The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-06
Around the Farm.

EXPERIENCE teaches us that the locust
cannot stand long-continued wet, cold
weather in spring. ---Kansas AdUance.
AS EARLY as the middle of June,
sometimes before, we have practiced
opening the hay harvest, and find when
feeding that the earliest cut is preferred
to the later by all the stock.-Ohio
Farmer.
A HoRTIcULTURIsT furnishes the fol-
lowing recipe to preserve all kinds OF
grain from the ravages of cut-worms,
birds, etc: One pound sulphate of iron,
one ounce aloes; dissolve in water
heated to 80 or 80 degrees, and pour
over one bushel of grain. Farmer.
The relative feeding value of man.
Colds and swedes depends entirely upon
the soil and prevailing climate of dis
trict. In the South of England, warm
soils, mangolds are superior i'll feeding
qualities in the northern counties, and
on cold soils. especially where good
deal of rain falls during autumn, swedes
are decidedly inferior to mangolds.-
Prof. Voelckei'r Letters.
JUNIORS ON Cows.-The usual cause
of swellings on the knees and thighs of
COWS is lying upon an uneven hard sub
stance. Jersey cows are more subject
to it than others, probably from the fact
that the skin is finer and more delicate
than others. Remove the cause, and in
most cases the tumors will disappear
bathing and friction will perhaps hasten
the absorption. -Massachusetts Ploac-
man.
The best time to cut wheat is when it
is in the dough state. The straw at this
stage is yellow ut the ground, and all
the remainder is still green, but is fol-
lowed by speedy change to yellow
throughout the whole length as it APP
proaches maturity. A large proportion
of the wheat of the country is permitted
to become too ripe before harvesting to
Secure the best results.-JOuruaJ 81
agriculture.
A SCARE Row.-A good way to keep
crows from corn-fields is to string ten or
fifteen kernels of corn on n long horse
hair (from the taiD, and crow will
swallow one of them, and the note of
alarm will be sounded, and it will be I'M
possible for him to dislodge the grain,
and in short time he will cut his own
throat by scratching at the corn and
hair /; and, i'll consequence of the noise
the crow makes, all of his companions
will leave the field and not pull up any
more corn that season.
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. This va
riety of turkeys is becoming more popu-
lar as the public becomes better acquaint-
ed with their excellent table qualities and
beauty; for certainly large, clean,
healthy white turkey is MS beautiful
fowl as anyone could wish to see. They
are pure white in plumage, with pink
legs, and of good size, though not so
large as the bronze, and yet large enough
for market and we are told are as hardy,
and stand our severe changes of temper
AZURE in winter better than any other
variety. The feathers are nearly equal
to geese feathers for sale, and will bring
almost as much if carefully selected, and
the large feathers stripped.
Journal and Record.
WATERING GARDENs.-When the
warm, sunny days come and our gardens
look dry and parched, we are 80 strongly
tempted to use the watering pot that we
frequently yield, and so injure the plants
that we are striving to benefit. If we
attempt to water our fower-beds at all,
we must do it thoroughly. Wait until
after sunset, and then pour on water un-
til it seems ready to run off. Let this
soak into the ground and then water
again. Finally, spread freshly-cut
grass over the beds /; this covering will
tend to keep the ground soft and moist.
The usual method of sprinllling the
! dower-beds slightly only tends to make
the surface of the ground hard and dry,
thus excluding air and moisture
Western Agriculturist