go USE ARTE FARM\
paj.log Calve for Dairy.
one possesses cows of valn
hle breed it is very desirable to
* a ise their calves for sale j yet the
ilk is also valuable, in the early
®' r i Dgt and therefore it is considered
J e best plan to -bring them up by
to hand. The calf should be al
lo*ed to nurse for the first or
0 and can then be removed; to
another stable-and taught to drink
by putting two fingers into its
O outh, and gently drawing its head
down to the milk pail, letting it
sock the fingers. A large teat
be manufactured out of cotton
cloth, and nailed to the bottom of a
small' tub, and the milk poured into
Hake the artificial teat long
enough to conn up above the milk,
an d io that the calf can take hold
fj t easily. Hay. porridge or tea is
often substituted fur milk in bring
ing up calves. Take the best hay
ton have, and cut it into two or
lengths; pour boiling
vnter over it in a large bowl and
let it scald on the fire for two hours
or so. For the first two weeks,
give equal proportions of hay tea
aad new milk; then make two-thirds
of the tea to one of milk, and in six
weeks one-fourth part of milk will
be enough. The food should be giv
eD in a luke-warm state, three times
adav, giving about three quarts at
a meal for iwo weeks; then increase
to four quarts. The hay tea need
not be prepared oftener than every
other day, but it must be kept sweet.
Thev should not be scaledd, but
turned into nearly cold tea. If af
ter the second or third week a hanef
ful or two of oat or corn meal is
stirred into each portion of scalding
hot tea, it will stimulate the growth
of the calf decidedly. There is
nothing gained in keeping calves on
a shon diet. Give them all they
desire to eat, they will rarely take;
more than enough. Many a calf,
and many a baby too is kept on:
too small a quantity of food. It is
astonishing to see how much the
young things will stow away, and
grow fat over it. When a calf is
vso months old, it can have a small
vitp of hay given it; or if the
weather is warm enough, it can be
turned out to graze upon the sweet
tender grass ; but must be well
sheltered from wind and rain, and
so near the house that it can have
its breakfast and supper as usual.
When it is fully weaned, it is not
needful to pamper its appetite, yet
Jt must not be poorly fed, lest it
should receive a check in its growth.
It is a good plan to pet and caress
it; lead it early by a halter, and
handle it as much as. possible—for
this treatment makes it kind and
docile, and will also make it a good
milker. There is nothing more cruel
than to strike, kick and speak harsh
ly to young animals ; they have an
instinct that teaches Ihem to com
prehend kindness and its opposite.
The best cow we ever had was a
pet with the children* and, when a
cal I. was milked by them, fed aud
caressed, and there never was a
moi> gentle animal or.a better mik
&■—Country Gentleman.
Stock Eating Wood.
One of oar substantial subscrib
er.', m a recent conversation, gave
experience in training neat stock,
atfected with the habit of eating
chewing bones, etc. His
■cattle were one spring affected this
They became thin in
retired to eat hay, and presented a
S| ckiy appearance. He had an im
pression that their, food lacked the
constituents for making bone, bat
ta? neighbors used bone meal with
°ut noticing any good resu ts what
cv » O
At last die put about lour
of leached ashes in his barn
p.rd, and threw out to them about
a >hovel fail each day. After turn-
Wav
1I! = them out to pasture he put one i
v'rHtk of dry ashes per week on the
ground of the pasture. They ate it
a -* up and gnawed off the grass
it had been lying. The cat-
Ue began to improve, gaining flesh
an( i looking much better than tliey
kad tor several years. He says this
uiorbid appearance was unnoticed
years aso, from the fact that the
ground was ashy, from the burning
of the wood and land clearings*
Latterly he gave one quart of ashes
m| wd with the same quantity of
sa it, to twelve bead of cattle, about
°uce a week. —Live Stock Journal.
BMfcrßoms.
A correspondent writes thus of
balking horses; Some writers have
held that bad; treatment was the
cause.- I think that this view is
partially false. Some horses will
balk any way, and some cannot be
made to balk. When a hone oaoe
commences to balk, the treatment
will make but little difference; to
illustrate: I had a fine, large,.five
year old mare, that took a notion to
balk. I did nothing for her, and
finally she got so she would fialk
almost every time I hitched her up.
One of my neighbors had a four year
old of a good deal the same style of
my horse, that commenced to balk
sometime before mine did. - Both
had an indention in their foreheads.
