The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-04

ktns, weighing 45s pounds, an average Q
I IL pounds each; heaviest, 20 pounds
lightest, 1lrpounds; eight above x
each. 'll,'EGIS
DR.. A. NJ. Dick1R estimates the ann ual
poultry product Of Bucks county Penn
sylvania, at 8, 100000, not including re
ceipis for such eggs and birds as
are sold Tor breeding purposes at fancy
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Of Shawnee, John
son county, Kansas, says he has five
eighths short horn steer, twenty-nine
and q half months old, that weighs 9, 4lO
pounds, and II any stock can beat this he
would like to hear Of 1t. NO. n,
Mr.. JOHN MoRRlsoS, OF Harrington,
Me-, who Ia said to have harvested sugar
beets at the rate OF forty tons per acre, Is
reported as saying that he can make
money by raising this crop and hauling
four miles at 81 per ton.
| A MARKET gardener living about eight
miles from Boston on piece OF land less
than two acres, realized in 1879 from. the
products OF his farm $95S 81. This Is
more than is secured from many farms in
this country OF many acres in extent. ay.
WHEAT stepped in boiling water and
given hot, and hot baked potatoes crushed
with amasher, are as good food as can be
given to fowls at this season OF the year.
Allspice mixed with corn meal mush is
an excellent and inexpensive condiment.
PRoF.L. B. ARNOLD, OF Rochester, in a
recent paper on the dairy interest, said q
good COW ought to produce 5000 pounds
OF milk yearly. In this country, the aver
erage is only triae over half that, while
in Holland 10000 pounds Is a common
yield. is rti.f atp.l
; J.W. LANG, Of Waldo county, Maine,
once said that farmers clubs, market days,
cheap, untrammeled transportation, ditlu.
sion OF knowledge and cooperation are
among the most potent means Of Kidding
productive industry OF those parasites now
sapping its life blood. 1''f@ I'D
MODERATELY fat animals are the most
profitable. Every fat animal has been fed
at loss during the latter part OF its feed
ing. When an animals ready for market
sellit; II there is feed left buy some more
lean animals and feed them. "The MIN.
BILE sixpence" brings the profit. ~
A WRITER in the Country Gentleman says
that OF everything he has tried for the cure
Of roup in fowls, the best Is to take pull |
verified copperas and put tablespoonful
in three quarts OF water, and give 1t 10 |
them to drink. Should they not drink |
much in dayor two, mix itipto cornmeal
and feed to them. a,7 a' '-
Mn. MECH, tho famous farmer Of Roth.
England, says OF his balance
sheet for 1879: "This Is the first time in
the last fifteen years that my farm bal
ance, has been on the wrong side, and it |
proves to me how sad must be the .finan.
cial position Of vast number Of British |
ts... Ia. |
/ THERE has been fatal failure OF the
honey crop in California, and q partial
failure in some OF the other States. 1t Is
estimated that the product this year will |
not exceed halfwhat it was last year. The
foreign market for this article has been in.
creasing OF late years, and almost6 ,000, 900
pounds were exported in 1877. sa |
FLAX requires q dry, deep, lloamy soil,
under.drained aud SUBSIDIZED.
A long series otyears Of experience show
that fax should not be grown on the
same land oitener than once in five years,
aud that the best rotation is as follows:
First, grass; second, oats; third, potatoes
or turnips; fourth, wheat, fifth, flax;
sixth, clover. -.. -HI .'- . .ah