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About Haralson banner. (Buchanan, Ga.) 1884-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1889)
gmß 'FARM AND GARDEN., PEKIN DUCKS DESTROY YOUNG CHICKENS. After your Pekin ducks are a year old you will need a separate house and in closure for them, as they are very de structive to young chickens, pouncing down upon them and devouring them when they get a chance. The drake are not so bad, but the female ducks evi dently regard young chickens as a dainty ‘‘bonne bouche.” They are also fond of eating eggs, and on this account it is not safe to leave them in the hen house with other fowls, as they seize on the fresh eggs, and also on the sitting eggs when the hens leave the nests. This, at least, is my experience,though it may not be the universal custom of the tribe: They have have a very irregular, inter mittent way of laying. Sometimes they will lay every day consecutively for three or four days, then they will lay at intervals of two or three days, then stop about two weeks and goto laying again. — Home and Farm. FEED AND FEET. In feeding coarse meal to working cattle a large part of it is lost through imperfect digestion. The same loss is sustained when whole corn is fed. The remedy is to feed finely-ground meal, with three or four times its measure of cut hay or straw. My cattle working in the woods at heavy lumbering are fed onone peck by measure of cut hay moistened and mixed with four qts. finely ground corn meal at each feed, and long hay for the rest of their feed ing; with 12 gts. of meal thus fed daily large oxen keep 1n excellent condition and do the heaviest kind of hauling as well as when fed 16 gts. of whole corn per day. More work, at least 25 per cent, can be gotten out of oxen when they are shod than when barefoot. The feet have a better hold on the ground, and do not slip, so that heavier loads can be hauled. On bare ground the feet are not worn and much suffering is spared the patient beasts, while the work done is far more than doubled. This is especially the case in the South.—New York Tridune. 3 MILKING, A novice should always commence with a cow which is easy to milk, and requires but little pressure on the teat. The cow must be a quiet one, or the milker, with his pail, may be upset. All things being ready, the cow being tied, if possible, the milker takes his pail or bucket in the right hand and his stool in the left. He then quietly approaches the right side of the cow, and sits down near her udder as gently as possible. He then takes hold of one teat with his right hand and another withhis left,and inturn, presses each a little. This causes the milk to flow, and this continues un til the whole is extracted. The student should remember that the two teats are not pressed together, but one, two, one, two, one, two, must be the order of the day. After a minute or two at the first two teats, the other two should be re lieved a little; the milker then returns to the first pair, and strives to extract the milk as fast as possible. The last drop .or two cannot usually be drawn bya clasp of the hand, but the teat is passed once or twice between the forefinger and thumb, and leaves the udder ¢‘clean” of milk. The finger and thumb process is known as ‘‘stripping,” and a really good milker “‘strips” but little. THE QUINCE. The quince tree, though not so aspir ing as the pear nor spreading as the ap ple tree, resembles persons of modest mien and shows its qualities by bearing good fruit. And .if the proof of the pudding is by the taste, the same may be said of the quince when properly prepared. Then the quince is not only good in itself, but (like a good man) it communicates flavor to the fruits it comes in contact with. 1t is not only ornamental, but what is more, useful. It makes a fine white show in the spring and the yellow fruit looks like gold in the fall. agn W Nor does it hold the fruit above our reach like most {rees nor ask you to stoop to gather the golden treasures in the market basket. It belongs to the rose family, .as does the apple and pear, sud it imitstes both in its yarious shapes. * Parsons who havo used tho fruit spek ok adhad et oY gribibes. e L et " ‘M,: f‘?‘giz%*’f“&(; pear quince for market. There is a va riety called Rea’'s Mammoth, said to be of “very good quality, larger than the orange, and if it were as early in ripen ing, would be the most popu'ar, and one called Champion, which is larger and very fine, but also rather late. Our soil is adapted to this exotic tree; it is valuable for market, and it is wholesome and it is ornamental. Then why not plant more quince trees? The writer has about two hundred trees, which pay well, selling readily, and would if he had double that number.