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The Farm and Garden,
liaising Geese.
Ducks and geese in their natural
wild state usually ore faired ; at least
everything favors the intimation that
such is the lact. (Jar birds of the air
mate and go paired for tho season, un
less some accident befalls which robs
either one or the othei of the chosen
one, in which case another is soon sub
stituted, notwithstanding the strong evr
idenco that A. W. Frizzell brings for.
ward to the contrary, in the face of
which I am ready to cry out peccavi.
Three years is a long timo to wait lor
a cross, nevertheless 1 suppose Mr.
Frizzell is patient, as well as sound in
faith. It would not be good policy to
apply tho same rule to our quadrupeds,
or even bipeds, where judgment and
right understanding would correct us
immediately. Mr. Frizzell’s dark
Brahma hens must have been strongly
impregnated with some foreign blood,
vorj recently introduced into their
veins to crop out thus. An inquiry
into their pedigree, perhaps, would
better develop the ease to his satisfac
tion and understanding, for certain it
is, he is pursuing a phantom that has
not a shadow of truth for its base.—
llow long does a Brahma hen live in
full vigor as an egg producer ? I won
dor how old the hens were when they
throw the half light chicks ? Did tho
hens lay continually during the inter
val ? If Mr. Frizzell lias ever been
much acquainted with fowls or turkeys,
he will readily know that the same rule
will not hold good when applied to the
separate species. In this case thorc is
nothing liko substantial experience.
Where one has a tract of marshy or
low land that contains lasting water for
tho season, geese arc profitable birds to
the farmer; perhaps more so than
ducks. Goslings are easy to raise if
managed properly. They should be
early hatched, certainly by the middle
of April, that they may get the first
bite of fresh grass while it is young
and tender. They need little else if
thoy come off strong. They require
somo shelter from the hard beating
storms, and the severe vicissitudes that
our climate is subject to, especially at
night. The tonderest age for the gos
ling is when it first commences to fea
ther. When they do well they make
rapid growth for tho first lew weeks,
and their strength is exhausted in com
pleting size ; then there comes a second
drain on the little creature’s system, and
that is when they are taxed to produce
the material for feathers At this time
they need a little care and feeding.—
They should be closely watched, espec
ially during hard beating rains or sud
den showors. Their bodies, particular
ly their backs, arc nearly naked, hav
ing outgrown the soft covering of gos
ling down, and consequently the sudden
and heavy rainfall beats them to death.
All varieties of aquatic fowls are chary
of wetting their backs. When full
feathered it is next to an impossibility
for the water to penetrate through the
thick, oily mat of feathers and reach
the skin. The feathers of all kinds of
water fowls are much livelier, and their
plumage much prettier, when daily
bathed in clear, pure water. The
feathers of geese arc more to be desired,
as they are more valuable in compari
son with ducks.
When the goslings arc full feathered
there is little danger of loss, except
from the visit of foxes, who are often
fond of a duckling now and then, as
many a well-tended flock is oftentimes
called upon to testify by scant numbers
A full grown goose will winter on hay,
but tho thrifty farmer is apt to object
to them in his cattle yards, an I with
reason. About a farm-house geese are
seldom seen in these days. The old
housewives who used to mako their an
nual feather bed from summer pluckiug
of their flocks, together with the coat
from the fall slaughter, have passed
away, and the young daughters and
daughters-iu-law disdain to soil their
hands with picking geese. The bus
iness has latterly fallen to the
male department, who have shamefully
shirked this ignoble duty, and this
branch in the poultry lino had nearly
dropped from the farmer’s calendar.—
Goslings should ho fed sifted meal thor
oughly scalded, with a little salt, when
moulting. Geese are seldom attacked
with disease and live to a great age.—
Accidents oftentimes befall them, but
otherwise they are hardy after the first
moult. The different specimens of va
rieties can bo found in large, fancy
poultry yards, but as a uniformity in
the farm yard they have gone by.— Cor.
Country Gentleman.
The Value of Clover.
Clover is a crop which has rather
more intrinsic value than any other pro--
duct of the farm. It can be appropri
ated to three very valuable purposes.—
First, for pasture aud hay to feed stock;
second, to plow under to improve the
land, and third, to laise seed and fill
the purse.
If intended for pasture, turn in the
stock tho first of May, or when the
ground is firm, so that the cattle will not
indent the soil with their feet. At that
time the growth will be enough advanced
to enable the cattle to thrive, and if it
is the design to raise seed, the cattle can
remaiu on the grass, till the loth or
20th of Juno, and it will be well to
have the clover cropped pretty close at
this time, as it will give the secoud crop
a more ample chance to grew nud ma
ture tho seed.
When a crop of hay is intended to
be made, and the after crop to be lof:
to go to seed, the grass for hay, as a
rule, should bo cut some days earlier ;
though there be some disadvantage in
drying the hay, the loss will likely be
more than made up by the increase of
seed, than if left standing uncut a lon
ger time. But if it i. not the desire to
grow clover for seed, the first crop had
better remain standing till tho clover
blossoms have become partially brown.
