Soiling for a week or two at a time will
be found an excellent method of allowing
the pastures to grow up again and as a
small piece of clover of good grass may :
be used by cutting c uantities of it daily. |
and feeding it in tl e yards, the labor and |
expense need not be great. Those who
will try soiling for a short time may be
induced to continue it, as beneficial re
sults always follow by so doing.
During the very warm days no live
poultry should be" shipped to market.
The loss is usually too great, as the lack
of care, want of water, exhaustion and
falling off in weight cause too great a
shrinkage, and the freights, commission
and loss from the lack of condition at
the time they are sold compel returns
from the merchant that are not usually
satisfactory. Do not ship until the weath
er becomes cool.
The guinea fowl is a great forager, and
destroys many insects that the hens will
not touch. They do not scratch in the
garden, and, though not easily kept near
the house, they make known the places
where they lay by a peculiar noise, which
enables one accustomed to them to find
all the eggs they lay. They really cost
nothing to raise, and when roosting near
the house create an alarm should intrud
ers make their apperrance.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Fine wood ashes will remove flower-pot
stains from window-sills.
People who are tortured with cold
feet in winter should try a knitted foot
bag.
A hixtube of ripe cucumber juice and
glycerine is recommended for sunburn, I
chapped face or hands, or the bites of :
insects.
