The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-06-13
Agricultural Notes.

Very weak lime water will kill worms
in flower pots.
Half pint of lard, melted in pint of
new milk, given warm, will remove cos
tiveness.
| For bruises or sores, boil smart weed in
chamber lye, add little soft soap and
wash twice q day.
| According to the statistics of the adver-
tising agencies, the entire circulation of
agricultural newspapers is about 100000.
Fifty-three per cent. of the population of
| France are engaged in agriculture. OF
| this number one-fifth cultivate their own
property.
A solution of carbolic acid in 800 parts
| of water has been found effective for scab.
A strong decoction of tobacco is good
wash also.
Minnesota is destined to pass all other
States in the production of wheat, and
Minneapolis is already the greatest four
ing center in the world.
For throat distemper, CRATE fine small
green wild turnip, or, if dry, give heap
ing spoonful, mixed with bran or oats.
Never fails. Good for cough, also.
A few drops of ammonia added to GAL
all pots of flowers will do much good and
keep the pots and earth from souring.
Potatoes cut ten days or two weeks be-
fore planting, and sprinkled with plaster,
will sprout earlier and grow better than
when cut and planted on the same day.
In Matching turkey eggs sprinkle them
the last two weeks slightly every other
day with water that has had the chill
taken off. Some moisture seems to be
necessary for turkey eggs.
Coarse fodder, such as corn butts, straw
and over-ripe hay, is improved one-quar-
ter to one-half of it's value by steaming
before feeding. But the gain in steaming
good hay is inconsiderable.
Liberal feeding is true economy. The
aim should be to induce animals of all
kinds to eat all they have good appetite
for and can digest, by changing food and
also methods of preparing it.
A small quantity of superphosphate
dropped upon potatoes when planting in-
creases the yield, and is remedy against
worms and insects, by which scab and
other diseases are produced.
Recent calculations represent that the
Italian workman receives IL and 20 per
cent. of the profit of his work; the
Frenchman AZ per cent; the Englishman
so per cent, and the American 72 per
cent.
Get the best and never keep poor COW
the second year. No man can afford to
keep cow that will not make from 200
to 220 pounds of butter, or its equivalent
in cheese, every year. Lastly, make the
very best article and get the top of the
market. This is dairy economy.
A successful dairyman feeds his cows
night and morning the year round, and
in each feed puts a teaspoonful of salt.
He considers this method of sailing COWS
preferable to the usual one of giving ami
mails salt once or twice week, and thinks
his method adds largely to. the amount of
milk given.
Every family finds more or less bones
accumulating. Burn them with your
wood, and the ashes thus enriched is one
of the most valuable of all fertilizers.
Money cannot buy an article which will
an sertilize your soil. Bones thus con-
sHmed will quadruple the value of wood
ashes, which in themselves are among the
best soil-enrichers.
People say that Smith is lucky dog"
because his crops are SO much better than
his neighbors'. There's no luck about
it. Smith is a lucky and thoughtful
farmer. He selects his seed with care
he drains his wheat field his fences are
sound and keep out trespassing cattle.
Thrift upon farm depends upon thou.
sand little things, and Smith doesn't neg
lect them. That's the cause Of his success.