the
soil
Celery banked with earth late in the
fall seems more palatable than where
boards are used. Do not bank when
the foliage is at all moist. as this will
aid decay.
When to apply a fertilizer depends
on when 1t is needed by the plant, the
kind of fertilizer. the soil. the crop.
and the season OF normal rainfall OF
the district
A poorly fed tree cannot do its best
any more than a poorly fed man or
animal. II is surprising what differ.
ence a wheelbarrowful OF manure
around a tree will make.
A good method OF watering ferns
is TO set the pot in pan or tub of
water long enough to soak the roots
and soil thoroughly. DO not water
again until the plant needs II.
There are several ways TO shorten
the life and usefulness OF farm i'm.
plements. The quickest way TO spoil
them is the one that Is most common:
leaving them out In the weather.
In planting fruit trees for family
use, selec, the varieties that appeal
to the palate OF the home folks. but
for the markets select those varieties
that keep best and are In greatest de-
mand.
Green ground bones are rich In al
bamcn. phosphate OF lime and phos.
phoric acid. which go 20 make eggs
and shells. II will pay any poultry
man to buy bonemill to grind bones
for his fowls
Even II you have not gotten round
to have little family orchard. you
can't afford TO go longer withou, a bed
OF strawberries. and probably some
raspberries. gooseberries. currants
and other small fruits.
According to the federal forest
service the average annual loss from
foros, fires In about 10 lives and sac.
100000. II tho cost OF crops. build.
ings. stock and young trees were In.
cluded the loss would be many mil.
lions more,
Bee keepers should TAX. particular
pains 10 INFORM the fruit growers that
spraying the fruit trees when they are
In full bloom not only poisonh many
OF tho bees. but /, ir no, the time TO
get tho codllns moth. Better stiil.
got In touch with tn. horticultural In.
speo,ors. and ask them 10 give tho
proper information about tho best
time TO spray.
In trimming young trees from tho
nursery do not leave any branches
that ara more than eight inohes Ions.
Tho practice OF cutting back TO within
two or three feet on ono.year old ,roos
Ia growing. and usually gives very sat.
isfactory results,
By all means put out a strnw berry
bed nest spring. They arc A. sur. TO
thrive and boar abundantiy II properly
not out and cared for m a crop OF
potatoes, The Senator Dunlap Ia tho