The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-17
RARM

Farm NOTES.
TaE fall wheat in Fayette county, Pa,
Is higher than y usually !, and than 1t
should be$in April.
THE Doyles.own pa Agricultural So
ciety has declared dividend Of 4 per
cent ,on the capital stock for the past
year.
A sTocE.KEEPER reports curing many
bad warts on cattle and horses, during
several years, by application to each Of
THR Indiana Fdrmer says that as an eyi.
dence Of the greatly increased interest IN
sheep-breeding in that State, over 100
Young rams ofimproyed breeds were sold
at the last State Fair held in1ndianapolis.
TIE Washington county (Pa.) farmers
as q general thing seed down the GROUND
from which q crop OF corn has been gain
cred, which, where 1t q be done, ls
heavily MANFRED in the spring ior the
corn crop, and then in the fall, with
application Of some fertilizer, the Held Is
seeded down and generally produces .
good crop Of wheat the year following
THE Connecticut experiment station "a
about commencing o series OF expert
ments for testing thoroughly the different
methods OF setting milk TO obtain the best
results as to cream, and, II possible, 70
arrive al g definite conclusion, so that the
butter makers may have sufficient data TO
enable them to work with some degree OIL
certainty in the production OF butter.
SPEAKING Of pruning, an exchange says:
Trim moderately every year, but not
heavily oitener than once in three years.
Pruning may now be done at any. time
when the days are warm; cut oil no limbs
that are over an inch In diameter. It.you'
IA not understand pruning yourself, have
Il done by competent person, but DO not
send an ienerant hired man into your
orchard 70 cut and hew at will,
WALDO says in the Ohio Farmer that he
remembers one year making Q very large
proftfro an acre OF land, managed In
this way: He first grew . crop OF Tom
Thumb peas, which matured In time ior
cucumbers for pickles, and then he grew
500 bushels Of turnips, sowed broadcast
among the cucumbers. He found that
these crops will mature without crowding
each other, II properly managed.
THESE frosty mornings and chilling
winds are laden with rheumatic pains,
which are apparently layished without
stint on aged people. In absence ola bet.
ter remedy it will be found that equal
quantities OF kerosene oil and turpentine
applied warm TO the afflicted part will do
much toward relieving pain: All rheu-
matte people should wear hannels, not
only in winter, but all summer 700, Il
then they are afflicted.
DE-. J. II. PREyosT has found that rain
removes much more matter from ~ IN
lcropped than from a cropped soil. He
placed three inches Of soil In two glazed
earthenware pans seventeen inchesin dt-
ameter. Four grammes of white clover.
seed were sown in oneSof the pans, and
the other was left withoutany stimulus to
vegetation. Both pans were exposed from
July 81 to October 4, and then the drain.
age water was collected and analysed
with results which warranted the above
conclusion.
FARMERS who spread on,a thin coat OF
twelve or fifteen loadsof manure to the
lacre, and expect to raise q good crop,
lwould be astonished to see the quantities
oil, the best kinds Of manure which mar.
ket gardeners often apply to an acre Of
Hand near the cities. What would they
say to the application lof $500 worth OF
horse manure to a single acre2 Two or
three hundred dollars worth Of manure
per acre is a common thing among mar
ket gardeners, and they find their account
in so doing, too. ,ppt
AMAHE farmer gives the following
opinion as to the best position to plant an
orchard: "WereI Ito plant an orchard and
had two locations-one in y valley, sur
rounded by hills, except on the south side,
and the other on q high elevation, ex-
posed tc high winds-I would choose the
latter in preference to the former. The
same holds good In regard to peach or
lchards. Agreat Objects TO keep back the
blooming as long as possible, and this can
best be done In northern exposures with
out shelter. j.
IT has been said bya farmer that he
prefers calves for raising dropped in Sep.
Itember. Such calves escape the heat,o
the summer, andduring the winter season
they can be pushed with grain, and in
the spring are ready for young grass as
soon as 1t appears. 1t will be noticed that
professional breeders in some cases SO.
regulate the age OF calves that they APP
peargat the September fairs as calves when
In reality they are within q few days OF
being yearlings, and also as yearlings
when thew are close to two years old.
HrSs fed on clean. sound grain, and
kept on alclear grass run, give much finer
favored eggs than hens that have access
to stable and manure heaps and eat all
kinds Of filthy food. Hens feeding on fish
and on onions flavor their eggs according
", the same as COWS eating onions or cab
lbage, or drinking offensive water, impart
q bad taste to the milk and butter. The
richer the food the higher the color ofthe
eggs. Wheat and corn give the best color,
while feeding on sbuekwheat makes them
colorless, fnakingthem unfit for some con-
dictionary purposes.-Pcuhy yard.
A HOUSE may seema strange!place fora
covey Of partridges to spend the winter,
vet, IN the third story ofthe residence Of
Henry Meyers, OF Thornbury, Delaware
county, two dozen Of these pretty little
birds are. located for the winter season.
They were procured from the South, a few
weeks ago, and will be turned out In the
spring to breed and domesticate them
selves in the thickets and meadows OF Mr..
Meyers farm. BY way Of experiment, in
the spring Mr.. Meyers and his neighbor,
Frank smedley, intend TO procure 0 num-
Der Of prairie chickens eggs, for the pur-
peseo Of raising this game on their own
farms.
WHEN the drawing powers Of q public
entertainment, whether dramatic or ora
~torical, are so very slightly magnetic as to
attract a house Of only two persons, it is