1883.J 



THE LANCASTER FARMEH. 



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the tendons, which causes cocked ankles. If 

 kept lip a coll should have a roomy box stall, 

 and it is better to give it a rini in llie _vnnl 

 quite often. To remedy the defect nd) the 

 legs with cold salt water and rub dry ; then 

 apply a little turpentine or stininlatinfr lini- 

 ment, with vi^oruus rubbing with the hind, 

 (iive plenty of exercise and braii-masli fre- 

 quently, with a small tablespoonful of Peru- 

 vian bark. 



It is very important to work horses very 

 moderately the first two orthreedays of spriuj; 

 work. Let them rest frequently, aiul ease the 

 collar at least every half hour. A little care 

 in beginning right will save horsed from galls 

 that, if neglected, will make them of little 

 use through the season. 



An exchange says : "A friend tells of the 

 remarkable success he has in the use of decayed 

 wood as a fertilizer for liis fruit trees. He 

 has fine, thrifty trees and plenty of good 

 sound fruit since he adopted the common 

 sense plan of fertilizing his orchard witii de- 

 cayed logs and stumps." 



CJeokge Sypiier, of Mt. Kisco, foinid in 

 crossing a piece of land belonging to Isaac 

 Thome, about three-quarters of a mile from 

 the village, from which the snow had disap- 

 peared, myriads of what appeared to be black 

 grasshoppers, varying in length from a quarter 

 to three-quarters of an inch. The surface of 

 the field seemed to bo alive with them. Mr. 

 Sypher revisited the field, accompanied by a 

 friend, who caught a number of the insects, 

 and exhibited them in the village. The villa- 

 gers and farmers are considerably alarmed at 

 this discovery, fearing a worse plague than 

 the potato bug. 



Add one ounce of alum to ihe last water 

 used in rinsing children's clothing, and it 

 will be rendered uninflammable. 



Swine should always have access to char- 

 coal, ashes and salt, which should be supplied 

 in a separate trough in some convenient shel- 

 tered corner. 



CocoANUT cookies : Two cups of white 

 sugar, one cup of butter, two cups of grated 

 cocoanut, two eggs, one teaspoonful of baking 

 powder, and mix with enough Hour to roll 

 easy. Roll very thin, bake in a quick oven 

 but not brown. 



It pays to take good care of young chicks 

 for the first three weeks. Feed the yelk of a 

 hard-l)oiled egg for the first day or two and 

 then give broken rice and coarse oatmeal 

 alternately. Steep the latter in warm skim 

 milk. They eat very little, and this manner 

 of feeding is not expensive if the older fowls 

 are not allowed to share it. 



The London Truth says: ''Whatever the 

 internal application of -hot water may eflect, 

 girls desirous of having a good complexion 

 woukl do wtll to api>ly it to their faces. 

 They should either dip their faces into a basin 

 of very hot water or apply the water with a 

 sponge. At first they are like lobsters, but in 

 a few moments this is replaced by the tint.s of 

 peaches and lilies." 



A cow will give more milk and make more 

 butter on a bright sunshiny day than during 

 one of a dull, dark character. The animal 

 eats more heartily, digests better, while the 

 vital fortes are active during the pleasant 



day. These facts are not in themselves very 

 importanl, yet they suggest thequery whether 

 close stabling of cows in winter or summer is 

 belter than giving them the run of a yard or 

 pasture lot. 



To CONTUOL a vicious bull put a ring in 

 his nose in the usual way ; from this ring 

 pass a small cliain through a small staple near 

 the point of the horn acro.ss to the point of 

 the other horn, then through llie second 

 stanle down to the ring in his nose. The 

 cliain thus forms a triangle. It should move 

 freely through the staple, .so that even tiie 

 slightest pressure on the chain on either side 

 of the head, or between the horns, will in- 

 stantly make itself felt through the ring. 



Tliere is a farmer wlio is Y's 

 Euoufjli to talje liis E's, 



And study nature witli his I'e 

 And think of wliat lie C'e. 



He hears tlie chatter of the J's 



As they each otlier T's 

 And c's that when a tree D K's 



It make a home for B's. 



A pair of oxeu lie will U'.s 



With many liaws and li's. 

 And their mistakes he will X Q's 



While plowing for his P's. 



In raisinjf crops, he all X L's, 



And tlierefore he little O's, 

 And when lie hoes his soil by spells 



He also soils his hose. 



— WhitehaU TinwK. 



Selections. 



