The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-02
BARN. Garden lnd HOaselola.


Sour apples are said to be as good
for hogs or COWS as sweet ones, II Is
mot the sugar merely that they contain,
but the starch, mueilRge, and other
matters-to say nothing Of their by.
Rienic effects, which make them useful
food for animals, They will not alone
fatten, but they will assist in this pro-
cess, and Z fed with caution may be
made Profitable. When ripe they may,
as . matter OF course, be safely given
IN larger quantities than when imma-
ture. II they are ineonYeniently plen.
tiful with you just now they may be
buried beneath foot Of earth and kept
until spring in good condition,
The farmers OF the whole country,
and Of the suffering West in particular,
will find some comforting assurances,
made on the best authority by Prof.
Riley. he gives good reason for the
belief that there is no occasion for
alarm in Kansas, that the winged hordes
will never extend far into Missouri, and
there are valuable suggestions OF meas
ures that can be adopted 10 help stay
prospective injury.
Many homestead settlers on the pub.
lie lands in Western Kansas are un.
wisely leaving their farms and allowing
their claims to go by default The rea.
son is, encouragement growing ont oil
poor results OF poor and unintelligent
farming. Many OF them make It q
secondary business, giving their chief
attention TO hunting hudaloes.
john Burton, Woodside, Penn,
writes; see an inquiry by j. Ray.
mond, Potsdam Junction, N. z, about
nnripe grapes. II he will gather them
and cover them with water, and boil
them down with sugar, the same as
other preserves, be will have one Of the
best preserves he has tasted. We have
used them for years, gathering them in
their. green state for that purpose.
Securing the Buskwhsat Crop.
A correspondent OF the Utica IN, "
Herald gives the following valuable
hints:
Consult any exper enced miller, and
he will tell you that the one great fault
with buokvheRt is its grit dust or
ground). This II gets by lying on the
ground or in swaths, the rains spalter-
ing the dust against it. This should
be avoided, as 1t hurts both buckwheat
and the flour. Cut and Immediately set
up in leose (unbound) sheAyes, tied at
the top TO give II the form OF cone, so
rs TO shed the rain. In this way the
air will circulate through, prevent
moulding, and yet not dry so fast but
the berry will have chance to mature
and ripen, for il is to be cut when palt
OF the crop is yet in the dough-the
largest part-and some still less ad-
vanced. 1fleft till all is ripe, the crop
will lie late, and, II heavy, will be
twisted and lodged, and much Of It will
shell in harvesting. A clear, sound
crop is what is wanted, and not q dusty
one, with the late kernels dried instead
OF rounding out and maturing, as they
will il put up in sheayes as soon as cut.
Do not, in any case, leave 1t lying on
the ground, and cut early, when the
greater part OF the grains are in the
dough,
Pasturing Meadows.
The views Of "a Pennsylvania
Farmer - in tho Tribune, on pasturing
meadows, are as follows: In order 70
secure large crop OF grass next year,
meadows as a general thing should not
be pastured in the fall, and II possible
a top.dressing should be applied, &C
that the grass roots may be strengthen,
ed and the aftermath act as mulch FOL
winter protection. The aftermath will
also hold the drifting SHOWS to Ger.
tain extent, and protect from the cold
drying winds Of March. II will then
decay and furnish cheap and excel
lent manure. This Is natures system
Of manuring. Where good crop oil
grass can DO cut by September LIST, ]
do so, and then top.dress Immediately
alter; but where the growth is no.
sufficient to warrant that, I leave il
upon the ground. The poor, thin
spots now show very plainly and mus
have top dressing before winter. Th,
temptation to pasture meadows is great
but ought 70 be resisted. New
meadows seeded upon grain should OF
no account be grazed, for the root'
grow in proportion to the tops, and
strong roots will give a large crop o.
hay next year.
PROFIT In Hoop Poles
very profitable use may be made Of
rough tracts Of land by planting then
Just now with white.oak acorns OIL
hickory nuts. II these are planted In
rows four feet apart and eighteen K
twenty-iour inches apart in the rows
5000 to 1000 poles may be grown 10 AZ
arce. II each alternate pole is cut d
four years old there will be crop o.
about 5000 poles at for firkin hoops
and worth s16 thousand on the ground
II the poles are cut in the winter tint
tho stumps will sprout again, and By
the time those that have been left ar
large enough for barrel hoops, theSt
will be large enough to occupy til,
ground until the others have grow
again. In this way there will be crol
ready to cut every four years worth d
least Si5 to $50 per acre. The secont
growth will be more rapid than the first
as the roots will have become strong ant
fully grown. A large number Of hooT
poles arc cut In this neighborhool
every year, and Thousands OF barrot
ceres might thus be made profitable.