Fisherman & farmer. [volume], September 06, 1889, Image 7

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THE FARM AND GARDEN.
BEST TIME TO CUT HAT.
Early cut hay is far more nutritious
end digestible than late cut. We mean
by early cutting that which is made into
liny when the grass is in bloom, and be
lt) re the seed is formed in the head.
Every day grass is allowed to stand after
this time it deteriorates in value for hay.
Many kinds of the wild grasses growing
in low bottom land will make fair hay for
cattle if cut early, but if allowed to stand
until mature they are only fit for bedding
stock in winter. Neve York Sun.
FEED FOR YOUNG CHICKS.
When chickens are first hatched a small
quantity ol curdled milk pressed as dry as
possible makes a better feed for them than
grain. It is like the albumen in the egg
that has constituted their food before
coming out of the shell, and for the first
day and night thereafter. If any meal is
given use oatmeal rather than corn meal.
The husk of the oat keeps it from com
pacting in the stomach, and is also less
heating and contains more of the nutrition
needed for growth. But soft foods, ex
cept the curd of milk, should not be con
tinued more than four or five da vs.
Chicks will eat whole wheat when a week
old, and the tax that this will be on their
digestive organs will make them hardy
and vigorous as soft food cannot do.
Boston Cu It iva tor.
PEAS.
in favor of
BRUSH EOT: SWEET
Whatever may be said
fancy trellises for climbing plants, it is a
fact that the sweet pea really seems to do
better when given brush to clamber over
than it will on any other support that we
have ever provided for it. It seems to
have a decided objection to anything
formal. It will not cling to a string
well. It must have something which it
can lean upon rather than cling about.
If you want late flowers, be sure to keep
your plants from forming any seed, and
cut the tops back very nearly one-half in
August, giving, at the seme time, a
good top-dressing of manure. We are
glad to notice that this line old flower is
becoming a favorite with those who have
hitherto thought nothing so desirable as
roses and other flowers of that class.
America n A gric ultu ri&t.
VALUE OF WHEAT SCREENINGS.
The screenings of wheat as they come
from the cleaner have been analyzed at
the Michigan experiment station with the
result of surprising the Western farmers,
who have been used to leaving this waste
to rot in the stock yards. This waste
contains shrunken and broken grains of
wheat, chess, cockle, ragweed, and other
weed seeds, with some chaff and straw.
When ground, the meal was found to
contain fifteen per cent, of nitrogen com
pounds, sixty-five per cent, of carbohy
drates, and four per cent, of fat, and
thus worth more for feeeling than the
salable wheat. When thus ground the
seed of weeds are safely disposed of and
can never stock the land with a new
crop, and by thus using the screenings
the land will become free from the too
common weeds in a short time, for there
is no more certain way of seeding the
land with weeds than by scattering the
screenings in the yards and thus sewing
the seeds with the manure. The large
quantity of screenings disposed of by the
elevator companies ma be purchased by
farmers with much advantage, as they
are so id at a very low price. JS'cio York
Times.
UNLE ACHED ASHES.
When used in drills from GOO to 1000
pounds of unleached ashes can be used to
good advantage per acre, but in making
a thorough application from two to five
tons should be used. When used in
quantities, over two tons per acre, they
should be spread on top of the ground in
the fall or early spring, when the ground
is not frozen, so that the moisture and
rains of these seasons of the year will aid
in dissolving the potash, phosphoric acid,
lime, silica, and enable them to amalga
mate with the soil before the planting of
seed. Otherwise the strong alkalies
coming in contact with the seeds might
spoil the crop for that year. After sow
ing broadcast it would be well to harrow
in the ashes a little. Should it so hap
pen that good results did not follow the
first year's application, by reason of a
failure of sufficient rains to dissolve all
the chemicals in the ashes before hot, dry
weather comes on, let them alone; that
is, make no application of other fertil
izers to the ground, for nothing will be
lost by their lying in the soil, and their
influence will surely be felt in the next
year's crops. When once thoroughly
leached into the soil they are invaluable
in a drought. I think it would be well
for farmers who have not heretofore used
ashes to experiment for themselves by
using side by side with stable manure
and other fertilizers, a like quantity in
cost of unleached wood ashes, and then
in another field apply in cost half each
of stable manure, well mixed with the
soil, and as a top-dressing unleached
ashes well harrowed in. New York Independent.
