| Show PACTS FACTS FOR FARMERS HELPFUL suggestions FOR THE agriculturists A prolific breed of sheep new arnn ins inc shears a sliding BI blade ade how flow to select potatoes for seed Dc horning young calves sheep T the be branch of 0 the down family partakes of the general characteristics te of tile southdown says the orange judd farmer although much heavier both in fleece and body and also more robust it Is said to be the most prolific of all breeds of sheep the average rate of increase in some flocks of pure often being 10 per cent while the product from the cross of the ram on half bred long wool ewes frequently reaches per cent the prolific tendency of the Is a point of great importance with the breeder as it materially increases the profits in furnishing early lambs for the market they are arc also good mothers and generally have bare an t 41 all e oil I 1 LAMB abundance of milk for their you young 1191 in this respect differing from many of the large breeds the has a longer face of uniform dark tint than the southdown a full and spirited eye spreading cars of good size find and a 1 forehead rather flat and well their fleece weight Is generally from five to seven pounds the meat Is like the southdowns South downs in fineness of texture the presence of fat in the tissues and richness of color these sheep are hardy in moist climates and will endure a wide range of soil and feeding the illustration herewith shows a blue ribbon ram lamb belonging to W 11 II beattie of canada potatoes Pota toca for seed there needs to be greater care taken in selecting potatoes not only tho the right form and size are important but it Is quite as is much so that the seed should be grown from plants that have kept their vigor until the tubers were fully ripened d and that had not suffered from attacks cs cf the potato bug says the orange county farmer the only way to be absolutely sure about having good potato seed Is to mark the strongest hills while they wore were growing and an select the best potatoes from these hills such seed should easily be worth five times as much per bushel for planting as seed selected at random from a pit or bin bill if a farmer can once get started with mith seed of ahli character it will require much less labor to fight the potato bug it Is 1 11 good plan also to try the new varieties as quickly as they come into market most Tar varieties lettes grown from seed will yield much heavier crops for two or three years after their introduction than they ever will again keep the liens hens nt at work an active fowl Is usually a healthy one and a hen that has this characteristic it if possessing a large red comb and egg pouch can be counted upon as a steady layer if only she is given kind attention says tile the independent in cold weather you must not expect anything but trouble from a flock of idle chickens that have nothing to do but mope about in a half sleepy condition it Is unnatural what they require is activity make them scratch among hay bay or litter tor for every mouthful ter you give them keeping them a trifle hungry this will stir the blood and give them something to think about please ilease remember this when you complain about not getting many eggs activity meat scraps and a variety of food with milk occasionally sio signally nally will solve the question better than anything you can do for them winter Is the time they require your best beat care dont blame the hens before you take yourself to task be just in all things calves Dib borDing calves when two to three days old with the chemical dishorn ers which I 1 believe are simply dissolved potash Is in my case it a complete success says a contributor to the country gentleman I 1 have found a better way for me yet kevill will describe the chemical way before the born has come through the skin on the second day after birth it if possible cut the hair away from the place where the horn born would come you can feel the bump and moisten a place as large as a silver quarter dollar thoroughly with the dis horning fluid rubbing it in with a small swat swab do not drop any on clot clothes beg flesh or on the eyes in ten minutes rub more on then let alone and have no more uneasiness on oil the horn question in the case of that calf A brown crust forms which la Is the skin killed by the er cr let this alone and it will corne come off in due time to make the chemical chernic til dl dai horner dissolve a little potash in as little littie water as IB will do keep in a glass bottle fraud aenni milk Den dealers the report of 0 the massachusetts state dairy bureau calls attention to a new fraud practiced by milk dealers which cannot be reached under tinder be existing statutes it appears that tain milk when U tested sted lias has the required amount of milk solids but the percentage of 0 fat la Is very low it lias has been found that this state of affairs is if due to the addition of a condensed skimmed milk after the cream has haa been removed by the denier dealer the report says that the dealer practicing this fraud cannot be successfully prosecuted because it