The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-04-27
Farm. Garden and Household.
Notss or the Farm.

Notes OF the Farm.
Tho Maine Stock Breeders Associa-
ton has been formed, Enoch Knights,
Of Portland, Secretary.
Mr.. scoyil is authority for the state.
mont that "of the 5000 grasses 125
grow naturally in Central New York"
The Eve factories in Sweden con.
sumed last year 81, 506 cwt. Of beets
and produced 81, 1877 cwt. Of unrehned
sugar, rf M
Two cents per quart for feeding pigs
Ia the value placed upon akin milk by
q member OF the New Hampshire Board
Of Agriculture. si,
A Japanese author asserts that hens
fed on dry homp seed will 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 70 keep mp the price OF this
article, the members Of one Missouri
Grange resolved to dispense with that
luxury until IL can be bought at fair
cost those Of another place the limit
Of 20 cents per pound, and third de-
eide to do without coffee altogether for
the space Of 90 days.
A correspondent Of lEoore's Rural,
who for aqnarter OF 0 century has been
close observer OF the utility md
durability Of patent roofing, is Obliged
to say that he "neyer yet saw one that
was good for anything"
The traspass laws Of Illinois are very
stringent. Frequent notices are posted,
and some owners Of large farms employ
men TO 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
TO become members OF tho Order OF the
Patrons Of Husbandry, "proyided they
fnd nothing therein conflicting with
their conscience, or tho creed Of the
church" .tf
Mention is made Of New Hampshire
man who keeps 800 fowls, all healthy
and good layers. He scatters them
over his farm which il 400 acres In ex.
tent-in aocks Of % TO 80, providing
for each q cheap house 9x13 feet.
Their broad rangeis the secret Of his
success.
Fletcher Carr, Of the Elmira Farmers
Club, alluded at q 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 croEs, CT Essex pnd
Suffolk, which at seven and three.quar-
ter months dressed 400 pounds, the
best weight on record.
In the five chief Massachusetts hos.
pitfalls for the insane, in 1873, 1889 per
cent. OF the inmates were farmers. In
the Essex County Insane Receptacle
the proportion was % per cent, great.
est Of any, politics being probably the
inducing cause. ta
For lico on sheep feed q 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
weeditself Is BEST never fails to give
relief to the animal a few moments ai-
Ter it is administered.
Lucern or alfalfa seed can be obtain.
cd Of any scotsman OF from 30 TO 60
cents per pound. II requires fifteen
pounds to seed an acre.
An excellent way to preserve fence
posts is 10 char the ground end by
burning titus carbonizing 1t. 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 IL.
Diseases Follow Exposure.
Cows that are in milk, that have been
MIXED late, arc peculiarly sensitive TO
cold, and they are frequently injured
by being exposed to storms. By get
ting wet and becoming chilled pulmon.
airy complaints and other diseases are
induced, and thus the farmer has sick
animal on his hands which is o source
Of trouble and anxiety, and not unfre.
quently. total loss. Many Of the
troubles that come upon the COWS at
the period Of nalyin0. NAV he traced