SENSE OF SMELL IN THE HORSE.
The horse will leave musty hay un
touched in his bin, no matter however
hungry. He will not drink of water ob
jectionable to his questioning sniffs or
from a bucket which some other odor
tnakes offensive, however thirsty. His
intelligent nostril will widen, quiver,
and query over the dantiest bit offered
by the fairest of hands. A mare is never
satisfied by either sight or whinny that
her colt is really her own until she has
certified the fact by means of her nose.
Blind horses, as a rule, will nallop wildly
about a pasture without striking the sur
rounding- fence. The sense of sir.pl 1 in-
j forms them of its proximity.
Utuers will, when loosened from the
stable, go directly to the gate or bars
opening; to their aecustomed fppdino-
j- , j o
grounds: and when desiring- to return.
alter Uours of careless wandering, will
distinguish the one outlet and patiently
await its opening. The odor of that par
ticular part of the fence is their guide to
it. The horse in browsing, or while
gathering herbage with his lip, is guided
in its choice of proper food entirely by
its nostrils. Blind horses do not make
mistakes in their diet. In the temple of
Olympus a bronze horse was exhibited, at
the sight of which six real horses expe
rienced the most violent emotions. Elian
judiciously observes that the most per
fect art could not imitate nature suffi
ciently well to produce so perfect an illu
sion. Like Pliny and Pausanias. he con
sequently affirms that "in casting the
statue a magician had thrown hippomanes
upon it," which, by the odor of the
plant, deceived the horses, and therein
we have the secret of the miracle. The
scent alone of a buffalo robe will cause
many horses to evince lively terror, and
the floating scent of a railroad train will
frighten some loug after the locomotive
is out of sight anel hearing. Horse and
Stable.
KICKING COWS.
Cows acquire the habit of kicking and
stepping about while the milking is per
formed, on account of timidity or pain;
and this habit becomes chronic by rough
and brutal treatment. Milking the cow
is in a measure a surgical operation, and
during the process if she cannot or will
not be reasonably quiet, she should be
confined by some restraint other than
human muscle, for the cow's strength is
the greatest. The weaker party gets
angry, and rough treatment is the result ;
hence the necessity of some method of
conveniently restraining the cows within
the limit of human strength.
Cows stanchioned, and standing at a
"hoist" do not kick with the right foot,
which is the most objectionable one for
kicking, but if she is bent on kicking,
she soon puts her light foot in advance
of the other, which shifts her greatest
weight on the left foot, and then she is
reaely for kicking. My plan is to com
pel the cow to "hoist" anel hold her
there. This is best done by placing her
in the stanchion, and taking a small rope
or strap, about eight feet long, with a
loop on one enel ; loop it around the left
hind leg, and drop it down just above
the dew claws, then pass it around the
stanchion one and a-half times, draw the
foot well forward and confine it there.
This requires so little strength that there
is no cause for anger, even in the utmost
irritable person. Some cows give up at
once, while others struggle until they
become accustomed to the restraint.
This mode of confining the cow is par
ticularly valuable to young heifers, all
cows that step about while milking, and
ordinary kickers. Sometimes I find it
insufficient; in which case I place the
rope around or above the hamstring joint
and over the top of the stanchion, draw
ing the foot nearly or quite off the floor.
If I find this is insufficient, which is sel
dom, I draw the left foot forward as first
described, and then confine the other
foot backward to a ring or post, anel then
the cow is compelled to stand. Confin
ing the right foot backward is a much
more muscular task than drawing the left
foot forward, and requires a stronger
rope. I have never found it necessary
to do more than confine the left foot for
ward, with all cows I have raised, but I
have bought unmanageable cows cheap
anel compelled them to stand while being
milked. This method is quickly ap
plied, and holels the cow in the right po
sition to milk. American Agriculturist.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Manure can be hauled out and applied
after plowing.
Apply sulphur at the first appearance
of mildew on grapes.
Tile drainage is best, but surface
drainage will answer.
A sun-struck cow is ruined as a milker
for one season at least.
Picking up all the fallen fruit will ma
terially diminish the number of apple
worms.
If salt is to be applied, wait until
spring, anel then sow broadcast as evenly
as possible.
