The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09
FARM NOTES.

Pres that have been raised on milk,
grass, clover, tubers, and roots, till they
weigh $50 or 200 pounds, are generally
healthy. They are then In good condi-
ton 10 fatten.
PLASTER scattered over the floors of
the chicken house is a powerful absorb
emit, preventing the smell which arises
from the droppings.
THERE are one hundred and fifty named
and described varieties of wheat, and
vet one-half the people who grow the
grain don't know the d-ifference-such
is the lack of training in the natural his
tory of plants.
MmK1Sa.-The best time for this is
either before OF after feeding. Never
milk while the COW is eating. When a
COW has once acquired the habit of feed
ing at milking time she ,will often refuse
to let down her milk unless food is be-
fore her.
WHEAT IN WEsT.-The continu-
GUS wheat growing in the West, followed
as it is by burning the straw, is certain,
sooner or later, to result in exhaustion of
the soil. A crop of Indian corn, when
wheat shows signs of tagging, is gener-
ally sufficient to restore the fertility.
THE New England Farmer remarks
that cider made late in the season and
stored in a cold place, will keep sweet
because active fermentation is prevented.
IF it is rich and sweet when it comes
from the press, and care is exercised in
making it from good, sound apples, it
will not become soul if kept in o moder-
ately cool cellar, in a tight cask O in
bottles.
A NERVOUS, excitable steer is not as
profitable to feed q a Emphatic one
with q broad, deep, chest, for this last
is seldom disturbed by anything-he
feeds well, sleeps well, and fats well. 1t
is just thirty years since the first Jerseys
were brought to this country. They are
making q great change in our dairy in
more apparent in the ensuing ear.
The CABBAGE WoRM-To save his cab
| bages, and as an experiment, Mr.. How
ard tells the Fruit Record thath ne mixed
four quarts of air-slacked lime, one quart
of fine salt, and q quarter of a pound
| each of red and black pepper. When the
dew was on he applied this mixture by
means of a large-sized tin pepper-box TO
| 400 cabbages, that were doubtless as
wormy a lot as could be found. He gave
them but one dose, but it did its work so
effectually that there has been no further
trouble on account of these destructive
pests.
Corn STUBBnE.-Fields that have been
cleared in time should be plowed in read
mess for early sowing of oats in spring.
1 re 49, - ILL., H. a0-,, 4,n yk,,11
may be plowed at once and sown with
rye. Three or four bushels should be
sown to the acre. This rye will furnish
q heavy crop of green fodder next May
or an excellent early pasture in the
spring, or may be plowed under as a
green manuring. In either case the ex-
pense of the seed, which is the only out.
Llay, will be many times repaid in the in
crease of the following crop.
SHEEP IN WNTER.-Sheep need free
dom of action and variety of food more
than any of our domestic animals. Ii
winter they require shelter only agains
heavy rains and melting SHOWS, as eve1
a cold storm is better than a heated barn
at least for Cotswolds. A rough shed
facing the south and capable of being
closed during the rain and snow storms
is quite sufficient. They should then b,
kept in small focks, have spacious yard
to roam in, and at all times, except dur
ing the storms, fed in racks out of door
in ordinary weather. Where cold storm
are rare, and the ground is free from
heavy snow, artificial shelter is hardl,
necessary, for Cotswolds at any rate.
:, How TO FEED.-The trouble with mos
persons who keep horses, no matte
whether on a farm for farm work or fo
driving purposes, is they feed too nue.
7 hay; and to this can be attributed til
, general sluggishness often manifested b,
r the horses until they have been workini
, a couple of hours, while their wind i
' also much impaired. Night is the onl
time when hay should be fed, especial
to animals used for quick work; even til
slow pillow team should have but littl
hay at the morning and noon feeds, bu
give them a generous supply at the ever
ing meal. By doing this your horse
will keep in better spirits and condition
: and free from any tendency to 'pc
belly" which horsemen so much dislik
to see.
REMEDY o BLIGHT.-Joslah Hope.
Weschester, Pa, a veteran author, fru
grower. and experimenter, in the Aaner,
can Garden, says: "No sure remed
can be suggested to prevent the bligl
in the pear o the yellows in the peacl
| but the following are no injurious an
: are certainly beneficial: Wash the bodie
of the trees as well as the larger branche
with ordinary thin whitewash or soal
suds. Top-dress the soil beneath wit
weak lime, good rich compost, III
| bleached wood ashes, &C., any refu!
decaying vegetable matter, in fact, tn;
will furnish food for your trees. A sligl
dressing of salt used sparingly also o.
swers an excellent purpose, and SOM Gu
! t~ivators recommend ground bones an
others iron filings. A heavy mulchir
with muck is beneficial to all young tree
USES FOR SALT.-A writer in the r
, rat Ne,O Yorker says that the salt que
Q ton is always on the carpet, and while
5 is very certain that salt is not a manu-
: it is equally certain that its applicable
is a decided benefit. The retardatit
and often complete ruin of crops by j
sect depreciation is well known, but it
: not at all appreciated to its full exter
4 Salt can act but in three ways bene
4 cially. It attracts moisture and hence
: useful in dry seasons; it drives away j
sects, and therefore, is useful in all SCI
ons, and when thoroughly dissolved
Q heavy rains it acts by assisting inert
Y insoluble material to become fit for pla
b food. The first mode is a slight ga
g not enough, though, to pay for the sa
g the second is very valuable, paying !
the salt and the trouble of Applicant
/ from ten to one hundred times over, 6
cording to the prevalence and destru
3 iveness of the insects; the third mode
of but little value because insolubles q
o generally proof against its feeble actic
70 If we sum up the gain from the TIN
'e modes of action we perceive such a We
q decided gain that one fair trial is su