— Horticulturist. FATTENING SHEEP. While addressing a Farmers’ Institute, Mr. Harrison Cole gave the following directions for fattening sheep: The first requisite in all fattening ani mals is peace and quiet. This, all will admit, but how to secure it is not at all times an easy matter. I used to wait until the fore part of winter, prepare my yards, gather in my sheep from where T had bought them, and com mence feeding. There were sure to be a few wild ones that would jump and run at the least provocation, which would keep the flock restless and un easy. I would have hard work to make the flock hold their own for the first few wecks, while some would fall away. Inext tried letting them run out, coming into the yard during the day if they would, and at night I would shut them in and feed them. This worked better, but was not altogether satisfac factory. The sheep being in a strange place, it caused more or less commotion driving them into the yards. The next season I bought and took home my sheep while the feed was yet good in my stubble; turned them near my barns, salted them a little, and, afterwards, to get them used to me, asthe feed com menced to fail, I fed them a little grain and put the best hay 1 had in their racks to tempt their appetites. The re sult was, I had the heaviest and by far the fattest car-load of sheep that was ever shipped from our market. I have often tried it since, and think it the best possible way to handle a flock of sheep. lam often asked at what age do sheep fatten best. I think three, com ing four, but all the way from lambs to that age you can pick outsheep that will feed well. I have had good success with lambs, turning them off at ten months old, but the man who succeeds with sheep must not expect to get something for nothing. It is a profitable animal that pays well for good keep and care. Always feed grain in a flat-bottomed, dry trough, if possible, a trifle at first.- Increase until you reach to one and one half pounds each per day. In damp, muggy weather, feed lighter. Be sure and not feed so as to have them leave grain in their trough. Do not disturb them in the morning; let them get up of their own accord and pick around a lit tle before you feed them, like an indul gent mother with her lazy boy. If they do not get up in time for breakfast you must keep it waiting for them. I like mixed grains for sheep better than to feed them all one kind, and in coarse feed give them as great a variety as possible, but the same kind at a stat ed time each day.—Prairie Harmer. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. One of the essentials of soiling is a fertile soil. Every farm ought to have its experi mental patch. It is better to dehorn every bull than to have one man killed. ~ Muriate of potash has proved to be a l remedy for the white grub. The early killed is the easily killed weed, and the weed that robs the crop least. ; If you are careful to keep the furroive straight you will do faster and better plowing. ; The smuller the field the more fence required and the more land taken from cultivation. ' A diversity of crops distributes work, receipts and expenses more evenly tgrough iy@ ye’ar' and through the years.. R R ‘*M‘% ST S e SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. A swiss writer attributes baldness to a microscopic fungus, : Hot saline water has been struck at Alma, Mich., at a depth of 2876 feet. The gorge of the Niagara is claimed to be post-glacial only below the whirl pool. Dr. Hill, the only surviving ex-presi dent of Harvard, has for a hobby the in vestigation of the habits of the lower rep tiles, upon which he often lectures be fore the Maine colleges. A mechanical paper calls attention to the fact that the combination of sawdust and flour, or sawdust and starch, some times recommended for covering steam and hot air pipes, is very combustible. An espalier pear-tree at Pollet, France, was planted in 1580, and is now the oldest in Europe. It spreads 100 feet, its stem is three feet through, and it still bears 3000 to 4000 pears yearly. Dr. Terc, of Vienna, treats rheuma tism with bee-stings. In 173 cases, 39,000 stings were inflicted. - The pain is much less to the rheumatics than the same operation would be to healthy per- SODS. A laboratory intended mainly for the study of bacteria in milk is to be estab— lished in Berlin. Infant mortality is known to be largely due to unwhole some milk, which can berendered harm less by destroying the germs. During the last fifteen years the num ber of species of deep sea fishes known has been increased from about 30 to about 370. From depths between 100 and 300 fathoms 232 species are now known; from 300 to 500 fathoms, 142 species, and from 2000 to 2900 fathoms, 23 species. The 24 hydrographical rock marks along the west coast of Sweden show that the land in that part has risen about 0.5 centimeter during the last half cent ury. The rising is incontestable, but varies in different localities, amounting to almost nothing in some places and to more than 1 meter during the century in others. An electric fire engine, which can be tapped for service whenever wanted, is the latest invention. The advantages claimed are that it can be started at full speed; that itis much lighter than a steam fire engine of equal power; that it costs one-third less; that it is noiseless in its operation; makes no smoke, sparks nor ashes; th tit is safer and easier to control and is economical. An interesting fact is that one of the great problems now perplexing scientific men—the production of heatless lights —has been already solved by nature. The light from a ' luminous beetle—suf ficient for reading a newspaper —is shown by the spectroscope to be all of one kind, and just the kind for seeing, while the thermopile finds no evidence of heat. Yet in all our artificial lights vast quantities of fuel are wasted for use less heat. A Large Pendulnm, The longest pendulum on this conti nent swings in the technological school at Atlanta, Ga. It is a heavy pear shaped piece of iron attached to a brass wire 42 feet long. The upper end of the wire is pivoted in a steel point which rests on the center of a steel plate so as to cause the least possible friction. The swinging of the pendu lum gradually describes a circle on the floor in a direction following the sun, showing in this that ‘the earth do move.’ Directly under the pendulum is a large circle divided into twenty-four parts, of fifteen degrees each, to correspond with the hours of the day. The north pole is placed directly under the pendulum, and the meridians of longitude meet there. The parallels of latitude make smaller circles inside the first. Dr. J. 8. Hopkins, president of the school, who made and put up the pendulum, performs the experiment as follows: The iron is brought to the edge of the circle in the meridian of Atlanta and let swing across. Apparently it goes straight across, but gradually it traverses the circle in the direction taken by the sun and opposite to the revolution of the earth, The pendulum not being di rectly over the axis of the earth, does nos move in exactly the sime timo as the 18, buc falls beliud o] AR g ey : 4% 8 sal d that &&b@!% %7;&: orth pole, where it would be immediately Lt s Aot < PRIMITIVE PATRIOTS, l The safety and strength of our nation must ever rest in the homes of its people. In the log cabins of early days our fathers lived. Bimple homes they were, but from within their mud-chinked walls there sprang a !l:::d{ race of men, full of love for home aud rty, Strong in body and mind, they laid the foun dation of America's greatness., Well was their work performed, for upon that solid rock has grown, as years have passed, the iu posing structure of cherighed indep:ndence. Btately and grand, it is worthy of its design ers. Though the heroes of that time have long since passed away, they have left us rich by in heritsno, Whils: our fathers were planning America's future destiny, our sweet mothers were not idle, for in their ever-mindful care for the wel‘are ot their loved ones, they discovered some of the best remedial agents finown for the relief of the sick. Good old-fashioned home-cures, prepared from roots ani herbs—they have ever been standards of excellency. Though lost for a time has been the prepara tion of these old-time ‘‘home-cures,” they are again revived, and are known to the public as Warner's Log Cabin Remecdies ; chief among them being Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla, ‘ the best of the old-time blood purifiers. | In those times every family was its own doc tor, and the heroes and heroines of early days were wond:rfully healthful and long-lived. Amerioa owes its freedom to the rugged bodies and healthy minds of our fathers, and so long as the spirit of freedom they instilled pre vails and a true appreociation of our grand in stitutions remains, there is no danger of the downfall of the Republié. Austria has sent a special commissioner tothe U. 8. tostudy agricultural methods. If disease has entered the system the only way to drive it out is to purify and enrich the blood. Tothis end, as is acknowledged by all medical men, nothing is better adapted than iron. The fault hitherto has been that iron could not be so pregued as to be absolutely harmless to the teeth. Thisdifficnity has been overcome by the Brown Chemical Company of Baltimore, .Xfld. who offer their Brown's Iron Bitters as a faultless iron preparation, a je tive cure for dyspepsia, gnd?xestion. kimy sroubles, etc. Prince Bismarck inaugurated a scheme to hurt Boulanger through English newspapers. What is sweeter than roses That bloom in the beauty of June? Or the stately and fragraat lilies Whose bells ring a summer tune ? Ah, sweeter the roses blowing | On the cheeks of those we love, | And the lily of health that's glowing | The cheeks’ red rose above. : ~_But howsoon the lily and the rose wither in ~ the faces of our American women, Why is it? Simply because so many of them are victims of weaknesses, irregularities and functional derangements incigemal to thesex. If they ‘ would use Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Preseription all these beauty and health-destroying ai - ments might be warded off, and we would hear less about women *‘growing old before their time."” To regulate the stomach, liver and bowels, Dr. Pierce's Pellets excel. One a dose. The Congregational Church, of Clapham, Eng., elected six women as deacons. Bad Habits, Habitual constipation gives riseto piles and to other dangerousand painful affections, all of which ma?' be cured by the use of Hamburg Figs, afruit laxative which even children like. 25 cents. 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Druggists sell at Zsc.per bottle Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses of Piso’s Cnre for Consumption. 25c. All Tired Out from the depressing effect of the changing season, or by hard work and worry—you need the toning, build{n up, nerve-stréengthening effect of Hood's Sanaparflln to giveyou a {oeling of health and strength again. Soid by a!l druggists. \ LEMAREKABLE CASE, g For two years I had AR / rheumatigm so bad that 54 ) it dlsabled me for work ARERCEND | € and conflned me to my BRI bed for a whole year, a 7 Y during which time i o N could not even ralsemi ilt 3;l=/ a % hands to my head, ani R for 8 montl;ro’ctgxelg not &y 3 ESEE novemyselfin was 2 f o). reduced fn flesh from & (CBPsiianien 192 to 86 Ibs, Was treat~ B P EREEID o 4 by best physiclans, N conly to grow worse. Finally I took Swift's Specilic, and soon befan to improve. After awhile was at mfiwork, and for the ¥nst five months have heen a 3 well as'l ever was—all rom the effccts of Swift’s Specific. 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