The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-05-22
.ARMERS' COLUMN.
FARM NOTES.

Ihe prospects Tor the lrulJ crop TINS year
~ reported to be excellent.
An increased acreage Of oats has been
,wn throughout Pennsylvania.
- The acreage of potat,es in Pennsylvania
ns year will be an average one.
J. II. Eshclman, near Beckersville, Berks
unity has set out $500 strawberry plants
= bis year.
Wheat measuring 81 inches was recently
vt on the farm of Amos Croft, in Conestoga
nOSpship, Lancaster county.
MGrino sheep ieed in hocks while NUT
op M southdown sheep separate almost as
Hnch ns herds Of cattle when feeding.
A small bug that is doing great damage
o the tobacco plants has made its appear
lnce near Martinvile Lancaster county.
Oats are the best feed for working horses,
they furnish more nourishment and flesh
3 making material than any other iood.
A case is reported from West Chester of a
row, belonging to John Harrar, of East
whiteland township, being hclplcssly para
ysed.
The April returns of the Agricultural De-
iaftinent show an increase in the area sown
n wheat of l3 per cent, and in the area
Aown in rye a decline of 6 per cent.
4 gardener recommends that TO keep
bugs of melon and squash vines a tomato
plant be set in each hill, saying that when
he had followed this plan, his young plants
were not molested.
Paint the inside walls ofa corn house
with coal tar, and it will drive woevils from
the corn. 1t costs but few dolla barre !
and barrel will last several yoIrs in hen
houses and corn houses.
Crawford county's chief agricultural in
dustry is cheesemaking, and this interest is
just now entering upon its active season.
There are some sixty or sixty-fve factories
Tn the county, and these are now beginning
operations Tor the summer.
Feed horses according to their age and
the work required of them. Full feeding
and little work disorders the digestive or
gans. Select only such hay as IS the best
quality, as that of inferior quality is dear at
any price, as there is no proper nourishment
In IT,
Forty. nine thousand dollars have been
subscribed toward the Agricultural State and
Fair Association of Allegheny county. and
S22, 900 more have been promised. 1t is
organized by the Chamber of Commerce Of
Pttsburg, and they are negotiating for a
tract of land near Homewood Station, for
which S32 900 is asked.
Moses Hiddleson has an apple tree grow
a ing on his farm, in West Bradford township,
Chester county, which is more than $50
j. years old. The old tree measures nine feet
in circumference, and has always been very
prolific, having borne fruit every year with
. in the recollection of Mr.. Hiddleson, who is
now over so years Of age.
1t is not generally known how easy it is
TO propagate most shrubs by root cuttings.
Roots the size OF q penholder are the best.
Cut these into pieces an inch long, and plant
them an inch deep in a cold frame, and they
will be six inches high and ready TO plant
by the time the garden plot is ready.
every garden. Every cook and housekeeper
knows the value of the little patch of herbs
upon which she makes such daily drafts in
summer, and which furnishes her with o
nice collection for winter seasoning, without
which the Thanksgiving turkey would lose
all flavor, while strong kinds are excellent
as medicine.
Mr.. John Rutter, in his book on peach
culture, says that "peaches can be grown in
Pennsylvania on scale commensurate
with the demands of our cities and towns
an orchard culture. in larger quantities than
they are now or can be raised in the mos
favored districts of Delaware or Maryland
and can be sent into our markets in better
condition and at a much larger profit"
herd OF $4,000 cattle are being driven
from Oregon to Montana. One hundred and
twenty mounted men do the driving, and
the outfit includes provisions, wagor 8, arms
and ammunition, 500 horses and forty dogs
The journey is made slowly, days trave
not exceeding nine miles, and the speed
VIVA OS lNsoehSh Wlltl Hbl MSdlueI NOlltcS bn
in order 10 keep the stock in good condi.
tion.
lfyou desire to get large yield of ricr
milk give your cows every day slightly salt
ed in which bran has been stirred at the rat,
of one quart to two gallons of water. You
will find, if you have not tried this daily
practice, that your COW will give 25 per cent
more milk Immediately under the effects o
it,, and she will become SO accustomed to the
diet as to refuse to drink clear water, unless
very thirsty.
horse biscuit is being manufactured in
Russia to take the place Of oats. II is made
Of crushed oass and the flour Of gray peas
mixed with hempseed oil aud salt, and /,
four inches in diameter, A days ration,
weighs about four pounds, aud is equal tc
ten pounds of oats The horses Ike the bis.
cults when soaked in water, ard if fed ex
clusively to them, though they lbge in 1esh
are still fit for iatiguing work.
Bud variation is fully recognized n. W
and new varieties are produced US well a,
from seel. giis Miller, writing from Bra
sil, says that banana which for years pr.
dueed reddish lruit one season sen. up
stem which bore yellow fruit, and believe,
that ell varieties of bananas nby have erig
Aated this way, as tn y do OF perfect seeds
All varieties of the sweet Io.atn in Americr
are 70 luced by bud variation, as the plan
doeS not flower under culture.
Wines for Females and InvaIids