THE FARM AND GA-R DEN. 



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■I^LtMOI^OUS. 



She Souliii^y yAi^D. 



(Continued.) 



Haven't you always noticed that when passen- 

 ger rates are cut down to nothing and a chromo 

 thrown in, it is always on some line which you 

 never have occasion to travel over? 



Experience has satisfied an EnglLsLh botanist 

 that plants have a faint intelligence. Possibly, 

 therefore, we may yet come to compliment a 

 man by calling him a cabbage-head. 



"I see they are serving refreshments on roller- 

 flkates in some of the restaurants," the husband 

 said as he laid down his paper. " Good gra- 

 cious ! " exclaimed the wife, " have they no 

 plates?" 



A little girl who had been very observant of her 

 parents' mode of exhibiting their charity, being 

 asked what generosity was, answered:— "It is 

 giving to the poor all the old stuff you don't 

 want yourself." 



Gentleman.—" Ah, Patrick ! Warm this morn- 

 ing. Guess the young people won't get much 

 skating to-day. See how wet the ice is." Pat- 

 kick. — " Niver you fear sorr; jist wait till the sun 

 gets a little hoigher and the oice will soon dry 

 off." 



1 An exchange announces that the " Ladies' For- 

 eign Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian 

 Church will serve a missionary tea at the chapel." 

 We had supposed that dining off missionaries 

 was a thing of the past, but it seems we were 

 misinformed. 



A Philadelphian went to a physician with what 

 he had feared was a hopeless case of heart dis- 

 ease, but was relieved on finding out that the 

 creaking sound which he had heard at every 

 deep breath was caused by a little pulley on his 

 patent suspenders. 



" Ah, my little man, good morning," pleasantly 

 remarked an old gentleman as he stopped and 

 patted a Hewes street little boy on the head, 

 *'have you any brothers and sisters ? " " Yes, sir ; 

 got four, but I'm the only one that 'mounts to 

 anything," replied the urchin. 



Little boy (at the front door)— Is the doctor In ? 

 'Cause if he is I want to see him right away." 



Servant — "He's not in." 



" Well, just as soon as he gets home you tell him 

 to come over to our house and take that baby off 

 he left last week. It's in the way." 



An Irishman who was sleeping all night with 

 a negro, had his face blackened by a practical 

 Joker. Starting off in a hurry in the morning, 

 he caught sight of himself in a mirror ; puzzled, 

 he stopped and gazed, and finally exclaimed: 

 ** Begorra, they've woke the wrong man ! " 



"Do you know what bulldozing is?" asked a 

 man of an old farmer. "I thought I did," said 

 the granger; "but the bull wasn't dozing; he 

 was only making believe, and being in the mid- 

 dle of a forty-acre lot, I naturally had to make 

 pretty quick time to reach the fence ahead of 

 him." 



"What is the breed of your calf?" said a 

 would-be buyer to a farmer, "Well" said the 

 farmer, "all I know about it is that his father 

 gored a justice of the peace to death, tossed a 

 book agent into the fence corner, and stood a 

 lightening-rod man on his head, and his mother 

 <:based a female lecturer two miles; and if that 

 aint breed enough to ask $4 on, you needn't take 

 txim. 



TheministerlastSunday morning had preached 

 a very long, parched sermon on the creation of 

 man, and one little girl in the congregation was 

 utterly worn out. After the services, she said to 

 iher mother: "Mamma, were we all made of 

 dust?" "Certainly, my child." The preacher, 

 too?" "Of course. Why do. you think he was 

 not made like the rest of us?" "Oh, because he 

 Is so dry, mamma, I don't see how the Creator 

 could make him stick together." 



Double Taxation.— " Hello, Sam," said a 

 gentleman to an old negro riding along on a 

 mule, where did you get the beast?" "I buyed 

 'im, In cou'se, boss ; you didn't tink I stoled 'im, 

 did yo' ?"—" I wasn't sure. What did you give 

 for him 7" I gib my note, sah, forfawtydoUahs." 

 — "Your note, Sam, ? " " In cou'se, sah,"—" Why, 

 you'll never pay it." " Cou'se I won't, boss. Yo' 

 don't reckon dat man specs Ise gwine to pay fo' 

 dat mule an' pay fo' dat note besides, does yo' ? 

 I^o sah, hltsezmuchasdlsniggaken do to pay 

 to' de mule." 



ARTIFICIAL INCUBATORS. 



Artificial incubators are coming each year into 

 practical u«o. When they have the proper atten- 

 tion, and are made on the right principle, they 

 perform very successful incubation. Some of 

 them are very complex and owing to using 

 lamps and other contrivances for heating are 

 somewhat difficult to regulate. ^ 



The Savidge Hydro-Incubator is constructed on 

 a different principle (using hot water only), and 

 is very easily made and managed. No lamps are 

 required, and no coal oil smell in the room, or 

 sudden heat or chill, but an even temperature, 

 free from smoke or dirt, is maintained by adding 

 as may be required, a few gallons of hot water. 

