Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-08-26
Agric ulturai Items.

keep box of salt accessible To the
iarm stock, and then they Viii oat it when
tney want 1t. aud no more than they want
at Il time.
IL hay is cut early and wei. cured There
is 10 need OF >tean.iuG II. and nO occasion
to cut il with machine. uuit.s> ID j. ut ii0uI
qualify, ard needs mixing With in,ai to
uiaAe IL palatabie.
Disease l. hereditary with pants lu-
perfect or diseased grain tci.,i> 10 repro
duce imperfect and diseased .ia!a. Dvc..i-
ins OF diseased POTATOES aie ilau.c 1. e. .o-
dace the disease in the nem growth.
Never permit COW to be abused OF
excited in ANY way. Ii 4 COW becomes cX-
cited by i'll usage, the milk will yield from
six TO twelve per cent. less OF cream. II
does not pay 10 vent violent temper up
on COW.
Tomato plants, il tending to run vine,
too freely, should be pinched back, which
will make them produce fruit more readi-
~. Tomatoes should be canned more eN.
tensively than usual, to supply The delic-
iency OF apples.
The profits OF farming depend not up
on the number of acres cultivated. bat up
on the yield of each acre. according 10 the
work and dressing applied to it. y small
farm. well cultivated and rightly managed,
will yield more profit than large one
| wrongly managed.
In feeding corn fodder to the cows. ii
they do not eat the stalks readily. the lars-
er stalks may be cut, moisiened with wat
er and >prinkled with meal, and then the
COWS will eat them readily. The COWS
should be made 81 eat the fodder up clean
I ly, rs il is too valuable to have wasted
The cheese factory system has grown
mp during the past twenty years, and has
now become an important industry in most
o: the northern states. and is rapidly in
creasing every year. The use OF cheese j.
destined to largely take the place OF meat
in our diet. 1t is far cheaper than meat.
One pound OF it contains more nutriment
than four pounds Of the best steak.
| If anyone wishes to breed horses for
speed, lie should procure fun blood stock.
and of good quality. Nothing tells 80 sure
and powerfully in horse flesh as blood.
Anyone should not venture 10 bred fast
horses unless they have stock that will be
-e"eOnabIy Eure of reproducing their kind.
For horse bred for speed. II he fails for
that. is not OF the right form and struct-
ure for work horse or carriage horse
Weeds need looking after. \ few will
escape the hoe In the best regulated gard
ems. and the most cleanly cultivated fields.
and at about this time they will he seen
blossomiBg or ripening their seeds. Go
over the field and take them OF. II will
save lots of work next season. The Old
maxim of IAN ounce OF prevention is worth
pound Of cure" i a. applicable to this
weed business as TO anything else.
When an animal is produced possess.
ing distinctive points of excellence or de-
feet, the tendency is for them 10 be trans
mitted TO offspring at least in temporary
aud sometimes IN persistent manner. II
COW possesses unusual and distinctive
excellence As a mixer. by mating her with
male produced from line of superior
mixers, there is good degree OF certain
ty Of producing stock of like qualities.
Let farmers form their plans and make
their preparations for surrounding their
orchards with evergreen hedges this fall or
next spring. a thick hedge would by lis
shelter to birds afford one of the best pro-
tections against insect rasages. BY hedg-
ing the orchard, the quality. size aud fair
ness OF the fruit would be improved. Two
or three rows of hemlock, spruce. cedar or
pine around the orchard would. in few
years afford substantial pa election to the
cold and drying winds and prove valua-
BILE Improvement. By means of such pro-
lection, pears might be successfully grown.