The Osceola times., 1878-11-23
rarn Rahlses.

INV sust tuey hre mOIti cueutico Vi III
.ects and worms that depredate on gar.
den vegetables.
In England forty bushels OF wheat per
acre is not nm unusual yield, and fifty or
sixty bushels per acre Is often realized as
the result Of hign farming. Neyerthe-
less England is obliged to import each
year about l00,000,000 bushels in sddi.
tion to her own crop TO feed her people.
The latest In amusement line, and one
very popular among the Vermont far
mers, Is the Corn roast" The getter-up
invites his friends, builds a large fire in
the yard or field, around which all gather
and proceed to roast green corn on sharp
ened sticks, Songs, stories and jokes are
sandwiched In until weariness drives
them into the house.
A sHEEP's front teeth, the first year,
are eight In number, appearing all OF =
size. Second year two middle ones are
shed out and replaced by two much
larger than tie others. Third year two
very small ones appear -one on either
side Of the eight. At the end of the
fourth year there are six large teeth. At
six years all begin 10 show wear-not till
then. rfF
w. j. +. TELLS the Country Gentle
man that some of our best farmers intend
to SOW only four or Ave pecks OF wheat
per acre. Their idea is to grade the
wheat, selecting all the large grains.
This, they think, will give as good
seeding as two bushels sown in the usual
way. Using some concentrated manure
where the young plants can get 1t will
cause them to "stool" and cover the
whole ground.
the easiest way TO keep roads In good
repair Is by frequent scraping. This
alls all little holes, keeps the water of
the surface, and allows the travel to pack
the ground hard. A quarter or more Of
the road tax Of any district should be
used In buying . acraper, and in using
u just ct the right time. The bet time
for ecraping is soon after rain has nearly
dried on Every neighborhood which
has never tried this method will be sur
prfsed TO go how far a little work will 20.
Once tried, they will not abandon the
plan for any ether.
ONE Of our horses had tender feet for.
ward and was lame. Mr.. Van Guysing,
who happened to be at the shop while we
were getting him shod, advised having
shoes put on without calks. "Get the
foot - near the ground as possible, so
tnat horse can step onto natures calks,
the frogs" said he, "and the horse will
70 all right" Old Jim has not been
lame since this valuable advice was prac>
tically carried out. Another horse has
been lame = year; one blacksmith after
another had tried his skill, but all in
vain. At last shrewd fellow suggested
that the animal had been shod too much.
.These artists" he said, "have cut his
icet all away" This WAS not literally
true, but each one had pared and cut un.
I'll the naturally large feet were reduced
almost to the quick. BY preventing any
more cutting away this animal was
cured.
MANY pensons have remarked that
after having, as they supposed, protected
roses and other tender plants with straw
for the winter, they have come out from
under the cover In many cases worse
than those entirely expe-ed; and IL is
common to hear people with this experi>
ence say that protection is an injury.
But In many cases the injury is not from
the protection, but from the salt it con-
tains. Fresh strswy matter from stable.
yards Is one thing, aud fresh straw from
the barn another; and, while straw is a
benefit, rank fresh manure is an evil.
For small things dry leaves, with lit
tie earth thrown over, Is excellent.
Where the crowns of the plants are hard
and woody, the earth itself drawn over
lew inches Ia good; for larger things
straw or even o)rnssodder protects ad,
mirably, but should not be too bulky or
twined round too tightly, or it may
smother. But always beware of fresh
strawy litter from the barn yard. Thous.
ands Of young plants, especially young
evergreens, have been destroyed by it.
FAR less attention Is paid to providing
suitable roosting places for fowls and
chicks than Is given to host of other
less important matters connected with
poultry and poultry houses. We have
seen neat, tasty roultry-houses, which
apptar ID, from an outside view, to he the
most comfortable places fowls could
wish for, yet an inscription of the inside
revealed the ro1sts from FIVE to six feet
nBu-ssh wv niKn IOr uedVy IOWIa. In
"ye olden times" when the light bodied
fowls were to 90, 1t did we'll enough to
let them roost high, especially II the
hen-house was not csreiully ciossd at
night To prevent the visits Of predatory
rats, weaseis, and other animals With a
nstural relish far chickens in the rough.
Now We have heavier fowls, are more
particular In regard to the condition of
their plumsge, snd take more pains with
them, 70 these aerial roosting places can
readily Be dispensed with "A substitute
being readily found in the now-popular
roosting~ benches, witch can be made
with bat small outlay Of time, labor
and money, and are noveatls, permitting
the fhncIer 70 move them wherever
necssNxy. .Thsss benches can be made
ffo0 Twelve 70 sixteen inchss high, and Of
two By onc inch slats. There ID no regular
lsngth for these benches, from ave 10 six
tset being very convenient s'z., though.
II ~ eonpartmsnt b. not too wide, thev
60 - nade 10 conform TO the width Of
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