Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-09
AGRICULTURE.

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The South sends the most concentrated
and nutritious of feeding materials, cot
ton-seed cake, to foreign countries, and
sends North for portion of her needed
meat; and what is worse, allow a large
part Of the immense supply of cotton
seed to go to waste, for the oil is useless
as fertilizer, and the feeding of cake
TO animals. with large quantities ofless
nutritious materials, would double the
value of seed as manure, besides max
ing the cotton States cattle exporting
region. The waste of rural wealth i'm
this one article represents a sum that
would astonish the bnst informed farm
ers of the country. 1t is waste-One
of a numerous class-that "has millions
in it," The use of cotton-seed cake is
rapidly increasing in England; the re-
ceipts were 3i4 900 bags in 1873 and
2o7 600 i'm 1877. The value per ton
there now is Sc, 15s., representing a
decline on account of the abundance of
hay and low price of maize. The best
cargoes have averaged Is per cent Of
oil and AZ of flesh forming materials.
The agricultural Gazette, London, calls
this 1.-THE most valuable feeding stuff
imported" and claims that by liberal
use of it the English graziers can sue
cessfully compete with the American.
Cotton-seed cake is gradually displac-
ing linseed in that country. As the
seed of cotton weighs twice as much as
the lint, the utilization of l 900 pounds
for every bale, or about ?, ,300, 900 tons
per annum, would suffice to build the
Mississippi levees, pay for the jetties,
and make other demanded internal i'm
provements in less time than would be
required to get the money from the ma
ternal Government. in cotton seed COW
peas, various native grasses and several
other products of luxuriant growth in
that climate, the South has facilities for
productions of beef and pork to which
other sections of the country are stran-
gers. In this direction cotton may yet
aid in repairing the injury which, AS
an imperial monopolist, it has inflicted
on the agriculture of the South.
Buy SMALL TREES - Nurserymen
usually describe trees in their cata-
lo2ues as second class" medium"
first class" and extra" The differ
ence in these classes is principally, if
not wholly, in the size and height Of
the trees; and as most farmers desire
the best they suppose that the large
"extra" trees merit that description,
and hence order them. The fact is,
however, that a small tree will grow
faster and (if fruit tree) come into
bearing condition sooner than large
one and, as the NeV England Homestead
states, in half dozen years the tree
that was small when planted will be
larger and finer than the other.-The
larger the tree, the larger the roots the
less fibres there viii be upon them. 4
tree that has plenty of fibrous roots
will grow readily if proper care is used
in transportation: but no amount of
skill can coax a tree to live and -four
ish which is destitute of these little
ibres. The roots of large trees are al
ways more or less mutiiated in the pro-
cess of taking up, while small trees
sustain little injury from this source.
Dealers in trees assert that experienced
men bay small, thrifty trees, while
those who are just starting are anxious
for the largest TO be had. Those who
are to set trees the coming season will
do well to learn from the experience of
those who, at considerable loss TO them
selves, have demonstrated that small
trees are the ones 10 buy.
dark evergreens may be used with ef-
feet in extreme, and, if possible, north
west corner of the lot. They will pro-
tect and give character to the place,
and heighten the effect of the decidu-
Gus trees. A striking contrast may be
obtained by interspersing few white
birches among, and in front Of these
evergreens. They will serve, in this
case, to brighten the picture both win
ter and summer; though usually we
prefer not TO mix evergreen and decid-
uous trees. This harmonious and con-
trasting disposition of color requires
careful study, and even perhaps nat
ural gift. For instance, it is better to
introduce gay, bright colors in we'll
judged proportions. A few bright
colors of deep red, blue or yellow, will
have better effect dispersed here and
there about the lawns than in one great
mass. Introduce them, so that by
means of their different natures there
will be always during the season few
gay points in the picture.
LIGHT AND PLASTs.-Some successful
experiments to determine the precise
nature of the light which 10 indispen-
sable to growing plants have lately
been made in France. They show the
plants which are covered by red glass
will continue to grow, though not so
well as when exposed to common sun
light; but plants which are kept under
shades Of green glass cease to grow and
soon die.
WORKING oxen are often more useful
than horses, and of late have been too
much neglected. 1t should not be for
gotten that oxen require more time to
feed than horses, and ample opportu-
nifty for rumination should be given.
During winter oxen that work upon
the road ought to be shod. The cost
will be saved in the extra work done,