 These Incubators can be put in a dining room, 

 making a pleasant pastime of hatching an early 

 and profitable brood of spring chickens, when 

 there is little on the farm to do, and an easy and 

 pleasant way of finding both profit and amuse- 

 ment, if desired. A poor hatch of chicks by the 

 hen of the poultry house is supplemented by the 

 hatcher, and the hen will be happy and content 

 with a numerous family, instead of wandering 

 solitary and alone, or with a few desolate-looking 

 chicks. The incubator is so easily made, that 

 any bright farmer boy could easily make and 

 manage one. 



POULTRY SCRATCHINGS. 



SOKGHUM FOR FENCING.— We have never tried 

 the experiment to any extent, but once noticed 

 an excellent fence around a poultry-yard, made 

 by sowing sorghum seed thickly, twisting and 

 matting it together after being well grown, which 

 confined the fowls closely. Sorghum does not 

 dry as quickly as corn, and stands on the ground 

 for a long time. 



Sudden Showers Detrimental.— During the 

 summer many chicks are caught in showers of 

 rain and destroyed. The loss from this cause is 

 very great. When signs of rain appear, coop up 

 the chicks. If any are exposed, and become 

 drenched, place them by a stove until thoroughly 

 dry again, for, as we have frequently stated, 

 dampness does greater injury than cold. 



Summer DiSEASES.-Whenever symptoms of dis- 

 ease appear, do not begin to give medicine; but 

 first examine for lice. More than one-half the ills 

 that affect poultry may be traced to this source. 

 The fowls begin to droop, become sluggish, lose 

 appetite, have bowel diseases, and give but few 

 returns in eggs. Little chicks succumb very 

 soon, and die without apparent cause. Lice are 

 not always dicovered until too late to rid them 

 from the premises except with difficulty. 



Late Pullets.— Early maturity Is an impor- 

 tant factor in a pullet, and hence it is now too 

 late to secure them early. The best course to 

 pursue is to make up the time by crossing with 

 cocks from the early maturing breeds. The best 

 cock for this purpose is a Leghorn. Pullets from 

 a Leghorn cock and ordinary common hens will 

 lay when they are six months old, and conse- 

 quently if the pullets are hatched in June they 

 will lay in Debember if the winter does not come 

 in too soon. 



Egq Producing Food.— Without resorting to 

 medicines or chemicals the food may be so com- 

 bined as to be complete in nutritive qualities, 

 and in a cheap form. An excellent;combination 

 is 10 lbs. wheat, 5 lbs. corn, 6 lbs. buckwheat, and 

 10 lbs. oats, ground together, and fed once a day, 

 first being scalded with boiling water, and given 

 in the form of a stiff dough. There should be no 

 other food given until night, which may consist 

 of whole grains, but corn should not be given 

 during the summer. 



Fowls in Confinement.— Feed nothing to 

 them in summer except in a form for which they 

 must scratch to procure it. Tlie old method of 

 giving a good mess of soft food in the winter is 

 well enough, but during the summer, if the fowls 

 are confined, they should be kept at work as 

 much as possible. By using leaves, cut straw, or 

 some coarse material, and the food thrown into 

 it, the hens will pick out every grain, and by 

 constant scratching, exercise themselves as well 

 as i( allowed full liberty in the fields. 



Ducks.— Ducks grow much faster than chicks, 

 and, if fed liberally, can be sent to market when 

 three months old. They are subject to but few 

 diseases, and some breeds, such as the Aylesburg, 

 will lay as many eggs as the hens. Eggs from 

 young ducks, however, do not hatch as well as 

 those from two-year-old females, and this should 

 not be overlooked. If a pond is not convenient, 

 provide them with a trough for bathing purposes, 

 filling it with fresh water daily. This may be 

 easily done by attaching a boae to a pump, 

 thereby saving labor. 



Young Guineas.— Never leave the eggs for the 

 guinea hen to hatch. She will no doubt know 

 what to do for her young, and be as successful in 

 raising them as the hens, but the young guineas 

 will become to wild and untameable. Guineas, 

 if hatched under hens, will soon become accus- 

 tomed to going on the roosts with the other fowls. 

 It is best to hatch a few chicks with the guineas, 

 as the guineas will soon imitate the chicks in 

 obeying the hen. The eggs for chicks should be 

 put under the hen one week after placing the hen 

 on the guinea eggs, so that all the eggs may hatch 

 at the same time. 



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