Notice this, every horse that has an
indention in its forehead will balk.
He may balk sooner, or he may balk
later, but he will balk sometime.
But to return to the subject. My
neighbor and I pursued two differ*
ent ways of treatmen ; he believed
in whipping, and he did whip. He
whipped with whips, be licked with
sticks, he pounded with fence-rails,
and be used his brogans with telling
effect. At first he made her go, bat
finally the harder he whipped the
more she did not go, until at last he
gave it up and sold her for $9O,
original valuation $125. Now for
my treatment: I continued to
drive my hor-e and I had a time of
it, she getting worse all the time,
and bow it would have turned out
, can easily be seeu.
But one day while we were stack
ing our oats, an old man, who was
working there, saw her balk, and
said to me, “I’ll show you what will
start her.” Accordingly he took a
cane with a crook op it, that he had
with him, and -stepping up to her,
stuck the hook down into her ear.
The horse started with a jump, and
we had no more balking that day.
I have tried the plan since then and
have always been successful. Don’t
be afraid of hurting the horse ; it
will only make him mad,| and that
is what you want The philosophy
of the thing is this. Take any
horse, and you will find an aversion
to having the ears handled.' Now
when you jab the cane iuto its ear
the pain makes'Yt mad; in fact, it
makes it so mad that it forgets all
about its balking and everything
else, and starts right off. I would
recommend to try it on a horse
when he balks, but never use the
i whip. You injure the horse, dis
comfit yourself and waste elbow
grease that might be usefully em
ployed somewhere else. In conclu
sion I world say never breed from a
balky horse, for a more worthless
animal can hardly be imagined, and
the breed should never be perpeu
ated.
Hiring Farm Men.
That farmer is fortunate who has
two or three active and intelligent
sons able and willing to take hold
of farm work. Make much of them.
Those who have to hire should be
willing to pay g ood wages for good
We do not sufficiently Jiis-1
criminate. Wages are high; but
good men are not likely to take|mnch
less than they got last year. Farm
ers are very remiss iu one thing;
they do not insist pn having “a char
acter” from the last employer.
It should be a hard matter for a
bad man, or one who left his em
ployer during the busy season, to
get another place. Farmers should
combine to drive an unfaithful ser
vant from the neighborhood. Pay
good wages, and treat them with
kindly consideration, but insist on
having respectful behavior, and
good work. Know what a good
day’s work is, and get it; but do
not ask for more. An unreasonable
employer makes discontented ser
vants. If they do well, tell them
so; if not reprove mildly but firmly.
men.
The Poultry Yard.
Those best able to judge, say that
a flock of fowls of the usual size
kept on farms, if well cared for, will
yield as much value annually as is
equivalent to the milk of one cow.
For this reason it pays to keep a
flock of fowls, arid give them care
ful attention. It is easy to keep
them in : good | condition, if any
thought is bestowed upon them.
It is necessairr to change the
cocks yearly in order to keep np the
vigor and valnn of the progeny.
They must be kejit in a clean arid
f^mw^^i-im wmii-ctie
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dry roost, and 'ta' Wyhs possible on
dry, or at least well drained range.
To secure cleanliness rad freedom
from insects, the hen-house most be
frequently cleaned oat, the floors
supplied with fresh earth, which Is
the best dtsinleotaQt, and the roosts
brushed down, or submitted to the
fumeuef burning salphar.
... Keeftfnc Wt»k metd, -
Though most farmers and garden*
era knowwell the value of starting
early in the war against weeds the
importance of the,task la .very ant
to be forgotten in thehurry ;of
spring work. /We scarcely need
give thoadvice, buta suggestion is
always encouraging, and the more
so when‘wo know it to be true.
The great trouble with most of ns
is that we lay out to much work fot
ourselves to do. We get a groat
many things halt done, rad work
twice as hard as need be, when the
same amount of labor judiciously
expended would have a three-fold
result. This is fast how it is in the
war against weeds. .
We are accustomed to get into a
flurry about getting in tbe crops in
time that we torget that the weed*
crop is already in, and going on at
a rapid pace.. We have not un fre
quently, seen the greatest exertion
in getting in seeds or plants that
would have done just as well a week
later, when the same time spent in
harrowing or weeding groundwould
have been equal to fonr times the
time at a later period. These re*
marks of coarse apply more to gar*
den than to farm-work. When the
horse-power is at band weeds half
an inch high, if annual weeds, are as
easily destroyed by a broad-toothed
cultivator as if they were just push
ing through the ground; but In gar
den work a simple raking of the
ground when the weeds are just
sprouting is quite as effective as the
best bowing would be. An hour or
two raking of a garden between the
rows of the various crops will in tact
almost render hoeing unnecessary,
and thus save many a hard day 1 s
work.
