Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-05-12

vate and keep it clean after pianhng
Dronth win sometimes almost destroy corn |
crop carelessIy tiled, when deep ploughng
and clean and thorough culture are all that
are necessary to make the farmer almost IN
depeudent Of the weather and secure for
him fair profit. See to- it, then, farmers
that YOU plant not an acre more Of corn than
YOU viii be able to keep perfectly clean and
mellow from the time it is above ground |
until it is too large to cultivate. Thorough
work always pays, work half done never
pays.
Coop SrocK. is it that on so ma
nv of the farms throughout the country,
farms of which no person need he ashamed,
and which In almost every particular exceptc
this one, show the unquesdonaDie signs VI
good farming, the stock exhibit the unnls-
fakable evidence of neglect and inattentlon In
N braedinp2 ? There Is no donbt that 1T is
7aneralIv the result either of carelessness Or
fbat II arises from the mistaken idea often
entertained by farmers, that 1T will not
nav to devote more attention and expense
to this branch of their business.
How very much mistaken are those who
indulge in this idea, for that it viii cost no
more to keep a well-bred animal than one OF
an inferior quality is an undispntee TACT,
and very often it is the case that that breed
of animals which is particularly distinguish
ed for some excellent quality, consume less
than those which are their decided interiors
Hence il follows from this, that 1t is possible
tn keen more well-bred animals upon GER
toiD ouantity of food than those of an infe-
rior quality.
Having thus proved that it is poor econo-
nv. in relation to the quantity OF food con-
sumed. 10 keep aninferior animal, shall now
sneak of some of the other advantages
which welI-bred animals have over the in-
ferior, Take, for example, two oxen, one Of
which x weI-bred and well cared for the
other an Inbred, Ill cared for, inferior ami
NAL and notice the vastly greater ease and
celebrity with which the former will do his
work in comparison to the latter. In hike
,nsnra r take two cows and notice the differ
ence IN the quantity and quality of their
milk Also, in relation to fattenlng quail
ties obse rive how much quicker, and with
what grea ter facility the well-bred animals
NAV he fat, aened, ard towhat greater Welghts
they NAV b, brought than those which are
inferior to L 'em. But some may say that 1t
Is necessary. IN order to obtain these we'll
bred animals 70 invest more money than
fbev care about doing. 1t Is true, that IN
some cases it is 4 necessary to expend a GER
tain amount. but this when property invest
ed. viii soon be rel 1ald. But 1t often nap
mems that it is not L necessary TO expend any
thing. for there are doubtless some OF your
neighbors who posse IS better pred males
than yourself, and ofte u Dy tnus lltercnang
ing great benefits may nsue.
Such method as this Woulo DenenI only
those who raise their ol Vn preedlng stoeK s'
but those who buy their ST. 'ck ana sen !ne
Young, generally run n sk oi oDtal9I1g III Y
some inferior animals. - Ger 1eo'''tooo" Ie'e-
graph.
SOWING SEEDS. of us a re aware OF
the amount of labor we entail lp9n our
selves by sowing foul seed, or seed tna1 con-
tains large quantity of weed seeo. upon
our fields We are sowing it every yea,
and what is worse, we cannot always heip
ourselves.
Prof Buckman, late of the Royal Ag II
cultural College, after the most careful IN :
vestigation, found that IN pint of ordinary
clover seed, there were no less than 1000
seeds of weeds. In a pint of common grass
seed, such as is generally bought at the
stores, there were L, 600 weed seeds In a
pint of broad -leayed clover, there were 49,
gave 25, 500, and another the SS6fntf5bu spYsT yer
tity of 10, 400 foul weed seeds.
The number of these vile seeds to be
found In our grass seeds like timothy, red
top, etc, is no doubt incredibly great. Is
there any subject more important, therefore,
than how to procure pure seed2 We have
weeds enough without sowing them.-Has-
sachusetts PlOughnoaa.
CLEAN MILKING. 1t is sometimes for
gotten that the last gill of milk drawn from
the cows udder is the best part of every
milking. Careful experiments made in
England show, according to report lately
published) that the quality of cream obtain
ed from the last cup taken from most cows
exceeds that of the first In proportion Of
twelve TO one. Hence person who care
lessly leaves but half pint of milk undrawn
loses I'm reality about as much cream as
would be afforded by SIX or eight pints at
the beginning and loses too that part of
the cream which gives the richness and fla
vor to the butter.
KILL THE CATERPILLARs. We have
several communications urging upon those
who own trees to devote a little time now
to the destruction of caterpillar nests which
unusually numerous this season. One gem
tleman, who has no trees Of his own, went
into his neighbor's garden, and estimates
that he killed 10000 of these mischievous
insects, in an hours time, and in so doing
probably saved his friend his fruit crop next
fall. An hour spent now in destroying these
pests is of more value than ten hours vii,
be few weeks hence, and we hope war of
determination win everywhere be waged
against them. boston Journal.
As DULL AS A HoE.-Why sheuld the
hoe be made the whipping post for SO many
bluntAedged scythes, axes, knives, and other
tools2 As duh as hoei Many farmer
works the year through with hoe whose
edge is thicker than an old-fashioned cop
per, when few minutes turning OF the
grindstone would put it in good working or
der A sharp hoe saves time and strength,
and does onefs work better than dull one
No farmer viii NOW ordinarily longer than
day, without grinding his scythe, why not
always keep an edge also upon the hoe p
american Ag7fcuttisr5st.
A DMINIsTRAToR'S NOTICE.
IN Estate Of Waltiaas Perrose, tate Of Napier
dece1sed