The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-20
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.


in fifteen years. sheep have increas-
ed In Ireland over 100000.
-on some OF the western Praries
which have been considered uninhab-
liable for want of fuel, peat is found
that can be pressed by machinery into
good fuel.
Capt. D. Harrington, of Croton,
Hudson river, raised this season l50H
bushels of winter wheat on Ok acres.
He applied IL ton OF bone dust, and
the grain was sown on the 10th of Oc-
tober.
If the best time to engage in a busi-
ness Is when others are ieaviug it. the
present ID good time to buy sheep,
says J. Harris. in the Agriculturist.
"A barrel of dry wood shavings
thrown into hog-pen will absorb more
wet than a cart-Ioad of moist earth.
Fruit trees have made a large
growth this year and have the appear
ance of being in an unusually healthy
condition.
Apples keep best when cool and dry.
Sudden changes OF temperature induce
the collection of moisture on the skin,
which dissolves the delicate varnish
with which the skin of the apple is COW
cred, and it soon decays.
TO clean cider barrels, the Scientific
American says, put lime water and
common trace chain into the barrel
through the buug hole, first tying
strong Irvine to the chain to draw Il out
with. Shake the barrel about until the
chain wears of the mould or pumice,
thenlrinse well with water
"A farmer, more than most men,
needs pluck, faith in himself and In ma
ture, and above all patience. He must
wait for the results, and while doing SO
it Is Important that his surroundings
should be as pleasant as he can afford
to make them. A cheerful, healthy To-
cation, is of more value than a line
house.
Mr.. S. d. Ingham, Ripley. Ohio,
after .tormenting. his horse to madness
with the various prescriptions of horse
doctors for the cure OF the fstula, re-
sorted to cold water, which was poured
from watering-pot upon the sore, aud
a complete cure WAS effected in hye
weeks from two daily applications.
"A gentleman in Geneva, n. Y, in
forms the Country Gentleman that he
has kept his cnrrant bushes entirely
free ofthe currant worm, and his quin-
ces OF the bOrer, by the use of coal ashes.
The ground under the currant bushes
was covered in the spring 10 the depth
of five inches, and Il mound was made
about the stems Of the ounces.
In letter from Texas to the Mirror |
and Farmer, DIR. BOyntOn speaks Of the |
scab rs n very prevalent disease among
Is immesion in warm tobacco water,
the fumes of which often make the men |
who administer 1t sick and completely |
Frustrated. "Blessed beyond meas. |
ure," says DIR. b., "are the New England
flock masters who have not this enemy |
to contend with"
The forests in France are under the |
~ k,a and nndar the I
new laws for their protection they hnve
nearly one million of acres.
Less than one-siXth of the area OF the
Kingdom is covered with woodland,
while 1t is estimated that from 20 20 25
per cent. of Il country should be covered
with forest in order to secure uniformly
good crops. Our forests, now disap-
demand the attention of the
government.
Levi Bartlett, Of Warner, n. H.,
writes to the Country Gentleman that
i'the growth of our wheat straw was
large, and long heads; but when put
the threshing machine the far
mers were disappointed in the yield,
hat being only about two-thirds what
was expected. Oats and barley fell
short in about the same ratio. Corn
about an average, and potatoes less than
half the usual product, while the growth
Of weeds among hoed crops has been re-
mar kably luxurianL"
The Toronto Globe mentions, among
Othcr dairy novelties exhibited at the
late Provincial Fair, milk can OF large
size, designed for carrying milk to fac
tories and markets. 1t Is furnished
with an adjustable lid or cover fitting
the can closely and moving up and
down readily. It is designed to dinin-
ISL agitation as the milk is being moved
10 the factories or TO market. No doubt
such can will prove valuable TO the
fraternity.
in Central Illinois, they who are
not farmers complain OF hard times.
Once. pork was 2 cents pound, now it
Is 10; beef was u cent, now it is II cents:
lard was 5, now 1t is Is; corn was 10,
now it is go. In Boston, "they who are
not farmers" find the same cause of
but instead of inquiring
a change in the relative num-
bers of producers and consumers may
not have something to do with the re-
suit, they content themselves with SIM
ply cursing the spectators.