Howlo Keep Eke*.
The most approved plan of keep*
log eggs (and we have known them
to be preserved in Ibis way
era! months) is to keep them in a,
cask of pure-Ume water. Water
will only absorb a fixed amount of.
lime, and should then be poured off
into another vessel, as the excess at
the bottom of the cask will interfere
with the success of the experiment
The fresh eggs first being carefully
examined and found to • be sound
and free from cracks should be drop
ped into the cask. Evaporation is
thus prevented, and .the alkili held
in solution closes the pores of the
shell and prevents all fermentation.
Some persons we have know to pat
a portion of salt also into the water.
About once a week they should be
stirred around with the arm, which
prevents the contents of the egg set
tling into a mass. This is about all
the attention necessary, A crust of
lime forms on the top of cask, but it
is well, perhaps, to keep the barrel
covered. It should be kept in a cool
cellar.
Some persons have succeeded in
keeping eggs tor several months by
packing them in alternate layers
with salt, the large end downwards,
and being careful not to let them
touch each other.
A French mode is said to be, dis
solving four ounces of beeswax in
eight ounces of warm olive oil, and
annoint the egg with it all around
with the finger. The pores of the
shell are filled up with the wax, and
the egg is said to be as good as It
fresh laid at the end of two years.
Another plan, we have not known
it to be tried, bat trom similar pre
servative effects in the case of fruits
which are far more difficult to pre
serve than eggs, we have no doubt
it would be a great success, and is
the easiest plan of all. In a large
box or cask put alternate layers of
air-slacked lime and eggs, covering
each layer of the latter completely
over with lime, and a cover or lid
oh the box; afterwards these boxes
or casks should be kept to a dry and
cool place. We believe this .receipt
will be found very valuable and
thoroughly practical. v
The planting of forest trees
by the acre brings greater re*
taros than money at compound
interest. i
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A GOOD FARM.
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New Castle road, in North Sewidely two , Beaver
county Pa.; has a very good orchard, the farm is
10 HOUSE OF 9K ROOMS,
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outbuildings. Plenty of good water at the house;
running water on the place. Price $5,000 in pay
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NO. 70.
A GOOD DAIRY, STOCK OR GRAIN FARM
In Bis Beaver township, Beaver county. Pa., con
taining abont 140 actes-of which 120 acres are
cleared, 35 acres first bottom land; 20 acres in oak
timber; balance ot cleared land. gently rolling ;
all under fence,on the P.Ft. W,&C. Railroad;
building on a good township road one-half mile
from Homewood station; soil Is first class and all
can he worked by machinery. Improvements, one
newly weather-lioarded log house of 5 rooms, two
stories high, veranda and frame kitchen, with
pleasant surroundings, one new two-story frame
house of 4 rooms, portico in front; a good cellar;
spring of water and well close to house; one new
bank barn, with stone foundation, 40x60, with
plenty of stabling for horses and cows; com crib,
smoke house, and aH usual outbuildings; a first
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bearing condition, and a young orchard. This place
is in a very pleasant part of the county, with eve
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purchaser, for sale. Price. $BO per acre, iu pay
ments. George fi. McCready. owner.
NO. 73.
A SPLENDID GARDEN OR DAIRY FARM,
containing about 107 acres of which 82 acres are
cleared and under a high state of cultivation, well
fenced, mostly post and rail, and In solenoid order;
ten springs on the place, two orchards containing
335 apple and 100 peach trees, bearing and in good
condition: about 27 acres of the beat quality of
timber, a good frame barn 50x36 feet, with stabling
nnderneam; a new frame stable 16x30; a new corn
cnb, a good frame house of four rooms and cellar,
a good milk bouse, an excellent enclosed garden
Da tch; plenty of small fruit such as cherries, plums,
quinces, grapes, Ac. Near to a new school fronee.
?V4 miles irom Industry on the C. AP. Railroad,
good roads to station. The soil is good and the
farm Is well adapted to dairy or stock purposes,
and is considered one of the best. Price 80 per
acre. In payments. Benjamin Todd, Owner.
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