Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-12

None Of the honey plants" exec
clover in virtues.
Unless you wish cloddy ground in
the fall seeding, you had better har-
row or disk just after breaking
Break in the forenoon and harrow IN
the afternoon unless 1t rains.
In selecting seeds from the garden,
do not necessarily save from the big
gest fruit, but from the vine on plant
fruit may be so situated as to receive
mos, OF the nouriahment.
Baruyard manure Is The most i'm
/ p0rtant manurial resource of the farm
| and should be carefully saved and
| used. II not only enfiehes the soil
with nitrogen, phospboric acid and
/ potash, but Il also renders the stored
/ up materials Of the soil more avail
able improves the mechanical condi-
ton Of the SOIL makes It warmer and
enables It to retain more moisture
Theoretically, life in the country is
more natural and healthful than city
| lie Air is better; food Is fresher;
there is less noise, smaller tax on the
nervous system and other conditions
which warrant the statement that
country life Is healthier. Man is in
fact an outdoor animal and city life
In a broad sense ~ artificial.
Keeping a flock Of laying hons is
not unlike keeping a herd Of dairy
cows Both kinds of animals are
kept as producing stock. The COM
position Of milk and eggs is much
alike. II the dairy COW must be com
fortably sheltered and fed n we'll
balanced ration TO produce large
quantity OF milk, so must the laying
hen be comfortably sheltered and fed
a balanced ration in order to be able
to lay eggs regularly.
Where a SOW proves TO be a good
mother, gentle and easily managed,
Il will be best 10 keep her rearing pigs
as long as She viii, as this Is prefer
able to frequent changes She will
bring two litters In year and when
not nursing the pigs can be cheaply
kept. Where pigs are raised in cold
weather II will be necessary to pro-
vide warm, dry, comfortable quarters
and where these are furnished there
should be no trouble with them.
When cows are taken from the
pasture, which should be before they
run down for want of food, they
should be put at once on full winter
allowance for morning and evening
and run in the fields through the day
as long as possible. The exercise
viii be good for them. Five pounds
OF cut hay Of the best kind, molsten-
ed and mixed with three quarts of
the finest cornmeal, with a small
handful of salt. win make a fair
ration for an average sized COW, but
a good COW will eat one-fourth more
than this with profit
II the pasture is seeded in late fall
and good stand is not secured, an
other seeding may be made in Febru-
AIRY or March, when the soil Is frozen
TO q honey comb condition. When
the soil Is frozen in this condition the
sown seeds fall into the numerous
small cracks and are Immediately
covered for termination when the soil
becomes mild. Some have good sue
cess with winter sowing Of grass and
clover seed by sowing upon a light,
level snow, allowing the seed to set
tie down and find good Judgment In
the soil when the snow melts. Thu,
only objection TO this method Is that
sometimes the snow Is melted by a
rain, in which case some of the seeds
are liable to drift and be washed
away resulting In a spotted stand.
DO not allow the cows to dry up
during the latter part of the summer,
as this necessitates keeping them
through winter. giving a smaller flow
OF milk than they should,
Oh,
ing Is done; scald and set in sun If 1t
be stone churn; If wooden put where
wind can blow freely through all
parts of 1t.