The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-02
Farm. Garden and Household.
Winter and Spring wheat.


The distinction between winter and
spring wheat is difference in the time
of sowing and not in variety. Any
spring wheat can be changed into win
ter, or winter into spring, merely by
gradually changing the time in which
either is sown. BY gradually sowing
spring wheat earlier every season. in n
few years it can be sown in the fall. and
become winter wheat. Or Just before
the close of winter, SOW winter and let
1t germinate slightly, then let it freeze
up till spring, and next year it can be
successfully sown in the spring. And
as it is universally conceded that winter
is better than spring wheat, it is a nat
ural conclusion that the sooner wheat
can be safely sown in the spring the
nearer will it attain to the quality of
winter wheat.
The difference between red and
white wheats is not in variety. but is
owing chiefly to the variety of soil on
which it is grown. 1t is said that the
hard wheats are all natives of warm
climates, such as Italy, Sicily, and Bar
barry. The soft wheats are from more
northern climates, such as England,
Russia, Belgium, Denmark, and Swe-
den. There is, however, one exception
to this general rule, as the celebrated
Polish wheat is hard, and from this rea-
son 1t has been contended that it was
not native of Poland, but was intro
duced there from some milder climate.
Ihe English atmosphere is so humid
that 1t is impossible to ripen any wheat
hard, but in many cases it requires ar
tlticlal heat to harden it before it can
be ground into flour. Different soils
and climates materially change the ma
ture and variety of at.-Ag. Dept.
Report.
Feeding Oats to Colts.
A writer in the Maine Farmer saws !:
I have always found that generous feed
ing pays the best, and I have found
nothing so good for colts as q generous
supply of oats, regularly fed. There is
not much danger in feeding too many.
the danger is in the opposite direction.
The most critical part of the colts life
is perhaps the first winter, when he
should be literally fed with oats or oat-
meal, with a few potatoes, and have
daily exercise. One of your cores
pondents prefers carrots to other roots
for feed. This does not agree with my
experience. After giving carrots q fair
and thorough trial, extending through
three winters, come to the conclusion
(and think intelligently) that carrots
as feed for horses are entirely worth
less. The more oats you feed to your
colts the more muscle, the more size,
the more power, the more endurance,
the more style and speed you obtain,
and the more money you get when you
sell them.
Pigeons in Jelly.
Make some Jelly of calf's foot, or, if
you have the liquor in which knuckle
of veal has been boiled, it will answer
the same purpose; place it in stewpan
with bunch of sweet herbs, blade of
mace, white pepper, a slice of lean ba-
con, some lemon peel, and the pigeons,
which, being trussed and their necks
propped up to make them appear ma
tural, season to your palate. Bake
them; when they are done, remove them
from the liquor, but keep them covered
close, that theircol may be preserved.
Remove the fat, boil the whites of
couple of eggs with the jelly to clear it,
and strain it,; this is usually done by
dipping cloth into boiling water, and
straining it through it, as it prevents
anything like scum or dirt sweeping
through the strainer. Put the ielly
rough over and round the pigeons.