Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-08-12
PARE, sARDEs AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Cow Pea.

| Tne Cow Eshs
In the Northern and Middle States
the cow pea in agriculture is but little
known. 1t has no place among our
commonly grown crops, and no ade-
quate estimate of its value or utility in
Northern husbandry is, therefore. en-
tertained. At the South il has been
grown for long time, and there occu-
| pies about the same relation TO the agr1-
cultural pursuits of the people that
clover does in the Northern States.
| There, it is highly esteemed as a fodder
crop, and justly 30, for il il invaluable
in Southern husbandry for forage, for
seed, or for manurial crop. It's value
and adaptability in restoring fertility
TO worn out land have mainly given IL
the prominence 1t has achieved, but
this does not constitute all the valu-
able qualities it possesses. Not long
since our Maryland namesake referred
to the notable case OF the late j. Hew-
lett, OF Baltimore county, who had made
several hundred acres of poor land rich.
chiefly by the use of eow peas. That
gentleman frequently gave the results
of his experiments with this vegetable
in the columns OF our contemporary,
which attract much notice.
One of the most important recon-
mendations of this crop is its adaptable.
ity to poor or worn-out land. The
plants grow well where nearly every
thing else fails, giving either forage or
seed in fair quantities, and afording, as
we have before indicated, ready means
for bringing such land to fertile con-
dition. Our purpose, however, is not
TO detail the methods which have been
found the most successful TO accomplish
this object, but to refer to the value of
a . Ill T.. h.
older portions of the Northern States,
it is well to consider the relative value
of all forage plants which are worth
cultivating, both as to their feeding
qualities and habits of growth. We are
pleased to not & that prominent farm
er in New York tried cow peas for this
purpose last season, and his experiment
leads him TO the confident belief that
they will be largely grown at the North
as soon as their value has been discov-
cred. The seed was sown early in June,
in light sandy loan the season was
favorable, ald they were cut in Septem-
ber. They were eaten greedily by cows,
and there was considerable gain in the
quantity OF milk obtained.
Comparative analyses show that they
are richer in albuminoids than green
corn fodder, and while they are not
quite equal TO red clover, they are well
worth cultivating as change food, for
ofthese crops we have not enough.
They grow very rapidly, making dense
mass of foliage in ninety days, killing
out other growths, and completely
shading the ground from the sun. We
shall be pleased TO have the views Of
Southern readers, who have cultivated
this crop, upon its usefulness and value,
their methods of cultivation, not only
for fodder and for seed, but as the chief
recuperative element in the restoration
TO fertility of unproductive Soils
Prairie FdTnler
| Farm and Garden Notes.
Quicklime is destructive TO worms,
slugs and the Larvae of injurious in
sects.
In feeding bran TO stock we obtain a
return almost equal TO is cost in the
active quality OF the manure.
Ten bushels of spent tan bark mixed
with two bushels OF guano make an ex-
cellent compost for potatoes.
DIR. Heath says that tuberculosis or
consumption in cow is transmissable
to the person who consumes the milk.
1t is said that newly laid eggs mayI be
kept fresh for two to four months by
packing in clean old oats and storing in
n temperature of thirty-six to forty de-
grees.
Bran or middlings mixed with whey
and fed TO pigs keeps them in excellent
health, and il mixed with little bar
ley meal makes the sweetest and best of
pork.
Alta recent farmers meeting speaker
gave n recipe for making farming pay
as follows: Have but one business
and get up in the morning and see TO it
yourself"
Four thoroughbred mares in the stall
Of Lord Falmouth, of England. have
thrown twins. This Is very remarka
BILE. Mares scarcely ever have twins !;
COWS frequently.
To keep seeds from the depredatio n
of mice mix some pieces of caruphor
with them. Camphor placed in trunks
or drawers will prevent mice from doing
them injury.
The larger part os the garden vegeta-
bles should be planted In long rows
rather than in short, cross rows, and
the labor of hoeing will be materially
lessened. Onions, beets, radishes. etc,
can be bt st sown in this manner.
As a rule the size of the seed will indi-
cate the depth to plant il, starting at
one-half inch with the smallest. such
rs celery, parsnips, ETC., while peas and
beans may be put one and half inches
deep.
| Recipes.
RICH GRIDDLE- -CAKEs.-Into twelve
ounces of -four rub one large spoonful
of butter, add three eggs, with as much
milk as will make the dough the con-
sistence of paste. Roll it out thin.
Make into cakes, and bake them on n
griddle.
CURRANT CAKE.-The whites OF six