The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-04-27
Earn. Garden and Heu.eAoIa.


Notes of the Farm.
The Maine Stock Breeders' Associa.
tion has been formed, Enoch Knights,
OF Portland, Secretary.
Mr.. scoyil is authority for the state.
ment that "of The 5000 grasses l25
grow naturally in Central New York.
The Eve factories in Sweden con.
sumed last year 5II, SOC cwt. Of beets
and produced 81, l9T cwt. Of unrefned
sugar, as 54ts SD
Two cents per quart for feeding pigs
is the value placed upon skim milk by
member Of the New Hampshiro Board
Of Agriculture. lr4i e
A Japanese anthor asserts that hens
fed on dry hemp seed viii lay all win.
ter. and that II pounded charcoal is
given with their food the flesh will be.
come beautifully white and rich.
'Rumor having reached them Of ga
corner in Coffee or Of the formation
OF q ring to keep up the price Of this
article, the members Of one Missouri
Grange resolved to dispense with that
luxury until II can be bought at fair
cost those OF another place the limit
at 70 cents per pound, and third de-
eto do without coffee altogether for
the space Of 90 days.
A correspondent Of lioore's Rural,
Who for o quarter OF century has been
Q close observer Of the utility and
durability Of patent roofing, is obliged
to say that he "neyer yet saw one chat
was good for anything"
The trsspass laws Of Illinois are very
stringent. Frequent notices are posted,
and some owners OF large farms employ
men 10 ride about the premises for the
purpose OF seeing that "sportsmen ;,
do not come upon the grounds, and
with dog and gun disturb their herds
or harm the crops.
Pope Plus has removed the interdict
against Catholics joining secret socie-
ties to the extent Of permitting them
70 become members Of the Order Of the
Patrons OF Husbandry, provided they
find nothing therein conflicting with
their conscience, or tho creed Of the
church," d5s75 ~
Mention is made Of a New Hampshire
man who keeps 800 fowls, all healthy
and good layers. He scatters them
over his farm which is 400 acres In ex.
tent-in focks Of % TO 80, providing
for each cheap house 0x13 feet.
Their broad range is the Secret OF his
success.
Fletcher Carr, Of the Elmira Farmers
Club, alluded Of late meeting to one
field which had borne buckwheat 20
years during the past quarter century,
and gave nearly % bushels to the acre
drilled, while other fields, quite as fer
tile, gave not more than u broadcast.
Mr.. William Smith, Of Detroit, Mich,
has raised pig cross, Of Essex ond
Suffolk, which at seven and three.quar.
ter months dressed 400 pounds, the
best weight on record.
In the five chief Massachusetts hos.
pitals for the insane, in 1873, 1899 per
cent. OF the inmates were farmers. In
the Essex County Insane Receptacle
the proportion was 2B per cent, great.
est Of any, politics being probably the
inducing cause. =.
For lice on sheep feed a teaspoonful
OF sulphur to each animal say twice q
week, and the lice will disappear.
As q remedy for hoyen q farmer in
Vermontsays decoction Of tobacco (the
weed itself is best never fails To give
relief to the animal q few moments af-
ter 1t is administered.
Lucern or alfalfa seed can be obtain.
ed Of any scotsman at from 80 to 60
cents per pound. II requires fifteen
pounds to seed an acre.
An excellent way to preserve fence
posts is TO char the ground end by
burning it-thus carbonizingi It. Other
modes have been given, but they are
not available for publication here Just
now. II any Of our readers know q
more efficient way they will doubtless
contribute 1t.
Diseases Follow Exposure.
Cows that are in milk, that have been
MIXED late, are peculiarly sensitive to
cold, and they are frequently injured
by being exposed TO storms. BY get
ting wet and becoming chilled puimon-
airy complaints and other diseases are