Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-22

FARM NOTES.

State in the Union, aggregating 2S,-
6O7. 1919 bushels, while Wisconsin
stands second in rank with "a, 375, AS
bushels.
The american Agyiculturist says
the Jersey red pigs grow rapidly to an
enormous size, but the flesh is nearly
aIl fat. Where this is not an objection,
this is peehaps the best breed for one
who desires to procure heavy pigs at
an early age.
Land which without the applica-
ton of manure will give a yield of
fifteen bushels of wheat per acre will,
by the addition of eighty pounds of
nitrogen, in q favorable season, give
from thirty-fve to forty bushels OF
wheat, with proportional Increase Of
straw
Hay that has been cut late may be
improved by curing it in the cock in
stead Of drying it in the SUM- Being
comparatively dry when cut it is very
soon cured and if put up in cocks as
soon as it is thoroughly wilted, it will
heat and steam and become much soft
ened, and will remain greener than in
the swath.
The stock kept upon farm affords
the owner q ready contingent market
for all the grains and grasses raised
and this market is never overstocked,
but the demand is always greater than
the supply. Cultivated fields are sub
ject to wear and tear, and, like the man
require replenisbing with food. The
best way to furnish it is to consume
all that is raised on the farm in fact,
this is the only way to make the land
respond literally to our behests hence
the farmer has q double inducement,
and should act upon the suggestions
that point out the right way,
MANY fruit growers make the mis-
take Of allowing tree or vine to carry
to maturity all Of the fruit which sets
sfter blossom, the consequence, in most
cases, being large yield of inferior
quality and size. Careful experiment
has shown that the results have been
more profitable when the system of
thinning out the young fruit at least
one-haf has been adopted, producing
large, fine, perfect specimens, which
will always command q remunerative
price. even when the market is glutted.
Apples, pears and peaches should re-
ceive this attention before they become
larger than ordinary marbles; grape
clusters may be thinned while in bios
som, and plum trees, by vigorous
shaking, can be relieved Of their un-
necessary surplus.
A very successful way of destroy
ing ants ~ by taking . vial or saucer,
nearly filed with sweet or olive oil,
and sinking it in the ground near the
ant hill or their runaway, 80 that the
rim is about even with the surface OF
the soil. The ants are very fond OF
the oil and will seek it, but it is sure
death 70 them. We recommend the
use 81 coal oil diluted in water to
destroy insects. This substance seems
to ID very destructive to insect life,
and IT. use for this purpose is rapidly
extending. A tablespoonful to two
galIons Of water II the ordinary mix
ture, and It IL said will kill mealy bugs
and I'll the insects which ordinarily
infsst .plants. The oil il sometimes |
used With the soapsuds Of whale-oil
soap. The best method to apply 1t is
with syringe.-Vick's Magazine.
"A correspondent Of the Massachu- |
setts Ploughman gives the following
cure for collie in horses, which is con-
venient ct all times and easily applied.
He says be has never known it to fail !: /
Spread teacupfull or more Of fine salt
on the back of the animal over the
kidneys snd loins, and keep it saturated
With warm water for twenty or thirty
minutes, or longer II necessary. If the
attack IL severe drench with salt water.
have valuable bull, weighing nine
teen or twenty hundred, which had
severe attack Of collie year ago last
summer. / applied salt TO his back as
above, and, Il being difficult to drencb,
We put wooden bit into bis mouth,
keeping it open about two inches, and |
spread salt upon his tongue, which,
together with the salt on his back,
relieved him at once, and within a |
very short time equilibrium appeared
fully restored. / have for several
years past successfully applied this |
treatment to other animals in my herd.
The very high price which farmers
frequently have to pay for cloverseed |
should induce them to save at least q |
sufhciency for their own support, and |
undoubtedly, n well followed up, make
It very profitable business as money
crop. A farmer, who Is vouched for
rs one Of the best cloverseed savers,
gives the following hints as to the
saving Of the seed '1The second crop
Is for the seed, and is really fit for no
other purpose, as 1t salivates the stock
fed on II. The best time to cut for
seed II very nice point to determine.
It should be cut when majority of
the heads turn brown, and before any
begin TO shed on the little seed pods,
each Of which contains a seed. Cut
the second crop Of clover just as
though IL were for hay, rake it into
windrows and let 1t lie and take one or
two showers; then put it into very
small cocks while damp, about one
good pitcbforkful in place, and when
II is dry put into sacks and cap with
something that will turn water, or
what IL still better, II you have shed
or barn, put II there and let it remain
until you get buller TO take it out for
you. Let our farmers save all the
cloverseed they can, and thus help to
make thousands of dollars for the
State, now sent out each year for
cloverseed TO SOW"
An old farmer says: "All farmers
! have known have granaries or corn
cribs with lath floor and sides, just the
thing to put fresb-dug potatoes into.