cannot be proved that the cream has been removed and the addition of the condensed skimmed milk Is not an addition of a foreign substance prohibited by statute it appears that a concern in new york Is doing it a thriving business furnishing dealers with the condensed skimmed milk tire the number of cans calls of milk received toy by dealers in boston bosto to in 1805 was of which there were sold bold 80 32 each can containing 8 quarts this quantity supplied about three fourths of the greater boston district di amerlois Amer loin cultivator potatoes for cowa potatoes rota toes have been found in many trials to bo be au all excellent teed feed for meat production and the general estimate of their value tor for this purpose la is that four pounds of tubers are about equal to one pound of meal some rate them even higher than this their value according to the orange county farmer however does not depend upon tho the nutrition they contain solely but upon the fact that as part ot of the ration they tend to keep stock healthy and are nn an aid to digestion no very accurate data exists as to their value in milk production although they used to be regarded as a good milk feed in a general way some experiments confirm tile the old time view nian tile the qualification however that when fed largely they lower the quality of the product to some extent but it a small ration of say live five to six pounds a n day produces no effect lupori quality and fj valuable from a sanitary point of view ind for the sake or of variety answering lit in this reIT respect Clet to the office performed liy by roots in mixed feeding while pigs do riot not readily eat raw potatoes or it at least prefer their cooked cows eat at then them with olvid ity in their raw state stale new cv I 1 ruri in t lie heirs here are a pair of garden shears which are constructed on oil a principle quite different room ordinary shears the latter will to no matter lauw sharp never cut luigs lind and branches very ely eaty the wiy way tiey hut but pushes the twig ariy fro filin the hie cutting edge and much forro force Is spent tile the shears shown lit in out our mt tit are quite different in ill that respect the upper blade while el elsilia clo tins silla slides toward the ennd by a simple yet rry ery Iti zenlous contrivance I 1 Is tully runy explained in the illustration the slIt sliding ling upper blade does riot not allow lie tal I 1 to slip sill away from the lie grasp or of tiie rheams sli eais but blit will even dra dran it litto its cuttin ed edge c the inventor or of aitse vi sll deil shears heas Is now constructing const other scissors upon the same principle ile kiil claims taj aliat it brittin cutting A SLID SLIDING Jr ill HI ann of several il layers of cloth Is performed with anuell less use of force and with better results than with the scissors freab I 1 icah water for aloff no animal suffers more from thirst than does the ho hos especial ly when it Is fattening if it Is ij fed milk and swill the latter made salty by the addition of the brine made irom I 1 roll salt pork while it Is being fre fleshed shed its case Is so much the we worse arse 11 llila contains some water but it Is so mixed with fat and casein that it cannot serve as a substitute for water as any one may see by placing fresh water where the hogs can get it tit nt will they will not drink large amounts tho hogs stomach is not large enough to hold a groat great bulk either of food or drink but the hogs bogs that have fresh water will have better digestion and it fattening NN will ill be more tree free from fever for having pure water on many farms so much salt meat Is freshened and the water used in doing this la is saved for the swill barrel that the hogs bogs fed swill are constantly suffering intense thirst making them uehl unhealthy althy and diminishing their ability to mako make the best use of the food they eat odds and ends clover tea Is excellent for or purifying the blood clearing the complexion arid anil removing pimples dried clover may be used tor for the tea it if castor oil Is applied to a wart once a day for a month the wart will entirely disappear in many cases it will not require so long a time the discovery that cold coffee Is an excellent tonic tor for growing plants should do away with tile the last remnants of the custom of warming over cold coffee to prevent a bruise from discoloring dis coloring apply immediately hot water or it if that Is not at hand band moisten some dry starch with cold wak waiter ter and cover the bruised place it Is said that if parsley is eaten with onions or a salad containing onions the odor of the onion will not affect albect tile the breath the sprigs or of parsley should be eaten as you would celery A small piece of candle may be made to burn all night by putting finely powdered salt on it until it reaches the black part of the wick A small even light may be kept in this way when bakeng cake on removing it from the oven place the tin containing the cake on a damp towel for a moment and the cake may readily be taken from the tin without sticking |
