The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-11-21
FARMERS DEPARTMENT.
ITEMS FROM THE AGRICULTURIST
FOR NOVEMBER.

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i To clear fruit trees of their bark, sci
them to growing thrifCily. Pruning and
manuring are the requirements.
Costly RABB1Ts-A suit has recently
been decided it, England. awarding $500
damages to a tenant for injuries to his crops
By the landlords rabbits They gnawed
through the dividing hedge and destroyed
The decision Is regarded as an important
one to those renting lands.
Sheep are fast taking the position in
! American agriculture which they should
The high price of both wool and mutton is
effecting this. The sheep owner or breeder
should be true lover of sheep, and watch
them carefully, see personally to their
wants, and anticipate their needs.
ANrMALs.-Keep them always improving
Comfort for the animal is money in the
purse of the proprietor. Take them up
early for the animals sake. for the pastures
sake. and for their manure. Provide warm
sunny sheds for young cattle, close sheds
or boxes for colts, open but warm sheds for
sheep, where they can have the range of a
dry yard.
THE APPLE Pre- MELoN-Mrs G. P
Cook, Saratoga county, New York. writes
to the AgricuIturist that she considers the
apple pie melon a valuable acquisition to
the housekeeper. Her method of using it
Is 10 add tartaric acid or pie-plant (rhubard)
to give flavor in making apple or mince
pies. For custards the stewed melon ia
strained, thinned with milk to the consis-
tence of sweet cream, seasoned as for ordi-
nary custard, and one egg added for each
pie.
CIsTERNs clean rain water is
better for man or beast than we'll or spring
water medleated with lime and other salines
dissolved out from the soil If not already
done, empty and clean foul cisterns early.
when rains may be depended upon TO ELL
them again.
Butter may be made almost as we'll at
this season as in June, if the feed of the
cows is good enough Sugar baets and
carrots, with plenty of sweet hav and corn
stalks cut up and favored with bran. corn
meal. or cotton seed, or other oil cake, with
salt a continent will secure the cream
which will make yellow butter without an
MOTTO. and plenty of it.
PoTAToEs Warmth with moisture is
Injurious. next to actual freezing Drvness
and a cool but not freezing atmosphere in
the cellar or earth covered heap. are essen
tials. When in outdoor hears. do deep
trench around thea with an outlet. so "a to
keep the bottom of the heap always dry
Add more earth to the heap cnlv as needed
| by the increasing cold. a WAYS pairing down
each layer of earth smoothly. to shed rain
Corn d ampness and frost combined
iujure it for food. and especially for seed
TIE sooner it can be huskad and placed in
dry cribs the better. The crib should never
he mora than three or four feet wide. and
let abundant openings be left by slats at the
! sides The caves should project far over
the sides Of the corn-houso to prevent
storms beating in upon the sides.
p Corn FcsKe.-Tberp is ready sale for
this article at about SO per tun at the farm
in MANY sections. 1t Is mt worth this for
fodder, and the difference fit he cash will
pay for saving them. Torn into fine shreds
on hatchel, they are better than straw to
FL beds.
DRAINING There is hardly farm in
America on which some work at surface or
under drains may not be done to advantage
this month.
HIGH Priced SHEEP.-At the recent ex-
hibilion Of the Vermont State Agricultural
Society, Mr. E s. Stowell. of Cornwall,
refused 81 400 for ram; farmer in Adj
olson county disposed of three rams a.
$1,000 each. and another individual in the
same district is reported to have refused
$50 600 for his stock. 600 Merinos. We
should say of this latter story. as is often
remarked concerning news from the South,
cit lacks confirmation
BARNS AND STABLEs.-A CARDBOARD loose
or gone. or great crack under the door.
let's in the cold and the horse or COW must
have more fuel for the FIRE within the body
toNcounteraet the cold from without. Pure
air is essential, but let it not come in chill
ing currents upon man or beast. With
Yenti!ators above for the escape of bad air,
there will generally be enough good air
stealing in almost insensibly through the
seams and crevices; if not, admit it from
some point where it will not blow directly
upon the animals. Every stable should
have one glazed window, and better several.
SALT NEEDED By SHEEP.-An English
writer, Dr.. Phipson, in a Prize Essay on
common salt. relates that not many years
ago a German agrieulturist. Uberaeker.
made the following experiments to deter
mine the influence Of salt upon his sheep.
which were kept on low, damp pasture land:
Ten animals were selected. and their usual
allowance of salt withheld. In the first
year FIVE of this number died of rot and
worms. while among the remainder Of the
flock. numbering over four hundred, Only
fnnr shaan uera ms. The seennd vear a