Smyrna times., 1880-01-21
Farm Notes.

arm NOLeS'
The yield of milk and butter in the
summer depends greatly upon winter
feeding. All the feed given to cows is
not consumed without return.
1t does not pay to feel bad hay to
stock. 1t not Only lacks proper nourlsh-
ment, but it may engcnder disease. Good
straw and cornstalks are by far to be pre-,
ferred to spoiled hay
Ringbone is one Of the old-flShioned
diseases of horses and cattle, and proba-
bly, will always trouble the live stock |
breeder more or less. The modern prac-
tice is to paint with tincture Of iodine
Some use solution Of corrosive sub
limate-forty grains to one pint of water
Clear out the manure from your stables
every morning, and Scrape or card off all
filth from theanimals. he stable should
be so warm, that the manure will not
freeze at night 4 lower temperature will
either demand Il larger AMOUNT Of food.
or the animals will fall off in condition.
An exchange says pear blight i'll several
instances has been arrested III affected
trees by Swinging them with Il weak solu
ton Of potash, and it has proven pre-
ventive when applied to the healthy
trees. So many remedies have been tried
and failed that it requires faith to believe
in any Of them.
Tincture OF iron is practical remedy
for foot rot in sheep. Moisture and filth
are the cause, and Of course must be re-
moved as well as the remedy applied if a
permanent cure is to be effected. Keep
the sheep on a dry floor, pare away the
loose horn without injury to the vital
parts and then make daily application OF
tincture of iron
Poultry droppings is such 4 strong
manure that many hesitate to use it, or
think it too much trouble to mix it
with earth or barn yard Of1al. 1t is,
nevertheless, a very valuable fertilizer,
and applied to cold, wet soils for corn is
decidedly beneficial. 1t is said that when
salt is added it prevents the manure from
drying up and burning the plants
Wool continues to advance 1t is
time the sheep industry of this country
had a boom of its own. We hope it will
result in multiplying and making pros
porous the WOODEN mills of the eastern and
western States We would not advise
farmers to abandon everything else and
rush into sheep raising, but we do believe
it would pay to give more attention to
that branch of farm industry.
Earning is cosmopolitan business as
we'll as the foundation of all business
The farmer is a laborer, and earns his
bread by the sweat of his brow. He is {;
producer and without him the world
would lapse into barbarism and millions
would perish He is manufacturer, and
the products of his skill are everywhere
in demand. He is a salesman, and hC
must negotiate the sale Of all he produces
for the market If he would excel in hi
profession he must know something abou
chemistry, and he must have some practl
cal knowledge Of various trades and avo
cations In fact, the farmer has necessit,
for very broad curriculum of practical
information.
Good things to have handy abou
where there are horses: White lead, 70
bruises or breaks in skin, saddlc-galls
etc; battle in whisky, with about tw
ounces of turpentinc, two ounces Of harris
horn, and little camphor for sprain>
: stiffness, etc; leaf lard, for cuts. Cos
oil supplied to a slight sprain is also good
1t is well to have these in a cupbOrd G
box fitted up for the purpose in tn
stable, as they will be applied with muc
more certainty than when the farmer, G
his sons, or hired men must needs run
the house to hunt up the remedies. g.
place for everything and everything in il
place." is a homcly old maxim that hi
never lcssened in value by its age, and
as trite in its application to farm work :
any other line of business.
A farm journal recommends that
shallow basin be dug in the ground M
far from the kitchen and be made the II
ceptacle of coal ashes, and on this thro
light slops, wash water, etc. This wi
produce an immense amount of fertillZin
j. material. But we would advise cautiO
D. in placing compost heaps near the res
dence. The process recommended ms
make an excellent fertilizer, but it
hardly to be recommended as a sanital
measure; especially in hot, sickly season
AS rule, there is altogether too muC
decaying matter in the vicinity of Il
house for the good of the inmates. III
wash water can best be utilized on u
fruit trees and in the garden the slo
can 90 to the hogs and poultry, and Il
coal ashes make the very best of va
walks and hard-bottomed lanes to Il
an barn.
The Atlantic Constitution, in replying
several inquiries in regard to fruit raisin
boils down great amount of wholson
. facts in the following brief paragraph
n. eff pomologists would go to work
] Is their orchards with scientific fertilizn
'fis S take out the borers, hill up the trees
tie the spring and take the hills away in t
fall it would pay for the trouble. Wh'
the ever you see glue around the root of 20
peach tree (and all stone fruits) you m
know the worms are killing that tree.
you should pull the dirt away from t
trunk and scrape off all the glue, al
ON with a sharp pointed knife follow t
emit borer to his den. In raising fruit treC
: with the expectation of making it pa
there are some things which should
. remembered. There should be an efft
tive drainage Of the orchard thoroul
preparation of the ground; liberal ferti
zation good varieties of fruit, and
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