The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-03-01
Farm, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


furious to less or greater degree, rs it
contains the poisonous alkaloid called
solanine, which, it should be noted, is
more abundant when the tubers begin
to bud out.
A correspondent Of tho Bangor lPhig
aftirEns TINT cions should not be cut in
the spring, rs has been the custom from
time immemorial, but in the fall, after
the trees have shed their leaves, and
when cut, they Rhouldbe buried where it
is dry, about sir inches deep, and in the
spring they will come out al right.
A writer in the Live Sock Journal
puts the case in this Way "When the
day Of final reckoning shall come, and
nj tho deeds OF men brought to light
and balanced in the scales OF unerring
Justice, some dealers will find heavy
load against them in the transactions in
which so-called Chestsr-white pigs were
sold to their credulous fellowmen."
A writer in London suggests plan
for soaring rocks from q corn.feld which
would probably DO equally effective in
tho case Of our crows, II is to cut u
piece Of sackcloth into tho shape Of the
bird, with its wings outspreAd, andcover
1t with tar. This is laid on tho field and
intimates to these wary and thoughtful
creatures that "some forlOrn aud ship
wrecked brother" Inns come to grief in
dangerous spot, which II will be well
for them to avoid.
The use OF salt with gtiauO Inns fire.
quently been accommodates beneficial,
but We observe that upon the meadows
Of picardy, and also upon the irrigated
grasslands OF LombOrdy, the mixture
has been abandoned on account Of i'll
effects, In explanation Of the fact,
chemical investigations were made which
showed that when q portion Of guano
was mixed with salt and exposed 10 q
moderate heat, the quantity OF ammonia
evolved was double that from IN equal
weight of pure guAno.
1t appears in Scotch newspaper that
brig loaded with loan for Berwick WIS
recently forced into wrong harbor by o
severe storm after having been injured
by heavy seas. The fact that this vessel,
with cargo Of molding sand, was con-
signed TO port where large quantities
Of artificial manures arc made, is more
than suspicious, aud recalls Rcoincidcnce
which happened not hundred miles
from New York seme time since when
carloads Of the same material were dis
covered in close contiguity to q glano
dealers storehouse. Farmers may Join
in the refrain, "TIhat's tho way the
money goes."
Feeding Cows.
L. B. Arnold, in the Buffalo Lire
Stock Journal, writing OIL the feedingo Of
COWS, remarks: But il is not enough
TINT the food OF cows should DO easy oil
digestion, it should also hive the differ.
Ont elements in tho right proportion
The transforming and respiratory matter
must sustain certain relations TO each
other, and part Of tho Inter must be
fat. 1t is found to accord with expert
ence andchemical investigation, That ont
pound Of albuminoids, caseine, albumen
otc., will supply the daily wliste OF tivt
hundred pounds OF live weight of ordi
nary farm stock, while pound Of starch
sugar, etc, will hardly supply the waste
Of ono hundred pounds. A pound Of fa
will answer for more than 900 pounds
For each pound OF albuminoidS, there
fore, there must be five pounds or abov,
Of respiratory food and nearly one hal
poundiof fat unless this proportion ii
thu. relation Of food is nearly compiled
with, tho animal will not prosper. From
the fact TINT flesh and hOsh,forming foot
may, in part, supply respiration, a small
amount of starch, sugar, etc., may bt
wanting without my material injury i
tho other element is abundant. But N
nothing can answer in tho place Of albu
minoids, there can be no lack Of that kint
of food without loss. A iattening anima
even suffers by any such deficiency. Thu
increase Of cells necessary to hold the in
creased accumulation OF fat will not bt
found il there is lack Of heterogeneous mnt
ter to form them Of, aud having no plac,
in which to lodge it goes to waste. Fat
tening cattle are sometimes fed Mt o con
siderable loss from this cause. Blu
dhirymen much oftener run astray IN til,
use of Closll.producing food. The m
tons Of mich COW should be diffcren
from those OF tho stall.fel or store cattle
A COW which will weigh 1000 pounds
giving good flow Of milk, will reqrlir,
in her daily food four pounds Of albu
minoids, twelve to fifteen Of cArbo
liydrates, and about one and One-lal
pounds Of fat. The last two nr,
usually in full supply, but tho first Il
often lncking. There is but little iorag,
that will furnish the needed proportion
In green grass everything is wei
balanced. But the per cent. OF nj
buminoids decreases us the grass mn
lures, and fails OF q proper supply il
hay and almost all advanced heritage
Grass, either green or dried, has the nd
vantage Of almost all other kinds OF foot
for milk production, in the quality o
.oasy digestion.
UuinE sawdust.
About six years ago, writes farmer
/ had saw mill set Oh my farm. A
first they wished the dust, as tho sawyer
called II, by letting q stream Of waite
run underneath the Ew. As the wato
got low il would not work then the,
had TO wheel it out in n pile, and whel
they went away l had big pile Of saw
dust on my hands. As it was on goot
piece of bottom land TINT l desired t.
pillow, / wanted It out OF tho why.
tried to burn il, but it would not burn
/ concluded at last to turn it to some nc
count 30 when put my hogs up I,
fatten | hauled a load every few day
and threw IL in the pen. They mixed |
up with their manure and the cobs, ant
in tho spring had about twenty wngor