The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-05
FIELD AND FARM.


COFFEE GROWING AT THE SOUTH 4
According to the report of the Bureau 4
of Commerce and Navigation, the con- 9
sumption of coffee in the United States \
in 1872 was 239, 735, 839 pounds, at a :
valuation of $26, lac, 339, the larger por-
ton. l94,2lS,5ll pounds, being from |;
Brazil. The large sums which we pay .
annually bring in little or no reciprocal ,,
returns, and it is proposed that We shall
devote attention to the culture of the
berry in our Gulf States. Coffee derives
its name from Kaffa, district in South
ern Abyssinia, where it grows wild and
has been in use since remote times. The
plant grows at an altitude as high as six
thousand feet above the sea level, and
thriyes in warm situations upon the slopes
of hills, easily drained, but will not
flourish where the thermometer is below
fifty-five degrees, and the cofee-produc-
ing belt of the world lies between the
isothermal lines Of latitude twenty. five
degrees north and thirty degrees south.
There is cold season in Abyssinia from
October to February, with mean tenn
perature of ffty.eight degrees, and the
soil produces barley, oats, wheat, maize,
rice. cotton, and sugar. In Georgia and
Alabama, in the southwestern section OF
one, and the southeastern of the other. is
a soil that produces all of these as readily
as in Abyssinla, and would, no doubt,
grow coffee. The climate is similar, and
the soil is red, sandy loan, capable OF
easy drainage. The effort to establish
the culture of coffee in California Is
making Roadway, and if the crop gets
fairly established there, it will become
, in few years great and permanent in
terest The same thing can be done on
, the Atlantic coast.
PLANTING TREES IN THE FALL.-P.
Barry writes in the american Rurdt
Home: The question as to whether
3 spring or fall is the better season for
!, planting has been much discussed, and
I the conclusion reached has generally
:. been that in Western New York and
I similar climates one is about as good as
! the other. My experience with hardy
Il fruit and delicious ornamental trees is In
y favor of fall. 1t is true that we have
8 an occasional severe winter when fall
q planted trees suffer, but these are OF rare
occurrence.
y Last fall, quite late, after the hurry OF
the season was all over, planted several
II hundred dwarf pear trees. After plant
u ing, the earth was drawn up around the
e base, say six or more inches above the
II level of the ground, to give protection to
q the roots and stiffen the tree against the
IS force of the wind. May %, had the
earth around the trees removed to the
n ground level, and find vigorous new
W roots. three to five inches in length,
q spreading in all directions from the
y ounce stock. The tops are also pushing
al rapidly, and in the whole planting
le three hundred trees there is not a
10 failure.
re 1t is easy to see what an advantage
et these trees have over those planted this
W spring, even under the most favorable
IN circumstances-for the latter. In spring
OF planting it often happens that long
period of cold weather and drying wind:
al follows the planting, and the trees gel
a seriously dried before the growing season
l opens, or dry and warm period comes
~ before the roots have acquired vig0l
w enough to sustain the tree; under such
ia adverse influence they either die or lin
lie ger along feebly all summer.
III We must take some risk in planting al
% any season, but, on the whole, l think
III the chances are in favor of the fall fol
v, hardy deciduous.
40 IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING MA
10 NURE.-The practice of keeping barn
~ ward manure sheltered from the weather
ID is continually gaining in favor with
# farmers. TO accomplish this object sue
70 cessfully covered sheds are found indis
r.. pensable. In England this plan is very
h widely practiced. The animals are fec
av and Uttered in covered stalls in which
cf the manure accumulates throughout al
no entire season. These stalls, ten fee
if square, are placed in shed of any de
r. sired length, open at each end, but whei
a occupied closed by doors. The stalls arr
fo separated by movable bars, so that wheI
a they are taken down wagon can b.
he driven through the shed to remove TIT
IN manure. The floors of the stalls ART
he sunk about four feet below the level
be the ground, and the cattle are not takel
be cut until they are sold or slaughtered
n. During this time the manure accumu
II lates, mingled with litter cut to length
ed of a few inches. As it is trodden dow
or closely the air does not gain access, ant
YER consequently it does not heat. 1t decom
nd poses gradually, being kept moist by tn
Il liquids discharged. All the fertilizin
elements are thus preserved without los
If from washing or evaporation.
m. The cattle fed in this way are not oni
ho fed with economy but maintained i
Nv rood health. They are daily carded, an
al Kept clean, and being we'll supplied wit
water manifest entire contentment. In
~. increased value Of the manure by thl
v ,es plan has been repeatedly proved. Tn
nj experiments of Lord Kennaird showed
of result Iva wheat equal 10 fifty-ive bushe
~. per acre with manure thus protected
be against forty-two bushels with commo
me barnyard dung; and in potatoes the yiel
per acre was four hundred and sevent.
- one bushels with protected manur
~ y. against two hundred and ninety-seve
aos bushels with the usual kind. These r
Ia suits clearly show that the gain in m
,mo nure by this method is much more tina
49, sufficient to counterbalance the ext
nj cost.
rst Hints for Homo Use.
in APPLE PUDDING..- Eigbtapplesg CRATE
far the same quantity of stale bread; thr
eggs; one and half pints of mill
lily sugar and favoring to taste. Bake OF
the hour in a slow oven. To be eaten wi
ye- cream.
this PoTATo SoUP.-Boil eight potato
1e': and one good-sized onion until tende
ms strain through sieve; add one quart
y milk, salt and pepper to taste, and near
cry one teacup of butter; put all In saut
llly pan and let it come to boil. Ser
ice, hot.
'; uo CHOCOLATE PUDDINa.-One-half ca
nds Vi Onooo sI hvstor tho s;ze