The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-07-05
Agricultural Notes.

ln6 CANADIAN government has offered
Sl0, 600 for ten years, on certain condi-
tions, to the first sugar factory.
Ashes moistened with kerosene oil il
recommended for keeping striped buQs
from cucumber, melon and squash vines
A gentleman wishes to know how far
north the paw paw tree will grow and
ripen its fruit. Who can give the desired
information
At the present time heavy emigration
from the eastern counties of Minnesota
and neighboring States are moving to
the Pacific Coast.
The yield of maple sugar in Vermont
! is only about half what it is in average
years. The season was "short at both
ends" The quality, however, is excel
lent.
One of the South Carolina emigrants
to Liberia has returned. He says nearly.
one-hah of those who went out are dead,
and the rest are anxious to get back
MIR. Robert Salmin, of Lincoln town.
ship, Indiana, has q Cotswold eve that
recently dropped three fine lambs.
A hand-sieye, such as plastersrs use
for screening sand, is recommended for
sowing blue grass seed. The sieve is
held in one hand and the seed rubbed
through with the other.
However mnch poultry-fanciers differ
about the merits of the different breeds
Of fowls, all admit that the Dorkins have
the most meat ON their breasts, and are
the best mothers.
An honest Hibernian, in recommend
ing COW, said she would give milk year
after year without having calves. "Be-
cause, said he, st runs in the brade:
for she came from o COW that never had
calf"
Brazil sells about three-fourths Of her
coffee crop, or, In 1877, ], 800 600 bags,
to the United States, for which we pay
chiefly in gold, the gold balance paid in
1877 for Brazilian products amounting
to $45, 600 900.
Peafowl are worth the trouble Of keep
ing on farms for their beauty alone.
They may, however, be made the source
of profit 1t has become quite fashions
BILE of late to keep peacocks In parks, and
large prices are paid for them.
A farmers wife IN New York uses her
summer kitchen for q winter green
house. A coal fire in the house kitchen
supplies all the heat necessary for the
plants when the door between the two
apartments is allowed to remain open.
An agricultural exchange says: In
Holland, where sand is more plentiful
and cheaper than hay, it is used for bed
ding cows. From this it would appear
that hay is more plentiful and cheaper
than sand in most IL not all other coun-
tries.
Christian Jarvis, of Oswego, lent Isaac
Pierce horse The horse was taken
suddenly sick and died while in ar.
Pierce's possession. Mr. Jarvis brought
suit against Mr.. Pierce to recover dam
ages, which resulted in verdict Of no
cause for action.
A practice prevails in some of the New
England States Of giving to q COW to
drink the first mess Of milk drawn from
her after calving Injurious effects are
reported as the .esult of this, bat many
farmers contend that this is proper diet
for cows that have just dropped calf.
A Vermonter contributes to The NesD
England Farmer the result of some ex-
periments made by himin tapping maple
trees. He finds that sap is sweeter In the
early than in the latter part of the sea-
son. Sap drawn from near the surface
Ol t1c hFc6, WutEt Gu6 W0Oa Is WINE.
makes ight-coioTed sugar, but that
drawn from near the center, where the
wood is deep-colored, makes q brown
sugar. The higher the point from which
the sap is taken the larger the amount of
sugar contained In it.
A bushel of Brazil seed potatoes viii
not make as many plants as bushel Of
some other variety, hence it is not q
profitable one to plant for the sale Of
plants; but the plants are SO much
stronger and so sure to live, when prop
erly set out, and so productive, that the
plants grown from bushel of seed viii
produce as large crop as the plants
grown from o bushel of Nansemond. SO
that for the grower of potatoes, whether
to sell or to use, It is more profitable
than any other variety.
In this market green asparagus is pre-
ferred to white. In most European coun-
tries. however, only the white or bleach
ed is salable. When asparagus is OBJ
tanned by setting the plants several inches
below the surface of the ground and cut
ting them as soon as the tops make their
appearance and before they have been
colored by the action of the sun. Our
| method of cultvating this plant was I'M
ported from Europe where white aspar-
agus is in demand In growing green
asparagus the roots should not be COW
cred deeply.