Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-02-05

IN finishing he caurning, ,gather the butter slow
ly. The best grass for dairy pasture is timo-
thy and clover
In winter, feed the cows bran and shorts.
six quarts at feed Shorts aIone is too heavy
feed for cows: il is better TO have the mess
more than half bran. Where the arrangements
are favorable, Mr.. IL. says he would rs soon
make butter in winter as summer. Nj Havens
has large COW, one-fnurth Devon, S wears old,
from which he has made II lbs Of butter per
week, the lst Of June, and in tn: last of Sap
tember 10 lbs. week
MONARCH OF TIE 0R2HARD.-.T The Reading
Press says the largest apple tree in the United
States is standing within the limits of the city
of Reading, au the farm Of Wm b. Schooner.
It is called the spresidenl'-a name given to it
many years aga by the venerable Vim. Schoen-
er, father Of the present owner The stock of
trunk of the tree measures five feet and half
10 dilmeter al ront u few feet above the
ground; there IL poriuberanoe or exUreseeneo
OF bark, Of great thickness, n0tncludcd, how
ever, IN the iyea9nremeu'. lis annual yield of
apples was never less than sixty bushels The
apples III size were as large as the Fallenwalder
The tree is estimated 10 lie over one hundred
years old and attained ITS present size fifty years
ago. fhe npper branches large nassive
columns, which would make ten ordinary apple
trees, supporting, when in bloom, an arch OF
foliage of sixty6ve feet in diameter and cir
cumference of over two hundred feet.
Appie-yellowisb green ground, faint red
checks, white flesh, su b acid short thick stem,
shape symnie' rical, aud all Of regular SIZE -
Season from Noy2mber till April. The editor
has frequently enjoyed the apple, aud found it
Of superior quslily. The tree is evidently in
Is dnfage. but ten years ago it was IN prime
bearing condition. The same kind of arple is
rot known to exist elsewhere. ! large number
.. graftlngs from thir tree arc now growing III
sggious parts Of Rea,iing.
MANURE.-We have frequently cautioned
farmers not to bnry their manure too deep in
the sa, the tendency ii their juices is down.
wGId-not upward. A writer ia an exchange
says: 81 have found in ali experiments that
the nearer kepr the manure tn the top of the
ground, the more / got from it. spread a,
Ihe rate of thlriy 10 forty loads of mauGre:
then put the plough ia from ten to twelve inch
ses dcep--it was ar.eid fashioned pisneh ana
turned 1t over verysilt and smo eth. The rest
.of the piece ploughed about eight inches deep
| treated the piece all alike, after that, until
laid it down. / meant to put it where the am
,nonia would not escape | watched the field
tor six or seven years, and l could not see any
difference in the craps, where this extra ma
nurv was put, till took the piece again, aud
then purposely put the piow down SO as to
brlGg up my lost manure TO the light and heat,
and it TOLD the story for the next seven years
where il was.
SAwDusT FOR LETTERING STABLES This
Is fmte valuable 10 absorb the liquids aud 20
prevent the foul odors arising from stables. Ii
ammonia is one of the moss powerful fertilizers,
why should not the greatest pains be taken TO
save it2 For this purpose, saw dust is just the
thing. 1t is useful, also, on the score oil tie
horses health and comfort. 1t is injurious to.I
au animals feet 10 staad in the liquids OF his
stall: it is hurt.ul to his eyes and his stomach,
and his lungs, to remain long ia an atmosphere
charged with the powerful vapors arising from
those liquids. We wonder that the creatures
stand it SO we'll as they do Dry muck an
swers very well to scatter daily in The stables,
though saw dust is much reatcr.
To MAKE HENS Lax IN WlNrgR.-Pro-
vide
/. A comfortable rocst
=. Plenty of sand, gravel aud ashes, dry to
play in.
3. 4 box of lime
!. Boiled meat, chopped fnc. every two or
three days
5. Corn aud oats, best if boiled tender.
g. All crumbs aud potatoe parings.
This treaiment has proved quite successful
and hens which, without it, gave no eggs, With
it Immediately laid one each, on an averages ,ev-
cry two days.