The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-03-23
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At Nauvoo. Ill, where large quantities of
wine are made 1T is necessary to cover all vines
in winter.
The Country Gentleman is satisfied that hill
culture and keeping the runners closely cut off
is the most profitable method of cultivating
straw berries even where large quantities are
grown for market.
A gentleman. residing near Rochester, n. Y,
raised carrots at the rate of 1881 bushels to the
acre He planted them in drills one foot apart,
thinned them TO four inches in the drills and
cultivated them carefully through the season.
A correspondent of the Iowa Homestead thinks
gooseberries should be much more generally cal.
as the best variety. They should be planted, he
thinks, six feet apart and well cultivated.
AT the gardens of the Michigan Agricultural
College, a tomato called the college Seeding
has been found earlier than the Tilden, which,
however, was well thought of by the Professor
in charge The specimens of the college Seed.
ing" We have seen were rather smaller than the
average Tilden, bat were smooth, solid, and of
very good shape,
To PRESERVE DRIED FRUIT FROM MOTHS
Put the dried apples or peaches into tin vessel
with perforated bottom cover closely with a
q
tanning two or three quarts of boiling water Law.
ing some sticks across the water to prevent the
tin touching it boil briskly, and the fruit will
soon be thoroughly heated without the loss of
flavor. Spread it out, the heat will soon evapo-
rate the moisture
FATTENING CATTLE.-It is a common practice
at the West, and probably elsewhere, to feed
whole corn 10 cattle when up for fattening.
Where there is superbundance of corn this
method may not be of much consequence, though
the practice is wasteful one. Corn meal is
much preferable, as it the labor of the ami
NAL in grinding its own food. An OK will fatten
a quarter faster on meal than on whole corn,
while less amount will be used in the process
-, Maryland Farmer
AYRSHIRE vs.. JERSEY Cows.-A farmer OF
large experience i'll answering the question as to
which breed of cows was the best for the dairy,
AYRSHIRE or Jersey. says to the Mass Plough
man, that if your object is making butter, the
Jersey cows surpass all other breeds, producing,
as they de, full one-third more of the most de-
Gcious orange oolored butter, commanding in
market from Is to ID cts. per pound over COM
mon butter If for milk, the Ayershires are the
best.-They give, on an average, nearly double
the quantity Of milk.
ONIONS AND POuLTRY-Scarcely too much
can be said in praise of onions for fowls. They
seem to be II preventive and remedy for various
diseases t. which domestic fowls are liable. Hav-
ing frequently tested their excellence, we can
speak understandingly. For gapes and inflam-
atoms of the throat and head, onions are al
most specific Wewould therefore recommend
giving fowls, and especially young chickens, as
many as they will eat, rs often as twice or three
times week. They should be finely chopped.
A small addition of corn meal is an improvement.
-lGennesee Farmer-) ....
FEED FOR COws.--We l-saved clover hay is
thought to be the best forage for mich cows,
and badly saved, dried up, dusty clover hay the
worst A Maine dairyman says that his cows
never gave SO much mick from any kind OF feed
as with mixture of oats and potatoes. Potatoes
alone increase the quantity of milk at the expence
of the quality, but the addition CT oats improves
the quality