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directly. over the part thus pressing
down, then take any heavy post or log
oi wood and support one end of il on
] ordinary trap sticks directly over this
board filled with teeth, and some dis.
tance above it, say six or eight inches
/ so as TO insure the teeth being well driy.
en- into the ground when it falls. Beai
/ in mind that the end of the treadlc
must be put clearly in contact with the
earth that was pressed down with the
/ foot, so that when the mole comes along
helalses the earth and springs the trap
/ and in most cases finds himself pinned
to the ground. BE careful and see that
the teeth do not strike the treadle.-Nev
York Tribune.
THE VIEWS OF AN OLD FARMER.
\ successful old farmer once said that
"one acre of land, well prepared and cul.
tiya ed, will produce more than two
which received only the same amount
of labor used on one.
zone cow, horse, mule, sheep or hog.
well fed and cared tor, is more profitable
than two fed on the amount that will
keep one well.
"One acre of grass is worth more than
two of cotton where no grass is raised.
No farmer VINO buys corn, pork, fod-
der, hay and oats, as rule for ten years.
can keep the sheriff away from his door
in the end.
The farmer who never reads the Ia
pers, and sneers at book.iarming and
Improvements, generally has leaky
roof, poor stock. broken down fences,
l.ft ,.fL La 4
lands.
The farmer who is above his busi-
ness, and lntrusts to others to manage,
In due season has no business to attend
to-"
CURE FOR GAPEs.
| think our wise edito~ has not studied
very thoroughly on chicken raising.
His advice is very good about greasing.
but that will not cure gapes. 10 prevent
gapes mix the Indian meal (Which
should be ground coarse) at night for
the next days use, making it quite thin
so it can swell all it will, and feed them
while small five times day at regular
intervals, commencing at six in the
morning. Cure for gapes Take one
tedspoonful of black pepper Cget the
grain pepper and grind it, and half a
teaspoonlul of Indian; mix with little
water. Open the chickens mouth and
drop in one pill Of it every day till cured.
One dose will usually cure them, if given
when first taken. We have hatched 100
chickens this spring, and only one gapcd
once. Correspondence Portland Tribune
SHADE FOR BEES.
Most people think that grove of trees
IS the incest place in the world, and will
exclaim, what first rate place for
bees" said place being deep, dense
grove of trees where Il glcam of sun
shine rever penetrates. And the bees
are put there, and he then wonders why
hls bees don't do any better, they keep
weak, don't swarm, and the surplus
honey to spread on the buckwheat cakes
is wanting, and the moth, that great
bugaboo of the lazy beekeeper, ends the
rouble by taking care of the unprotect.
ed combs. Now, the fact is, that nine
stocks of bees are injured by too much
shade to oae that has not enough of 1t.
From early spring up to about the last
OF June, bees can not have too much
sunshine. From that time up to the last
OF September, they need TO be shaded
from the direct rays Of the sun from 10
a. m, till near sundown. | would put
bees right out in the open air, away
from all trees, but with plenty of grass,
winch must be kept cropped close.
w. NJ. X.
WINTER DAIRYING.
The better class of livers in the United
To lAp,af,I
fresh butter instead of the salted article
which has hitherto been eaten through
the winter months. In consequence,
those farmers who try to please the pal-
ate by producing a sweet, nutty-tasting
commodity, will reap their reward by
receiving a remunerating price. Setting
aside fancy prices it is certain that
good fair rate will always be paid for
butter which can be depended upon to
come to hand weekly in uniform quality.
The best buttermaker in the United
States fails unless the cows are fed prop
erly, therefore there must be the right
sort of food. The hay should be made
from The grass cut when in bloom, and
this alone will do, but some corn meal
and wheat bran will increase the cream
and add to the rich flavor of the butter.
Also the use of carrots will cause great
er flow of milk and there will be then
the peculiarly fresh taste which CharaC-
lerizes butter when cows are in good
pasture in June. OF course, comfortable
stahling, cleanliness and exercise in a
sheltered ward will be requisite for full
success. The cows should have their
calves in September or thereabouts, and
the heifer calves from all good mixers
Should be raised. which can be done on
the skinned milk.
In the autumn there is no forage or
food of any kind better for milcn cows
as a help to failing pasture than pump
Kins. | have used them freely for y ears
with the best results. At the present
time have q fine lot growing among
the corn and about three acres planted
near the barn. which together will be
sufficient to last till Christmas, If ! can
secure a portion of them from frost.
After the pumpkins are gone, carrots
are better than any Jther variety Of
roots, and if fed till grass comes again
there need be no loss of quality IN the
butter. The quantity of the milk Will
be equal to the best season, and viii de
pend upon the cows. Any man having
common sense, and managing property,
can obtain double the average given by
COWS Of the kind usuelly met with, If he
will buv good ones and breed from none
but deep mixers, and from bulls which
are from deep milking strain" coo,-
try Gentleman
NOTES.
THE United States now has ten times