Around The Farm

So far we havo obsorved (both races togother and in thu samo neighborhood, more spare honey is obtaincd from the common boes than from Italiana, and as many swarms. - Detroit Tribune. I have learned by experience that if you can behead a sneep and let it bleed and kick until it is dead, and then hang it by the hind Iegs and skin it, and th n remove the entrails without letting any of the contents of the bladder get on the meat, you will have good, sweet mutton ; if otherwise, you will have something you can't eat. - Williamette Farmer. A cheap garden roller is made of a joint of stovepipe. The ends are stopped by a bit of board cut in a circle, with holes in the center for a half-inch iron rod. The pipe is fllled with dry sand after one piece is put in and the rod inserted. Then put in the other end piece and nail tight. Make a small box to go on top and attach the handle to this box. The roller can thus be weighted as much as is necessary - Rural Jffairs. A oorrespondent of theUtica Ilerald says that the simple treatment of indigestión in horses consists in feeding on boiled oats and hot bran mashes twice daily, and giving alterativo medicine. Givc one of the following pow.ers every evening mixed in a mash. Sulphate of irou, two ounces ; carbonate of soda, one and a half ounces ; nitrate of potash, one ounce. Divide into fourteen powders. Moderate exercise and careful grooming are also essential. A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune says : It is not generally known that ciaterns can be made without either brick.or sfcone wherever the earth is sufficiently compact to admit of digging out the soil and leaving a flrm bank on which the cement can be spread to the thickness of one or two inches. The cement soon hardens, making a wall as stiff as a stone jug. Thé top may be covered with plank, with timber support, and then cover over all with about two feet of earth to keep out the frost. A. man-hole through which the cistern may be entered for cleaning is necessary. June is the best month in the year for pruning, becausa the wounds made by the saw or knife hardens soon, and the new wood and bark immediately commence to grow over and cover them. The pruning of young trees should be carefully attended to in order to bxing the head into a desirable shape, and the present month is the right time for the operation. An indiscriminate pruning in June should not be practiced, for large trees are generally covered with fruit at that time, and very few fruitgrowers like to cut off large limbs or branches which are in full bearing. Old trees that have set no fruit may be severely pruned at this time, crossing branches removed from all trees, and suckers grubbed up. A low growth of branches should be encouraged, not only for shading the trunke from the direct rays of the sun, but also for keeping the fruit near the ground where it can be conveniently gathered. The farmer who keeps the bulk of his farm in well-managed grasra and maintains a select stock of dairy cows is generally in more comfortable circumstances than the man who keeps the greater part of his land in tülage. It requires considerable skill to keep up a stock of superior milch cows and to select males that will ünpress their good qualities on the young stock so that a continual improvement will be taking place. In tho case of milch cows it is said " that which comes out in the pail must go in at the mouth." It is certain that an abundance of mük of the best quality cannot be obtained without'a plentiful supply of pasturage or f orage of the best kind and pure water, The most successful dairymen find sowed corn and sugar beet valuable supplements to pasture and hay, at the most critical time. In sumnier the watering place for stock should be in the wood lot where the shade of trees keeps the water cool, and is also a protection to the cattle from the direct rays of the sun.