Whether the propensity of bees to
swarm can be bred out or modified re
mains to be seen.
Every man ought to be heartily
ashamed of the gall on the shoulder of
the animal he drives.
To get at the real cost of beef making
the animal must be crediteel for the fer
tility it leaves on the farm.
If a clover sod is to be plowed under
for wheat, an application of lime before
plowing will be found beneficial.
One of the advantages in using wood
ashes as a fertilizer for wheat is that it
helps materially to stiffen the straw.
If commercial fertilizers are to be used,
sow with a drill, when sowing the seeA.
or sow broadcast, just before seeding.
If constant supply of bloom is desired,
the flowerbuds must be cut off as soon as
faded; never permit them to go to seed.
The medium sized animal, as to the
breed to which he belongs, is the one
which gives the owner the greatest net
profit.
Cnrrencr in a Car.
A dog-, owned by Peter Flynn. of Red
Hook, N. Y., recently chewed up and
swallowed a 2 bill. As the dog had
no commercial value, he was killed, and
the fragments of the bill, including the
piece which bore the number, were re
covered. The remains of the dog were
buried, and the remains of the bill were
forwarded to the Treasury Department
at Washington. A new bill was duly re
turned to Flvnn. Xeic York Herald.
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Her eye is bright,
Htr Leart is light
Ah, truly 'tis a goodly si In.
A few brief months ago her c heek
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"The end i? near
For her. i fear."
Sighed many a friend who held her dear.
I can teil you what vrouzht the change in
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This friend "knew whereof she sioke,"' for she
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friend to use. Shei- enthusiastic in its prjalae,
and tells her friends that Dr. Pierc de erves
the universal gratitude of woman-kind for
ha ing given it, this infallible remedy for its
peculiar ailments. It is rntaranteed to give sat
isfaction in every ca-e or money refunded.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets one a dose. Cure head
ache, constipation and indigesfon.
It is said that profanity is never heard in
Japan.
Ever since 1804 there have leen women (more
each year) who claim that there is no soap half
as goodoras economical asDnbbins'8 Electric.
There must be some truth in their claim. Try
it, see how much. Your grocer has it.
The Dominion of Canada has a population
of 5230,000.
This is the age of wonders, and the average
American citizen is no longer surprised at any
thing, ft you want to experience that sensa
tion, however, just write to B. F. Johnson 6:
Co.. 1009 Main St., Richmond, Va., and hear
what they have got to say of the success of
some of th ir agents. They have got the goods
that sell, nd any one out of employment will
consult their own interests by applying to
them.
A pocket match-safe free to smokers of
Tans ill's Punch" 5c. Ci-ar.
3f afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thorn p
sen 'sEye-water. Druggists sell at 25e.per battle
Weak and Weary
Describes the condition of many people debilitated
by the warm weather, by disease, or overwork.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is just the medicine needed to
overcome that tired feeling, to purify and quicken
the sluggish blood and restore the lost appetite. If
you need a good medicine be sure to try Hood's
Sarsaparilla.
"My appetite was poor, I could not sleep, had head
ache a great deal, pains in my back, my bowels did
not move regularly. Hood's Sarsaparilla in a short
time did me so much good that I feel like a new
man. My pains and aches are relieved, my appetite
mproved." Geokge F. Jackson, Roxbury Station,
Conn.
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To clean tombstones.
To polish knives.
To whiten marble.
To renevr oil-cloth.
To scrub floors.
To clean dishes.
To renovate paint.
To wash out sinks.
To scour kettles.
To brighten rnetal3.
To scour bath-tuba.
To remove rust.
EVERYBODY US!
Dentists to cleen false teeth.
Surgeons to polish their instruments.
Confectioners to scour their pans.
Mechanics to brighten their tools.
Painters to clean off surfaces.
Cooks to clean the kitchen sink.
IT. EVERY ONE FINDS A NEW USE.
Engineers to clean parts of machines.
Ministers to renovate old chapels.
Sextons to clean the tombstones.
Hostlers cn brasses and white horses.
Soldiers to brighten their arms.
Wheelmen to clean bicycler.
Housemaids to scrub the marble So r3
Chemists to remove some stains.
Carvers to Bb&rpen their knives.
Shrewd ones to scour old straw ca'.A,
Artists to cleau their palettes,
lienovatora to t&e&n carpets.