It will render into hay more readily,
and there will be less danger in curing
on account of the weather, aud the food
will be relished by the stock equally as
well, it not better, than when cut green
er and in a slippery state
Of the advantage of clover to the
improvement of the Boil, the half has
not been said or told. In keeping up
tho fertility of lands, there is no crop
that can be raised on the farm that is
eq-al to clover, because if properly seo
cured the hay is the best feed for stock,
and for heavy soil it is the best plant
that can be raised to plow under to
make the ground loose and rich. Lime
and clover should go hand in hand, in
the ways and means to ameliorate the
soil, and together, with the id of other
special fertilizers, it will go a great way
towards supplying the deficiency of an
imal manure.
Olover, to have tho best effect in im
proving soil, should bo plowed under
af’tgj: most of the blossoms have become
brown, then saccharine matter will not
he so abundant as to create sour mold
when buried under the earth. But in
all stages of its growth, clover turned
under or left to rot on the surface is
the cheapest fertilizing substance that
grows.— Journal of the Farm.
It” Farmers Would.
It the great mass of farmers would
take pairs to acquire knowledge and
information respecting their calling, and
apply them carefully and persistently,
the results of their labor would be very
different from what they now are. It is
painful to think of the thousands of
farmers who do not read a single paper
devoted to agriculture and the breeding
of the useful animals. Such men are
necessarily fur behind the age, and are
ignorant of the facts and truths con o
corning their business on which success
depends. Tho number of persons of
this class is unquestionably very great.
The condition of their farms bears wit
ness to the owners’ ignorance, while
their stock is comparatively valueless on
account of the miserably bad breeds
and the manner of breeding.
The production of tho best animals
requires a great deal of knowledge
which must be patiently and persistent
ly applied. The same is true in regard
to all the various products of the soil
Papers devoted to agriculture furnish
this knowledge, and hence they are ins
dispensable to the successful farmer. A
man who will not supply himself with
papers that contain the information
which he needs, and without which his
labor must be largely in vain, scarcely
deserves success even in the meager
form in which he does succeed. It is
strange that so large a class of farmers
think that money paid foi knowledge is
thrown away. But the evil of ignorance
does not confine itself to such farmers,
but it is forced upon their children,
who in turn will contend with an igno
rance which will prevent their success,
and degrades them also as rational be
ings.—Live Stock Journal ,
Going Behindhand.
“ They tell me Farmer H. is going
behindhand.”
“ I guess there’s no doubt of it.”
“ But I don’t sec how it can be.—
He has one of the best farms in the
country, and he used to ho considered
a good farmer.”
“ True—but his farm is oertainly
running in in debt.”
“ I don’t see how that can be.”
So conversed two neighboring farm
ers, and while they conversed Farmer
il. was looking for his hoe.
“ Dan,” he cried, to one of his boys,
“ where is that hoe ? I’ve been look
ing for it this half-hour. I might
have had my work done by this time.
Where is it ?”
“ I do’no, dad. It’s sum’rs, I s’pose.”
“ Somewhere, you young rascal. —
Didn’t you have it last night?”
“ No.”
“ Didn't I tell you to hoe tho cucum
bers ?”
“ Yes, but I couldn’t find tho hoe.”
The two joined in tho search.
“ Look hero, Dan,” said his father,
after a fruitless time, “ you must have
loft that hoe somewhere. Why don’t
you put things in their places when
you’ve done with them ?”
“ Well, dad, where’s tho place for
the hoe ? >v here do you al’rs put it ?”
The parent was posed. His tool
house has been used for a wood ..shed,
aud though he had often talked of
building another, he had not yet done
so.
By-and.-bv, before the hoe was found,
a neighbor dropped in, and after chat
ting awhile he said,with a smack of the
lips, aud au expectant rubbing of the
hands:
“ By the way, 11., have you got a
drop in your jug ?”
“ I guess so. Would you like a bit?
“ Well, yes, if it’s handy.”
“Of course it’s handy.”
Ah ! he had no difficulty in putting
his hand upon his jug at once ; aud had
the two wondering neighbors been there
to hear and see, they would have won*
dered no more why Farmer 11. w T as
running behindhand.
A New and Wonderful Fruit.—
Diospyros Kali, known as tho date plum
or Japanese persimmon, has been grown
in California, and its successful culture
fully established. Tho tree is highly
ornamental, is a prolific bearer, is as
hardy as the pear, and ripens as early.
The fruit is as solid and can be ship*'
pod across the continent, When dried
it is equal to figs, and can be Kept a
long time. It is of a bright yollow,
orange, or Vermillion color, and is um*
surpassed for the table, being thought
by some to be equal to the peaoh or
strawberry. Its average weight is
from one-half pound to over a pouud
The wood is valuable for manufactur
ing, being a species of the ebony or
der, Ebeuacoae. It will bear in from
one to throe years. Cultivate the same
as apple and in same variety of soil. —
Grafted and reliable stocK can be sent
by mail. — Rev. 11. Loomis , San Fran
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