The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

that ne mas SOld III elBnu Hlontns, Hoh
two COWS, 537 pounds of butter, besides
the amount used in his family.
The most approved method OF catch
ing q sheep is to wait until the animal
gets behind and close to several other
sheep, then make a dash at its left hind
leg, catching hold of the leg with the
right hand above the hook.
To cure the scab or scurvy legs in
poultry, take lard and kerosene oil,
equal parts, to which add sulphur suffi-
cient to make paste; rub the legs with
the mixture till the scabs come away,
then smear with little olive oil.
The Lafayette Qnd.) Courier is au-
thority for the statement that seventy
five acres of the farm of Levi Slayback,
near Dayton, in that county, have yielded
the present harvest the handsome guam
tity of 3, $50 bushels as fine wheat as
ever was placed on any market
THE army worm is causing much alarm
in many parts of New Hampshire Ditch
ing proves to be the only effectual means
of staying their progress. Heavy stone
rollers, drawn 10y oxen, have been
brought into requisition to crush the
worms as they advanced.
WHEAT is very hardy plant, and it is
a mistake TO suppose that it is directly
destroyed by the cold of our severest
winters. Usually wheat is winter-killed
by alternate freezing and thawing, snap
ping the main root above where the feed
ing roots have put forth.
A VERMoNTER writes in favorof Guinea
hens as valuable in the way of guarding
the other fowls from hawks by day, and
polecats, cats, and human thieves at
night. A slight disturbance about the
premises sets these sentinels to giving
the watchword. and it is not easy to
quiet them until order is restored. They
are easily reared, and are invaluable in
this direction.
No animal is so badly abused as the
pig. The hired man thought it great
hardship that we required him to clean
their floor thoroughly twice day. But
he ultimately found it much the easiest,
as each daily cleaning was a mere
nothing. Pigs are naturally clearly, if
permitted to be SO, and when comforta-
bly, provided for, thrive better and fatten
faster; and one would think the farmer
would prefer to eat such pork to that
taken ont of manure hole. Country
Gentleman.
A RECENT writer advises sowing or
chard grass and clover in August This
is well If moist weather succeeds, so that
the young clover becomes well estab-
lished before winter Otherwise, if
small and backward the frost is likely to
kill it. AS the seasons are apt to be dry
rather than moist, iii the latter part of
summer and the beginning of fall, the
preferable way is to defer sowing clover
seed until spring, putting it out as early
as possible SO as to get the benefit of
what early moisture there may be. This
is the safe way; the other, as has been
sufficiently proved, is usually unsuccess-
full III the northern climate. Where
clover is sowed with orchard grass, plas-
ter should be applied to favor the clover,
which otherwise, on strong ground, will
be overcome by the grass, orchard grass
being one of the strongest growers.
-ChicdgO Times.
EVERY farmer, says the Count1y Gen
Hendn, has noticed that about the time
of wheat harvest, if the fowls are allowed
the run of the fields and barn-yards,
there is n material increase in the egg
supply. 1 think the second fact is the
natural result of the first. l have fed
corn, oats, barley, buckwheat, flax and
sunfower seeds, and have found nothing
equal to the whole wheat as food for
fowls. For young chicks it seems es-
pecially adapted. After two or three
DAYS of feeding on soft food the young
chicks will pick mp the whole wheat quite
greedily; and will thrive on ii as onnoth-
ing else. Growing chickens have large
demand for lime, ndespecially bone ma
terial, and this is more easily supplied in
whole wheat than in any other grain. If
wheat were 81 per bushel it would still
he the cheapest food for young chicks.
Farmers can, however, economic by
feeding wheat screenings and damaged
wheat, which, though unsaleable, is
nearly as good for chicken feed.
A TEXAS PLAN OF KEEPING SWEET Po-
TAToEs-Go into the woods and cut a
hollow tree, about six inches in diameter
and five feet long. Cut holes in the side
of this, and place one end i'll the ground
Lay straw all around the ''pipe," and, on
this lay potatoes, and pile them up in a
pvramidal form to the top of the 'pipe. :"
Then get straw and lay over them, also
corn stalks, pretty heavily, and throw ON
dirt until the pile is covered good-at
least six inches. Do not cover the top
of the pipe" for two or three weeks, SO
that the steam arising from the potatoes
can escape. At the first intimation of
cold weather cover the "pipe," but al
ways open it i'll good weather. To get
into this "bank," as we call it, simply
make hole in the south side to put your
hand III, but keep it covered also, "when
not in use." BY this method, small
family can, with very little trouble, keep
all their potatoes through the winter
Cor to the Fruit Farm.
KILLING LARGE WEEDs.-Some weeds
may be effectually exterminated by cut
ting off the stalks close to the ground
with a scythe. The proper time to do
this work is soon after they have attained
their growth, but before the seeds have
matured. The branches of some weeds
are CD close tn tho orrnYpI fbot fbaxr oo,,