The interior journal., 1875-07-09
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says that bee keepers who are eresgcd N
raising honey for market should take q
little mcre pains 10 create home market,
instead Of shipping all they raise 10 Chi
csgo and other cities, to honey dealers,
10 have II adulteratcd and make fve or
six pounds out Of one Of honey, or even
more than that, and then for thee honey
men IN ship II back where u wss rtiscd,
and -ell u at double ,he price paid for II,
looks like making a good deal from the
honty raisers
Let every ono who raises honey see
that every grocery is well supplied with
good box and extracted honey, and there
will be no trouble In selling all the honey
at home. n the grocer. will not buy IL,
ask the liberty to place II In their store,
which no one will object to. Allow them
a commission on all sales from ten IL ff
teen per cent, and thete will be no chance
for it TO he sscd up with glucose, starch,
slippery elm bark, etc.
Congress should make law governing
the adulteration Of all articles for family
use, placing a heavy anc cr imprison-
mcnt or both, for adul,erating anything.
There is no country on the fare Vt the
globe where the adtltefation business is
carried ON ss u Is In the United states.
SER OF DAIRY Cows.-While admit
ting the fact that the cows af one breed
will make a. mtca milk or butter from
the same amount of food given, in any
single season, il does not necessarily fol-
low that large, becfy cows re bcs,-most
profitable the dairy. II takes twice
as much food to raise TO full size a COW
weighing 900 pounds as one that weighs
only 500; and when fattencd for beef,
she sells for twice rs much, giving greater
profit if the beef sells for more than il
cost, but less profit il the food used In
fattening is werth more than the beef
brings. There is, during the life Of any
animal, a constant supply of food needed
to keep the animal in ordinary condition
the larger animal requiring more food,
as the physical waste is always proper.
tionate to size.
Reckoning the average lie of cows
while in the dairy at eight years iper-
haps ten is rcafef The truth). il follows,
therefore, that the larger COW has re-
quircd an eight years supply of food to
supply animal life mot for milky more
than the smaller COW, while giving only
the same amount of milk for the feed
given. 1t seems, therefore, that dairy
men who buy cows to milk only one or
two years before fattcning, would do
better to select the large cows, while
those who milk their cows eight or ten
years should select the smaller cows, OF
those which give the greatest yield of
milk in proportion to size.
MIcE.GRpLEp Peach TREEs.-Dela-
ware State Journal: We were reminded
of the absolute necessity of watchfulness
on the farm ON visiting it, by noticing
that. on some of our best land for which
the most had been done aftet turning
under a heavy clover sod. the peach
trees were of a smaller size and the leaves
of lighter color than on poorer ground.
We inquired the cause. No one could
tell. 1t was thought that trucking"
had abstracted the strength of the land.
On examination of the roots which
had been well covered in the light soil
we found the trees had been completely
girdled beneath the surface by mice,
where the ground was especially light
and had been thrown up in working
around the trunk, while when the ground
was heavier and the dirt had been kept
away from tie roots no damage had oc-
CURED. 1t was not because snow had
accumulated and furnished a harbor, for
there was but little, if any, during the
winter. The light soil around the trees
was found entirely honeycombed, with
only little crust over the surface which
had formed shelter for the pests while
they were engaged in their work of de-
struction.
Many devices have been suggested TO
prevent similar evils ON gooseberry, cur
rent and rose bushes, as well AS to fruit
trees. Curved pieces of tin, tarred felt
ing or roofing paper have been tried.
Others have set traps to catch the
varmints.
We propose to remove the soil from
the body of the trees 50 as to form little
cup around it and put in quicklime and
,shes close to the roots as the best means
IF protection that sccurs to us. If any
better plan is known we should like to be
informed.
CABBAGEs POISONING" GRouND.-
Western New Yorker" in response to
IN inquiry in the Rural Ne,c Yorker.
avs: A. $. Nash is informed that neither
,abbages nor any crop poison" the soil. |
The difficulty is that the cabbage crop
las so exhausted his soil that the limited |
applications of manure this wear have