Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-06-23

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Income, 80. ...,.................. 1885 90
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Profit, - 100000 ..'.'.'.''.''. S252 rs
In SOHO places corn, oats, buckwheat,
&C., may cost over 70 cents bushel on an
average, but eggs in such places may sell
for more than 25 cents per dozen. There
are many reports in various parts of the
country showing net profit OF 81 to So
hen per annum, but suppose we say one
dollar only, that makes bookkeeping profit
able. II one desires to keep fowls for eggs
only, the Leghorns, Hamburgs and some
other breeds will lay as many eggs as the
Brahmas, but they are not so good as
market fowl.
PRUNING GRAPE VINES.
The summer pruning of grape vines con-
sists in removing the small shoots which
show by their size and lack of vigor that
they will not make strong canes, such as
supply the buds for the wood that is to
produce the next years crop. But in no
case will the fruit be benefited by pruning
away large portion of the vigorous new
canes. If you think your vines are over
now while they are small. Nor will re-
moving the leaves later in the season ''to let
in tlte-sun" do anything but mischief, as
grapes exposed to the burning rays of the
sun are not hastened to maturity at all,
and are much injured in quality. If one
believes all about grapes that is published
in papers, from men who know but very
little on this subject, he will be apt to de-
stroy his vines in few years. The gener-
al rule has been laid down by good writers
to pinch off the ends of canes to within
two leaves of the fruit. If this be done to
every cane there would be no wood left for
the next years crop. You must leave
some of the longest canes untouched for
this purpose /; then you may cut back the
smaller canes to within two or three leaves
of the grapes, il you think best, but | con-
slider close summer pruning good deal
like taking quart or two of mans blood
to "invigorate him." Prune sparingly.
GRADE AYRsnIREs.
notice accounts of grade Ayrshire cows
making two pounds of butter a day, even
in the winter season, on hay and a few
pounds of meal daily. 4 grade Ayrshire
hcifer is reported to have made eighteen
pounds of butter week, on grass. Two
full bloods made as follows: One, four
teen pounds and ten ounces, and the other
fourteen pounds and twelve ounces OF but
ter in seven days, on grass. These are
extra cases, but the Ayrshires are good
butter-making COWS undoubted.
HONEY BEES.
There are many persons in the United
States who make il business of keeping
bees, and support their families by it. The
late Moses Quinly, Of st. townsville, y. Y.
had several large npiarics few miles
apart, about one hundred hives in each
Some seasons he sent %, 900 pounds Of hon
ey in small glass boxes to New York. But
it requires a thorough knowledge of the
insects,and their general management, &c
make money on extensive apiarics.
SOAK YOUR BUTTER FUBs.
Some careless dairymcn pack their but.
ter in new tubs and iirkins without being
soaked. That is wrong, MS they impart the
flavor of the wood to the butter, and dcpre-
ciate the value from two TO five cents pei
pound. Soak your tubs and lirkins TWEEN,
ty-four hours, then change the water, and
soak twenty -four hours longer; and be CO re
ful to have no decaying vegetables or any
thing that throws out an unpleasant smell
in your cellar, as yOnr butter may be af-
focted by such things no matter how close
ly it is covered.
BREAKING HENS OF SETTING.
1t is very easy to do it, even il you have
half a dozen every evening TO take off theil
nests. II you have from twenty-five I,
one hundred fowls of the most persistent set
ters, make four coops, each large enough
to hold half dozen fowls. All the hem
that remain on their nests should he left tC
set till the next evening, as they often lay
an egg the second day of setting. Ateyen
ing of the next day put all the hens il
coop No. |. The next lot OF settlers 60 in
to coop No. 2, the next into No. 3, and til,
next into No. 4, and on the fourth day
near the evening, let out the hens in No. /
as they will be "broken," and the next da,
No. hens can be let out, and SO on t
No. A,
EUCKwHEAT.
BuckwLent is a profitable crop, and NJ
good farmer should fail to SOW few acre
| from July LIST to the 10th. Half bushe
of seed is sufficient for an acre. 1t is ex
cellent feed for fowls, to say nothing of til
indispensable Fhot cakes, that eVeFy fam
lily must have in the winter season.
wHFiAF SCREENINGS FOR FOWLS.
Where wheat screenings can be obtaine
at fair price no feed is better for fowls II
a change. They are also very good 70
chickens as sonn as old enough to be fed o.
them. a fowl breeder says shave keT
for the past ten years from 30 to 800 fowl
and have fed wheat screenings with othe
grain) nearly every day during that tim
and have never had any unusual diseas
either with chickens or fowls, during th'
time"
HOP GROWING.
Hops should aeyer be grown on lo'