The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-29

Around the Farm

Around the Farm.
Dix quarts of SCOT TO hogshead o.
water makes a serviceable maj TO
watering forced plants-as we'll as fol
most bulbs, Towering plants and shrubs
-Americdn Garden.
My experience in planting corn Ina,
been that more can be raised per acre
where there is but one stalk in the hill
than where there are six; better two
than five; three than four; that is,
three stalks per hill give the best yield.
Prairie Farmer.
ABOUT seven years ago Mr.. Stratton
began to plant eucalyptus trees near
Haywards, Alameda county, Cal. He is
now selling railroad ties, telegraph
poles and frewood mt handsome figures.
One-tifth OF the trees are left standing
for future use.-Pacifc Rural Press.
The FIRST Foop FOR CHICKENS. -
just before the chick breaks from its
narrow cell, the last of the yelk is taken
into the stomach, which gives it the
strength to make its own grand effort for
freedom. This food will certainly last
twelve if not twenty-four hours after it
is free. During that time no other food
is needed only rest is required for the
little stranger after its exhausting labor.
Poultry World.
A SUGGESTION TO GRAPE PRIMERS. -
A correspondent of the ohio Farmer
gives as the results of his experiments
with grapevines that it is OF the greatest
advantage to prune them so as to have
the main arms as long as possible. He
has trained some to length OF twenty
four feet, and purposes letting them
grow longer. The advantages are that
much less summer pruning is required
when there is no time for it, they are
more easily protected in winter, and
they bear more and larger punches than
vines set closer together, covering the
same extent of trellis
In France a gentleman owned grand
country estate surrounding his mansion
were orchards containing fruit trees of
all kinds that could be acclimated,
about three acres III plums, which were
healthy looking trees, blooming each
spring. but none of the fruit coming to
maturity. He became Disguised and
turned the plum orchard into a chicken
yard, leaving the trees for shade. To
his profound establishment the next sea-
son the trees were fairly breaking down
with ripe, ull-matured fruit. The poul-
try had accomplished what man had ut
terly failed in-successfully battling
the curculio.
VENTILATION OF A SMOKE-HoUsE.-
But little ventilation is needed for a
smoke house smoldering fire that
will make a dense, cool smoke is what is
wanted. If there are any openings needed
for the admitting of air, to sustain the
necessarily slow combustion, they must
be very small, and may be Mt the bottom
instead of at the top, where smoke only
is wanted. Flies must be kept out by
all means, and, if any ventilating openings
are made, cover them with fine wire
gauze, and provide something to close
them with when the fire is not used. To
protect the meat the house must be quite
close and dark. Agricuitu-
rist
ONE pound of corn is equal as food TO
about three and three-quarters pounds
of potatoes, or eight and one-half pounds
of cabbage, or to eleven and one-half
pounds of white turnips Analysis gives
the nutritive value of corn to be, COM
DtlSu Will tiiuO VI Otto, 40 ~ 10 w w.
An average of several tables takes the
value of given quantity of oats to rep
resent 100, while the value of the same
quantity of corn would be 95, weight be-
ing identical in each case In practice,
one bushel of corn is equal to two of
oats for fattening, but oats are altogeth-
er better for the growing animals than
corn.
STANDING WATER.-A very important
work is to let off any water that accumu-
lates upon the surface. This requires
constant attention, and the use of hoe
or shovel Whether there is a crop in
the ground or not, it is equally necessary
to do this thoroughly, else the soil
is soaked and dries very slowly. The
amount lost through water remaining
upon fields would each year buy for
every farmer who permits it good
paper and more books than he could
well study in n year. Barn-yards,
especially, should be freed from water
the wash from the roof should be car
ried off before it has soaked through the
manure and dissolved out all the valua-
bic parts OF it.-Cdndda Journal.