The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-21
FARM NOTES.

from each an annual profit Of $1.75.
For applying to wounds made by re-
moving large limbs in pruning fruit
trees nothing is better than gum shellac,
dissolved in alcohol to the consistency Of
paint.
FRENCH poultry fanciers are now feed
ing fowls designed for market with bar
ley and steamed yellow carrots. This
feed is remarkable for its rapid fattening
qualities.
PEARL millet, which has proved a
failure in Massachusetts, is grown with
success in Kansas. Some growers say
that it is SO per cent. better than corn
fodder, and stands dry weather much
better than corn, or any other kind Of
millet.
AIR-sLAoKED lime will destroy currant
worms. In the spring examine the
bushes often, and when the lower leaves
are perforated there the worms are to be
found. If the bush is dry, first sprinkle
with water, and then with lime. Two
or three applications will be sufficient
for the season. The lime will iniure
neither the bush nor the fruit.
THOSE who have SCOT, either of wood
or bituminous coal, should carefully
save it for use in the garden. It is val
liable for the ammonia 1t contains, and
also for it's power Of absorbing ammonia.
It is simply charcoal (carbon) in an ex-
tremely divided state, but from the Gre
osote it contains is useful in destroying
insects, and is at the same time valuable
as fertilizer for all garden crops.
The first year a sleeps front teeth
are eight in number, and are of equal
size the second year the two middle
teeth are shed, and replaced by two
much larger than the others the third
year two very small ones appear on
either side of the eight; at the end Of
the fourth year there are six large teeth !;
the fifth year all the front teeth are
large ; the sixth year all begin to show
signs of wear.
CHARCOAL AS MANURE. -Although
charcoal is nearl y pure carbon, large
constituent of all vegetation, still it is
not claimed that this substance furnishes
direct food to plants. Its action is thus
described by Liebig plants thrive in
powdered charcoal, and may be brought
to blossom and bear fruit if exposed te
the influence of rain and atmosphere.
Charcoal is the most Interchangeable sub
stance known. Ir may be kept for cent
uries without change. It possesses the
power of condensing gases within it's
pores, and particularly carbonic acid;
and it is by virtue Of this power that the
roots of plants are supplied with char
coal as is humus. with an atmosphere
of carbonic acid, which is renewed as
quickly as it is abstracted. Plants do
not, however, attain maturity, under or
binary circumstances, in charcoal pow
der, unless moistened with rain or rain
water Rain-water contains one of the
essentials of vegetable life, compound
of nitrogen, the exclusion Of which en-
tirely deprives humus and charcoal of
their influence upon vegetation.
BARLEY AND OArs.-A fine condition
of the soil is indispensable for the bar
ley crop. Old barley-growers know all
about this, but many want to grow bar
ley because it is a profitable crop when
successful. It will succeed in any good,
well-prepared soil, but a mellow clay
loom, which can be brought to good
filth, is to be preferred. But good
crops Of bright grain may be grown on
lighter loans if in good heart It may
be made an excellent soiling crop to fol-
low clover, and as change from oats.
We prefer to SOW thickly, say two and
half bushels per acre, but opinions vary
In this respect, and from one and a half
to two and half bushels is the range.
Early-sown oats in our hot climate are,
as rule, better than the late sown.
Our climate is not so favorable for oats
as the cooler Northern and Northeastern
ones. There oats are heavy and plump,
and seed from Canada, Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick will produce we'll for
two or three years. By using seed from
these Northern localities, oats may be
grown in the Middle States weighing
from thirty-fv to forty-tive pounds per
bushel
BEANS AS FooD FOR Stock. -Chemi-
cal analysis and observation in feeding
'AAh0 oAOW Vic 1d1S0 dAuOuAU VI uuU1I-
ment contained in beans. There is no
more valuable food for forming muscle
than beans. In the production of fat
they are greatly inferior to corn and the
small grains, but they are superior to
them in the production Of flesh. All
young animals are benefited by an oc-
casional ration of beans. Sheep are as
fond of beans as boys are of watermel-
ons, but they are not relished by most
domestic animals when they are first
given them to eat. Many animals need
to be educated to eat beans, but, after a
short time, they will acquire taste for
them. Hogs, COWS and fowls will &C
quire taste for beans as readily as hu-
man beings will for tomatoes, celery and
ripe figs. IF beans are ground with corn
or any kind OF small grain in the proper
ton Of one bushel of the former to four
of the latter, the meal will be eaten by
all kinds Of stock. Beans may be soaked
till they are quite soft, or boiled and
mixed with bran or cornmeal to excel
lent advantage.