The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-09

Tor celery ,and II applieo every otneF uhy,
during liz growing season, the stocks will
be crisp and Of mammoth size.
The French, and they are very sue
cessful chicken raisers, have light, porta'
bic coops which they move from place te
place over their farms, at one time set
upon the new ploughed fields and again
upon the grass lands.
Mr.. John Hoier, OF Bedford county,
Pa, In the Practical Farmer, urges farm-
ers 10 give the solling system a trial. He
says: l. II does away with fences. 2
Gives more farm land. 8. Great adyan-
tage in increased manure. 4. Can large-
ly increase the stock. s. Saves time in
always having the stock at home. w.
When made into thin solution like
whitewash, Portland cement gives wood
work all the appearance Of having been
painted and sanded. Piles Of stone may
be eel together with common mortar, and
then the whole washed over with this ce.
ment, making II look like one immense
block Of gray sandstone.
The Maine Farmer publishes an nc.
count Of Mr.. Ezra Totman's COW, from
which in ten months were sold 1850
quarts OF milk and 800 pounds Of butter,
besides supplying a family Of six persona,
We trust this has not been measured by q
guess: but don't we wish We owned her
and fifty nine others Just as good.
An old darkey has given US his rem.
edy for getting rid Of cabbage worms.
which lie 10 follows: he gathers lot Of
dog .fennel, puts It into barrel and
pours water over 1t, lets it stand about
twenty.four hours and then pours the wa.
ter on the cabbage, which will kill or
drivethe worms away Ceuetand Banner.
-Seibners Monthly describes French
method Of sending milk to the cities in
small tin packages, and in Connecticut it
is shipped in glass bottles. Philadelphia
requires neither Of these methods. As
good milk as was ever produced 10 sold
BY all the reputable dealers. No city in
The world is better served, and few 80
well. ~. ..-.....
The managers Of the Delaware State
Fair, which will be held at Dover, DEL,
the week beginning September %, have
offered q better premium list than usual.
The race track gets about half only Of
So, 500, instead Of eighty per cent as is
customary at 80 called agricultural fairs.
| We wish them particular success on ac-
count Of this division. 80
Dynamite Is being very successfully
used TO rid fields Of large stones and rocks.
It's advantage over powder Is that drilling
Is unnecessary. A hole IL made in the
ground under the rock. The discharge Ia
instantaneous, which skaters the rock
much finer than powder, though It does
not throw the fragments as far-eyidently
much greater conclusion, while less ex.
plosion. !,
"A correspondent Of the Chicago Til
bune says he has not for five years lost a
cucumber, melon or cabbage plant, his
remedy being to pour water into bar
rel which contains few quarts OF gas
tar, which impregnates the water, and
this Is applied with garden sprinkler.
II rain washes il of he repeats the ap-
plica,ion. He also asserts that it will
destroy or repel the Colorado potato bee
tie. I'D.
in 1857 Great Britain imported
about 81 100000 bushels Of wheat. In
1877 the quantity imported had risen TO
over l0O, 100000 bushels, or nearly three
times tile Imports Of 1857. The home
growth has ipcreared but slightly, and
the population has increased less than
twenty per cent. Hence the average con-
sum tion per head must be vastly greater
than It was, the explanation OF which is
the advance in wealth and the marked
rise In the earnings OF the working clas-
Bes.
We wish that farmers and all owners
OF fine or good stock within radius Of
thirty miles OF Amber, Montgomery
county, would give more attention TO and
take more interest In the cattle, sheep
and swine department. The Fair opens
on Monday, September %, and you have
seven weeks TO put In shape COW, a
choice heifer, a pair OF shoats, or what
YOU think best OF. One.ten.h Of the
attention 10 heifer calf that is uaually
given TO seven.dollar colt, with the
Jack. o'lantern hope OF Rarus, would in
two years give really choice COW, that
would be- Of immediate advantage to the
owner, besides the lesson to the boys on
the farm.
The Germantown Telegraph, in con.
menling upon the success Of growing
wheat the past two years in Pennsylvania,
approves smanuripg on top, and Mr..
IHepry Pugh SAYS that II 10 by far the
best. BE has just finished thrashing
eight acres Of wheat. The yield was 800
bushels, being 37i to the acre. The
Igrouud was frst plowed, then manure
hauled on, then narrowed and cross'har-
rowed, and then seven pecka TO the acre
drilled 10. In the spring as soon as be
could, be narrowed and cross.horrowed
with Thomas smoothing harrow, and
then sowed clover and timothy. He il
satisfied with his wheat yield, and says
the catch Of grass promises even better.
The American Glhivdtor thus enconr-
| ages farmers: AIN comparison with the
long.continued prostration OF their in
dustries and the severe depression oil
J general business, farmers may congralu'
late themselves that at least, through the
long hours Of toll and the practice Of
close economy, they have been able tc
secure the necessaries OF life for the sup
port Of their families and Themselves. A
bushel OF corn Is worth just as much to-
day 10 the feeding Of q family as ever II
J was, while Il will buy as much sugar OF
az many yards Of cotton cloth rs IN the
, average year, and It Is only when sold
for cash, or when applied to the payment
Of old debts, that the farmer really sui
> iers from It's low market value. Brighter
I days are coming and the severe lessons O
economy and struggle with debt vii
! have a salutary effect In avoidance Of new
T! liabilities in the future, and in making al
classes more cautious and more thought
!. full in their plans"
"a farmer bas a peryiceable, fairly
!, good, everyday mare, to which, from hel
faithfulness, he ia attached, and be decides
to raise a colt. In this country the far
mers do not read much appertainiug e
calling, and do not understand Tor, i
they do, do not use their knowledge) tina
: all breeding, to be successful, must bG
3 from improved males. But they do jus
the reverse they select cheap stallion