The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-02

Iot 1910, then soWn win rye anu heeded
lwith. timothy. 1t produced large crop
OF hay last year, but q better one this
season, when thirty five loads, equal y, q
ton each, were taken of Of it. Mr..
Smith also uses about 400 pounds OF salt
10 the acre on his wheat, aud the same In
conjunction with manure, Is q top dress
ing 10 his grass lands. .ri.f -,.l,4
Corn loses one 9Th by drying, and
wheat one fourteenth. From this the es-
innate Is made that II Ia more profitable
for the farmer 10 sell unshelled corn In
the fall at 10 cents than at 81 a bushel in
the following summer, and that wheat at
81 .25 in December ia equal 10 Sl,50 in the
succeeding June. In case Of potatoes
taking those that rot and are Otherwise
lost-toRether with the shrinkage, there
Is little doubt that between October and
June the loss TO the owner who holds
them is not less than thirty three per
cent. '.rf
in 1920, the best mile time was
about tnln
In 1850, the best record, was ...........:....2t0
10 is4O, the best record made by the Dutch:
In 1850, the beat record, made by Lady SUI :,
iolk,
Ia. 1861, the best record, uIrde BY Flora TEN.
nls { =;
10 $50 the beat record; mad. By Dexter, Va .2l1h
In 1876, the best record, made BY Goldnnith
Maid, .....2lS
"A prominent farmer in Madison
County, Illinois, some two years since,
bought twenty Cotswold eve lambs, at an
administrator sale, for 81 per head. The
next spring be sold sos worth Of wool,
and in the fall following sold the ewes at
SIG per head-$320. He seems we'll sat.
isfed with the result, which figures thus /:
iro.s REQ, ssss
P.id for Sheep.
Paid for hAy.......s..................... 70 -.
Leaving for pasture and proat..-....... s2s
MILL Adams, in the Rural Amer.
lean, thus tells Of his experience in har.
rowing wheat In the spring OF 1877 alter
being badly winter.killed, mainly to Sc.
cure good catch Of clover: I" l received
a good catch Of clover while neighbor
who ridiculed my movements has plough.
ed his ground this spring for another
crop. BE seeded in the same manner,
The same kind Of soil without harrow.
Ing" There are hardly ten farmers in
Eastern Pennsylvania who harrow their
wheat, and yet II will increase the yield
from three 10 ten bushels per acre, besides
rendering the catch Of clover almost a
certainty. n
Some experimenters in feeding iod.
der corn report that the same Law which
governs the time for cutting rye, oats
and grass, 10 get the most milk, governs
corn. When in leaf before 1t tassels, is
the time TO cut to have the cows to
give the most milk from what they will
eat Of it. A lot OF cows that average
eight quarts day on sweet corn fodder,
tasselled aud sllked, when fed on gourd
seed corn in leaf, not tasselled, though it
stood elk feet high-olher conditions, as
far az l know, being equal-giye in aver.
age Of nine quarts per day. We have
always had best results In feeding when
fairly tasselled. Try both ways this sea.
son, and write US yourexperience.
j. Drain and irrigate. Q. Pillow
deep and loosen the subsOil. 8: Provide
good storage room for solid manure and
cisterns for the liquid manurea. 4.
Choose commercial fertilizers intelligen.
uy and do not use onein excess Of an
other simply because Others have used II.
s. Manure every crop which benefits by
II, and manure high. 9. Cultivate only
safe, paying crops and select the bsst Heed
for these. 2! Cultivate every crop upon
your fields and in the proper rotation.
8. Cultivate more and better fodder. 9.
Feed plentifully and OF the best fodder.
10. Breed stock and let no mere accident
control the increases. II. Support
breeding and feeding by proper care. IL.
Keep accounts. ...
One OF the most intelligent farmers
tells US that by soaking seed corn for
seven hours in very strong decoction oil
chloride Of lime, corn can be forced ahead
to maturity two or three weeks sooner
than it will mature otherwise beside, he
thinks Il renders the seeds almost proof
against the depredationS Of gophera.
The lime warns up the germ OF the seed,
and sends 1t up quickly, giving 1t two or
three weeks the start Of corn planted In
the ordinary way, thereby insuring II
against the frost Al the close 9th season.
For this latitude this IL very important
matter. OF course, II the seed 10 10 be
planted with a planter the surface Of the
seed will have 10 be dried off after taking
Il out OF the lime wAter..-Ldks CITY Lea.
der in Nianesola Farmer.
-Hellebore, lime, salt and similar
substances have been used with varied
success for the destruction Of cabbage
worms. Il Is now stated that bran and
buck wheat -four answer the purpose bet.
ter than any other remedies that have
been tried. The bran Is simply busted
over the infested cabbage as soon as the
worms make their appearance. II the
worms are very thick, about handful Of
bran is required TO each babbsge head
and sometimes II Is necessary 70 90 over
the plants q second time. A hundred
weight is sufficient for an acre. It must
be applied when the worms are young.
When they are full.grown or very strong
Il does not appear TO affect them. The
bnekwheat flour is sifled upon them by
means Of sieve In the evening or morn.
ing, when the dew is on the plants. II
one application does not destroy the
worms, q second one should be made, II
Ia probable that wheat -four, Zoe Indian
Meal, or other pulyerulent iarinAceous
substance, would have the same effect
Independent. ~
In reply to acOrrespondent who 4.ks
how much seed must be sown In seeding
au acre Of stubble with June and orchard
graSs mixed, for moving and not for pas
ture, the Nep England Fdrmsr says :
For land that is IN good condition, we
should SOW two bushels Of orchard grass
and one bushel Of June grass to the acre.
and II would be we'll 70 SOW on clover,
also, In the spring, II there Ii . prospect
that 1t would geIminate, a. all these
grasses mature nearly al the same season.
! Orchard grAss should be Sowu a. early In