STALE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 

 We have some decided opinions upon the 

 deleterious effects on children especially and 

 adults generally, of unripe, wilted, green, 

 overripe or partially decayed vegetables and 

 fruits. The vegetables of the city are not as 

 the vegetables of the country. Those of the 

 country are gathered and eaten in the time of 

 their perfection and are healthy and beneficial 

 to the system. Those which are usually 

 bought in the market in the city are brought 

 long distances, expo.sed to the sun, drying 

 winds and the noxious vapors of confined 

 fruit and vegetable cars, until they are totally 

 changed in their chemical constitution, and 

 are injurious to the stomach, and dang* rous 

 especially to children. This will a,JCOiint in a 

 degree ffli' the large amount of sickness among 

 children and persons of feeble constitution in 

 the city more than in the country. There is too 

 great a greediness among not only children 

 but heads of families for these early, unripe 

 and partially decayed vegetables and fruit. 

 And in this matter do not console yourself 

 that the specimens you buy are harmless from 

 the fact that they have a fresli appearance. 

 A potato when it decays passes at once into 

 utter dissolution. This is not the case with 

 most other vegetables and fruits. The power 

 of assimilation by contact is iiuile universal 

 in all classes and varieties of decay in vegeta- 

 bles as well as in animal substances. And it 

 is a depraved appetite that demands tliis un- 

 healthy food, and the judgment is weak and 

 the head a iioor guide to parents and guard- 

 ians who buy these dangerous articles for 

 feeble and delicate stomachs of innocent chil- 

 dren. 

 The countryman when he gathers the fully- 



matured vegetables and ripe fruits from his 

 liclds knows thai he is pruvidiiig for liiinself 

 and tlio precious ones entrusted to his care 

 luscious gifts from the goddesBof health. The 

 resident of the city when he buys these tliiugs 

 out of season in the place where purchatscd 

 knows they have been long from the piireut 

 stem, and have gone far in a change of their 

 chenlical nature, and tiiat he is catering to 

 the goddess of greedy Inillic instead of health. 

 It is well to pause and think of what you 

 are doing ; health and life are precious lioons, 

 too valuable to be Siicriliced to a craving 

 appetite or a thoughtless attention to the du- 

 ties of life. We should like to lay down some 

 general rules for purchasing vegetables and 

 fruits which will do for the entire season's 

 practice : 



1. Use fruits and vegetables only when in 

 prime condition. 



2. Never allow in your house or offer to 

 your family berries or vegetables when green, 

 unripe, overripe, wilted or decayed. 



3. U should be made a serious crime to sell 

 or buy fruits or vegetables which are so par- 

 tially decayeil that they have to be sold at a 

 reduced price. 



i. Salads, lettuce, kale, cucumber.s, peas 

 and green corn wilt under any circunigtances 

 in a few hours. They should, therefore, only 

 be eaten within a few hours from the time 

 they are gathered. 



5. Berries, melons, tomatoes and all other 

 juicy fruits have but a brief healthy state, and 

 should always be treated with su.spicion. — 

 Iowa at'itc lUginia: 



SMALL FRUITS AND ■• FIXING UP." 

 The culture of small fruits is a subject that 

 ought to interest any one who owns a foot of 

 land. It has been truthfully said that "if 

 the whole world was a city there would be 

 sutlicicnt room to grow grapes enough for the 

 population." How often we hear people Siiy, 

 among them farmers, if I was only " fixed '' 

 I would plant fruit. At first thought it would 

 appear as if " fixing up " was a terrible thing, 

 but I must confess for one that in reality this 

 matter of getting fixed is a very small job, 

 especially tor small fruit or a nice door-yard. 

 Now, readers, let us look this matter square 

 in the face, and see what there is in it. 



We will suppose you only have a small lot 

 of lanil, .50xl.")0 feet. This is a small town 

 lot, and a farmer would think this no land at 

 all for fruit, so small that it would not be 

 worth bothering with ; at the same time this 

 is siifiicient land to grow enough small fruits 

 for one family, yet they will say they cannot 

 get "fixed." The trouble is, they don't try 

 to get fixed. 



A lot .")0xl5iJ feel contains 7,50(J square 

 feet, and if the plants can be set on an average 

 of five feet square (while strawberries can be 

 much closer) it will take 300 to occupy the 

 ground, and ought to be planted somewhere 

 near the following proportions : ■J4 currant 

 bushes, 1-J goosiberry bushes, 10 grapevines, 

 100 nispberry bushes, and this will leave sulli- 

 cienfroom for 'JOOstrawlierry bushes, while on 

 the north or west side there can be four cherry 

 or plum trees, which in reality will be an 

 ailvantage to the lot, and if it is wished to 

 make the lot attractive plant an evergreen or 

 Russian mulberry hedge in front and keep it 

 trimmed in any desirable shaiie. 



