The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-08-04

In the Northern and Middle States
the COW pea IN agriculture is but little
known. II has no place among our
commonly grown crops, and no ade
quate estimate of its value or utility In
Northern husbahdry is, therefore, ehA
tertained. At the South il has been
grown for long time, and there occu-
pies about the same relation to the agri.
cultural pursuits of the people that
clover does in the Northern States
There, it is highly esteemed as fodder
crop, and Justly so, for il is invaluable
in Southern husbandry for forage. for
seed, or for n manurial crop. Its value
and adaptabiliiy in restoring fertility
to worn out land have mainly given It
the prominence it has achieved, but
this does not constitute all the valu-
able qualities it possesses. Not long
since our Maryland namesake referred
to the notable case of the late J. Hew-
lett, of Baltimore county, who had made
several hundred acres of poor land rich,
chiefly by the use of COW peas. That
gentleman frequently gave the results
of his experiments with this vegetable
in the columns of our contemporary.
which attract much notice.
One of the most important recon-
mendations ofthis crop is its adaptable.
ity to poor or woTn-out land. The
plants grow well where nearly every-
thing else fails, giving either forage or
seed in fair quantities, and affording, as
we have before indicated, ready means
for bringing such land to fertile con-
dition. Our purpose, however, is not
to detail the methods which have been
found the most successful to accomplish
this object, but to refer to the value of
this plant as a forage crop. In the
older portions OF the Northern States,
1t is well to consider the relative value
OF all forage plants which are worth
cultlvating, both as to their feeding
qualities and habits of growth. We are
pleased to notice that prominent farn-
or in New York tried COW peas for this
purpose last season, and his experiment
leads him to the confident belief that
they will be largely grown at the North
as soon as their value has been discov-
cred. The seed was sOwn early in June,
in light sandy loan; the season was
favorable, AID they were cut in Septem-
Der. They were eaten greedily by cows,
and there was considerable gain in the
quantity of milk obtained.
Comparative analyses show that they
are richer in albuminoids than green
corn fodder, and while they are not
quite equal to red clover, they are well
worth cultivating rs a change food, for
of these crops we have not enough.
They grow very rapidly, making dense
mass of foliage in ninety days, killing
out other grow hs, and completely
shading the ground from the sun. We
shall be pleased to have the views cl
Southern readers, who have cultivated
this crop, upon its usefulness and value
their methods of cultivation. not only
for fodder and for seed, but as the chic
recuperative clement in the restoration
to fertility ot unproductive soils
Prairie Farmer
Thinning Fruit.
In good bearing season there are bu
few trees that do not bear too many
specimens TOR their full deve opment ir
size and flavor. Some of the fruit will
be smooth, fair and uninjured, whil,
some will be distorted, scabby and al
most valueless. By removing thes,
knotty specimens, which can never bC
good for much, the smooth aud perfec
ones will have chance to develoJ
themselves, and while the increased si3l
will prevent the number Of bushels from
being diminished, the improved ap
pearance, as well as the quality, will
fully compensate for all the labor be-
slowed in thinning.
In picking off apples. remove firs
those that show by the borings at tn
blossom end that the coddling worn
has taken up its abode inside, and theI
il there are too many still remaining
remove the small ones. Every fruit
seller knows that it is the good-sized
fair fruit that is eagerly caught up il
market, while it is the small, indiffer
ent, knurly specimens that go begging
for a customer. AS a rule, we thinl
trees should rarely be allowed to bear 81
heavily as to need supports to tn,
branches to prevent breaking down
Any tree that is liable to have it
branches split down from its load O
fruit is carrying more fruit than is wei
for the tree or good for the fruit
LeWistou Journal.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Quicklime is destructive to worms
slugs and the larvae Of injurious in
sects.
In feeding bran to stock we obtain
return almost equal to its cost in tn
active quality OF the manure.
Ten bushels of spent tan bark mixet
with two bushels OF guano make an ex
cellent compost for potatoes.
Dr.. Heath says that tuberculosis o
consumption in COW is transmissabl
to the person who consumes the milk.
A bullock when slaughtered yield
about fifty pounds of blood, which 70
fertilizing purposes is worth twenty tiv
cents,
1t is said that newly laid eggs may b
kept fresh for two to four months b
packing in clean old oats and storing il
a temperature OF thirty-six to forty dc
groes.
Bran or middlings mixed with whe
and fed to pigs keeps them in excel ller
health, and if mixed with little bal
ley meal makes tue sweetest and best {
pork.
Alta recent farmers meeting speakt
gave n recipe for making farming pa
as follows: "Have but one business
and get up in the morning and see to
yourself"
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