Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-05-28
.farnt and Hotseltold.
Rural Brfen.


WHEAT everywhere improves In Ohio
as the Summer advances.
All animals are fond of Sunshine. Let
them bask in it If possible. a m
APPLEs and peaches will, from present
prospects, be very plenty in Illinois.
The more comfortable yea can keep
your animals the more they will thrive.
A good COW is valuable machine;
the more food she properly digests the
greater the profit. ,s
WHEN the millennium of farming is
reached, white clover will be valued
equally with red clover.
EvERaREENs may be safely moved
during all this month, but care must he
taken not to expose their roots TO the sun
and wind. +.
A celebrated horticulturist said: eff
/ had call to preach sermon on gar.
dening, should take this for my text
Stir the SOIL"
1t is said that the value of horses,
sheep and horned cattle in the United
States Is equal to the sum total of the
national debt--$3, ,000, ,000, 900.
Latikia tobacco, deriving its name
from city in Syria, is reputed to be the
most delicately favored variety known.
The seed was furnished by Bayard Tay-
lor. -3-r-
81 PUSH earnestly against the weeds in
your fields and the worms in your fruit
trees. The latter promise you hard
battle this season. Diluted lye is death
to them. % s,aa+ +
Robert Mcclure, v. s., Philadelphia,
denies that hollow horn is, in any proper
sense, disease of cattle. The assump-
tion that it is, is denominated frivolous
and visionary" "Jr
Many of the Vermont farmers are
turning their attention from sheep rails
ing to the dairy. 1t is said that twenty
new cheese factories will be builtin that
State this year.
Over 200 acres of land are devoted to
the production of horseradish in the vi
cinity of New York. The small rootlets
are removed for planting. The crop is
highly remunerative.
The n. o. Picayune is of the opinion
that Prof. Gamgee's experiments in meat
preserving by a new process will be akin
to his work on the cattle plague, appal-
ling in volume only.
David Bennett, Painesville, o., pre-
sents au account of the doings of eight
hens from May last, showing an average
profit of $9.16 per hen. The Bramas
have this credit mark.
Buckwheat makes good pasture for
bees when growing. When ripe and
ground into flour, is good for griddle
purposes especially If dipped in honey.
Result--Sow Buckwheat.
The Philadelphia Agricultural Society
have been discussing the propriety of
instituting stock insurance companies
n Thn
were about equally divided.
MULCH your small fruits enough to
keep down weeds and grass. This will
save culture and double the crop, by
keeping the ground moist. Leaves are
excellent, but any litter is good
The more perfectly the butter and milk
are worked from butter, the smaller the
quantity of salt necessary to preserve it.
Well worked, the ratio of salt to butter
should be as one to twenty-four.
w. II. Mann, Gilman, ILL.,, experience
ed in Usage Orange hedges, says the
plants should be set inches apart, or
about 25 to the rod, and about inches
deeper than they grew in the bed.
Locust Seed designed for planting,
should be immersed in water three or
four days, than planted in drills eigh-
teen inches apart and four asunder in
the rows. Alta year old transplant.
DoN'T be afraid to raise cabbages for
the cows. Plant in rows three feet apart
and fifteen inches in the row. Six or
seven thousand can he grown on an acre.
They can be planted any time before the
18th Of July.
The Australasian, a journal published
In Melbourne, Australia, says Randall's
Practical Shepherd and his work on
Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry are the
most useful works ON the these subjects
in that region.
EXAMINE your trees during the last
days of the month and remove all nests
of worms as soon as they make their ap-
pearance. They usually spin web from
some fork In the tree to the outer limbs,
up and down which they travel.
THEY who know least about farming
instruct most. How glib they are-plow
deep, drain every acre, plant forests, have
fine cattle and carpets, grapes by the ton,
wine by the hOgshead, feed potatoes to
hogs, and do other heavenly things.
GARDENING FOR LADIEs.-Make up
your beds early in the morning; seq but
tons on your husbands shirts; do not
rake up any grievances; protect the
young and tender branches of your fam
lily: plant smile of good temper In your
face, and carefully root out all angry feel
ings, and expect a good crop Of happi-
ness.