The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-05
FArM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


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thin skinned, bright colured sample,
such as brings the best price ia the mar.
krt A tFiable, clean, mellow, dry.
limestone clay loan is perhaps the best
soil, but some lighter soils, that arr
warm and rich viii produce good bar
ley The Hull must be- thoroughly work
cd, and free from Weeda Barley should
nlvayb be drilled. and the seed placed 81
ah even depth below the surface There
Is no better crup with which TO soN "
clover
Oats will succeed upon suils where
barley would fail. A rough sod and a
moist soil viii grow good oats; il is the
best rpring crop for reclaimed swamp
or newly broken clayey mea,lDw. Two
aud "a half bushels II seed per acre is
light seeding. three bushels, II drilled,
or three aud half, If broadcast. is
sometimes soWn with good results. fhe
thick seeding yields a finer stalk, which
makes a more mble fodder than
siUuter stmW.
Oats and peas, sown together, pro-
duce a very nutritious fodder. The tNo
crops together. M on one acre Of good
soil, viii yield nearly, II not quite, ar
much fodder as Wunid an acre - each
sown separately. We have sown two
bushels of oats and SIX pecks Of peas 10
the acre II s1wu early, the fodder may
be cut Tor sJIling cuWs or horses ia May
or june, and a succession for continuous
use may hc soWu every two weeks until
early In May. Roll the ground after
sowing, ~ that the crop NAV be cut
With a mower, which may easily be done.
as ihe oats support the peas and prevent
lodging.
Other fodder crops are barley and
uares, ur yetches. spring rye,
and IN the Southern States the ooWpea
may he addcd 10 these. A fev Acres oi
some early fodder crops viii be found
very useful for feeding green. or for
cutting uud curing for hay.
PorAroEs. "A Earlier planting than
usual viii bee advisable. Pew plant
early enough, and DOW that the Colorado
beetle is around very early. il viii bc
well Ia get the start uf him. We have
planted as mtun an thc frost was ont ui
the ground and the sul dry, without
needing occasional night frusts When
the potatoes appear above ground, an
inch a.. earth thrown over item with the
hoe. OF a light fuuow. wall be sufficient
profession. and II ihe tops are n.pped,
the plants Wlll sproui again.
Tm CoLuUADo BEETLE Where this
pest has been around for years past. il Is
not feared. No one thinks II being
much troubled about il. Yet We hear
farmers ask Shall We plant any po-
tAtoes tins year OF not e Potatoes must
bee RAISED. even u the beetle has 10 be
fought. and paris green is a safe and ef-
feci.ye remedy when properly used.
WINTER WmrAr AND RYE.-These
crop, are much improved 10y narrowing
II the ground is dry, the plants viii -
bc harmed. but the crust will be loosen
cd earth viii be drawn over plants
that have been heaved, ami the just
starting weeds viii be killed The
Thomas harrow, having light, slauting
teeth, Is admirable for this work, but
the common harrow may be used instead
Of iL--iYricui'Ursst.
\ Cheap Feed fsr CaItir.
A Maryland farmer has prepared what
he calls cheap food for cattle. He
sowed land IN corn. and the first Of Oc-
iober. when il WAS IN tsssel, he had It
cut down with q reaper and passed
through the ordinary process oi chop
ping. using for that purpose an ordinary
feed cutter. The fodder thus produced
WIS mixed with straw ia the proportion
oi fuur-dtths corn fodder o. one-fifth
straw. IL WAS then put in trenches.
tramplcd down. aud covered with earth.
The fodder remained ia this state until
last Christmas day. when the trenches
were opened and the fodder taken ont
and fed "a the cattle The fodder WAS
found o. Toe IN a. perfec. a stat of pres
ervation as when il was first put in, and
the cattle seemed 30 relish il from the
first. and now prefer il to am other kind
81 feed The cost of produc ng this fod-
der was only Rb0ut one dollar a ton.
which is only unr-twontieth a. much as
the cost Of timothy hay. which is not
equal to il in any respect. II the land
is planted early IN the spring, twenty OF
thirty tons can be raised to the acre, but in
France the iandis highly mAnured and the
corn is sowed only two feet apart, which
often makes the Weld as high as eighty
tons 20 the acre. The same land can
af,erwari be planted in barley, and loses
none Of It's strength by the planting Of
the corn, rs il is principle in agriculture
that the strength Of the land is only lost
in the formation Of the gram By the
use Of tins fodder every farm of one hun
drcd acres planted with ten acres Of this
fodder, would he able 10 fatten one hun
dred head Of cattle during the winter,
which would yield 8 profit Of fifty per
cent. besides the immense advantage of
having such an amount of stable manure,
which in itself, If utilized. would pay FOR
the fodder thus used.
The advantages Of this method is best
shown by comparison between the cost
Of production Of this fodder and the cost
Of timothy nay
phosphatcs, ten Acrcs at tsl6.............s sl60
z. a s.-. G .-f- H.