The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-03-20
FARMERS COLUMN.
FARM NOTES.

perature as possible.
Eggs for sitting should be from healthy
adult birds, not related.
Ashes or saltpetre, if applied in time,
will hold she onion maggot in check.
In several counties of this State the
farmers are preparing for spring work,
up in Somerset county the tobacco rails
ers are getting ready to sow tobacco seed.
The Fall Fair of the Delaware Agricul-
tural Society will be held during the last
week in September.
1t is reported that the daily loss to the
inhabitants of the city of New York from
adulturated milk amounts to $4,000.
In Lehigh county snakes crawled out
of their holes last week to enjoy the sur
shine. Those that were seen never went
buck.
The Paris Society of Agriculturists wants
10 per cent. duty laid on agricultural pro-
duce for the protection of French farmers.
--Adolphus McNitt,of Armagh township,
MifIlin county, has calf seven weeks old,
which weighs 227 pounds, it being the heif-
er's frst calf
Ewes sometimes need assistance in par
turition. They should be carefully watched,
and if anything is wrong help should be
promptly given.
"A correspondent of Western paper re-
commends an ointment composed of equal
parts of lard and gunpowder as a remedy
for scratches in horses to be used daily un
til cured
1t is good plan to cut scions for spring
grating the first open spell, and bury away
in earth. The reason why so many fail
with spring grating is they cut the scions
too late.
Mr.. R. A. Tilden, or Norwich, Conn,
has a Durham bull calf, A months old,
weighing 469 pounds, which in the last 80
days has gained 30 pounds in weight-an
average Of 50 pounds daily.
AT recent agricultural meeting in New
Haven the production Of sorghum was dis
cussed, and it was stated that several farm
ers Of the State are to try the experiment on
an extensive scale.
"A lady correspondent ofthe Detroit Post
watered her tomato plants with weak so.
luton Of copperas Zone pound to eight gall
Ions of water), with the result that the fruit
was two weeks earlier than on plants not so
treated.
Grating wax may be made by melting
together four pounds of common rosin, two
pounds of beeswax and one pound of tallow
If to be used in the orchard in cool weather,
add quarter of pound more of tallow, or
little raw linseed oil.
The practice of chewing bones, sticks
and old pieces of leather by cows is an indi-
cation that their system needs something
not furnished in their food, and frequently
bone dust fed in small quantities at first
with meal will supply the need.
TO avoid abortion in cows, when about
to bring forth, give each one box stall,with
plenty of straw, light and air, and moderate
rations of rowen and roots. OYerfeeding and
neglect of proper care previous to parturtion
are frequent causes of abortion
"A successful potato grower advocates
planting potatoes cut to single eyes only,
and reports yield of ass bushels of Early
Rose to an acre, and large bushel yield
from twenty two eyes of another variety
planted in hills three feet apart, one eye to
the hill.
of the l7s boys in York county, Me-,
who contended last year for the prize offered
by Stillman B. Allen, of Boston, FOR the most
corn on an eighth of an acre, 1888 raised an
average of 100 bushels to the acre. One
raised at the rate of 100 bushels, and several
at an average of 140 to the acre.
#. w. Taylor, proprietor of the Green
wood herd of short horns, Russellville, KY,
has young bull Sharon Duke, fourth which
weighed January l, 1874 pounds, and Jan
uary 2l, l,474, net gain of 100. pounds. A
bull, lO2 days old, weighed S52 poundsan
Phyllis, "a days old, weighed 274 pounds.
TO determine whether or not drain.tile
contain Jumps Of unslaked lime place them
in water for few hours. The Stacking of
the lime will crack the tile. Ii laid untested
serious results follow in time, ,as the cracked
tile are liable to admit distractions that de-
stroy the value of the drain.
An acre ofswamp land in Massachusetts,
which was purchased for $l7 and ditehed,
cultivated, manured and crops harvested for
four years at total expense of 500, pro
duced during the same time potatoes and
hay to the value of $l32, while the acre of
land itself was made to be worth 500.
"A breeder of Plymouth Rocks, noticing
the complaint of so many shades of color in
those fowls, says the true way to keep them
of uniform color is to have the cocks two or
three shades lighter color than the hens,and
both Of medium shade, bearing in mind that
the hen is naturally darker than the cock.
We do not remember to have heard of
any instance where a cow produced more
than two calves at one time, but last week
case was reported at Marlborough, n. Y,
where a common English cow gave birth to
four ealves-three heiiers and bull. All
were symmetrically formed, healthy and
strong.
In the price of butter there is differ
enoe of about thirty cents per pound, and
the cause of this is principally in not hav-
ing the milk clean from the barn, and all
vessels used perfectly clean and sweet A
whole churning of butter has been spoiled
by setting part of the milk in pan in
which onions had been put while peeling.
Mr.. Albert Wheaton of Putnam, Conn,
has grads Ayrshire COW, now years old,
that has had six calves, five of which have
been heifers. Another COW Of the same age
has had but one heifer calf. Mr.. W. thinks
that the sex of the offspring depends more
upon the dam herself than upon anything
else-that is, if we understand him, that
some particular animals are always more
likely to have female offspring than to have
males.
The United States Commercial Agent at
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