The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-29

TOPICS FOR TIVE FARM.
Over seven hundred acres of pop
orn were, raised in the vicinity of Loda,
roquois County, III.
The London Agricultural Gazette says
bat Canadian butter is the worst class
f butter that is brought to the English
1arket. '--''-'--
Chinese farmers soak their grain in
iquid manure, diluted with water, and
ow when it begins to germinate, and
he experience goes to show that in this
'peration it not only tends to promote
he growth and development of the
,lant, but also to protect the seed from
Insects in the ground. =.
A Connecticut farmer prevents COWS
rom kicking while being milked in this
way: He takes single link of an OK
:hain aud fastens hame strap through
.he end, as they are made fast in the
names of harness. The straps are then
ouckled around each hind leg above the
1eclaws, which efectually prevents the
COW from kicking.
Sameness pals upon the appetite; a
variety of food encourages it. A good
farmer loves to see his animals eat, and
the more they eat and healthfully di-
9est, the greater are the owners profits.
Cut or pufped roots will be found the
best basis for winter feeding, and with
these, corn fodder and oat straw may be
given literally, saving the hay until
the early spring.
Reports from Southern Indiana and
come places in Kentucky, say the wheat
plants have been attacked by the Hessian
fly in way that threatens the destruc
tion of the crop. The larvae of the fly
are found in the stalks. of the heahfiies'
plants. FarmeFs. thinkathev will winter
safely in theirfetfeat, and come out ir
the spring to commence their ravagei
upon the fields. $500 go --.s--.' ~
That bees can not be united many
times with profit, is thing that is gen
orally known, but how to do it is not uni
versally known, as appears by the ques
tions asked by many. Strong colonie
can not be proftably united, for the,
are in better condition as they are
than when two or more are put together
but those that are weak and queenles
are the ones to be united, in order L
make them profitable to the owner.
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Turning Manure.-A large heap ma,
be turned by beginning at each end AM
throwing of the manure to a distarc
of about three feet; gradually move j
from each end, until there are tw
heaps. After the manure has remaine'
in this way for a few weeks, 'Teplac
the two heaps, makingso one heap again
thus turning the manure very thol
oughly twice. in turning, the manur
should be shaken thoroughly apart, an
all the Jumps broken..-Two loads Q
manure so treated do as much immed
ate good as will three of coarse, lump
stuff. 49,.
/ Flowing land when it is very dry
lis nearly as hurtful as when it is yer
wet. But my experience is with heav
clay, or land in which clay ist an in
portant constituent. Such land whe
plowed dry breaks up lqmpy, and col
isequerit rains do not dissolve the lumpl
1t is my opinion that there is never
more suitable condition for plowin
any soil than when it has enough. moi
ture to cause the burrows, to fall loosel
from the piow with no appearance. (
packing and no Jumps. William Arm
strong, Elmira, N. Y.
No vegetable improves more ON a,
quaintance than icelery. Farmers o'
iect to its cultivation on the groun
that there is too much labor about
and this was serious objection whe
the fashion was to ctlltivte it in trenche
but it is found that a pillow makes a
the trench requisite for the dwarf an
medium varieties, which are really mo
crisp, solid and better favored than Il
giant. "Boston market celery" can
grown with little more labor than ere
of cabbages, and as it adorns the tabl
tickles the palate and tones the stomac
it deserves a wider cultivation by ia
mers than it has secured.
The rowing farmer is quite apt to Ii
an uneasy and restless life, and die al
leave no home for his wife and childre
Let him plant trees in his early lii
whose delightful shade .-or healthf
fruit he may reasonably hope to emf
in his declining years. Let the you
farmer make up his mind to live Al
die on his farm, unless there are spec
reasons for changing, and then impro
every opportunity to make his hol
such as he will enjoy when old. I
him aim to make it good place to lii
and it will then be good place to d
II is noble ambition in any you
man to look forward to the time VIII
he can call sucf 2 home his own.
| Vegetable Food for Poultry Al
of the roots-as potatoes, rutabag
turnips, carrots, ETC., .,Awher boiled q
mixed with corn and rye meal, make
excellent and economical daily food
poultry. In this form, fowls are fo
Of the diet, and it works very kint
with them. Most experienced breed
think it necessary to dole out dry gr,
only, to their chickens generally VIII,
corn, from year's endsto years el
| And where large numbers of fowls I
kept it is often considered too trout
, some to supply cooked vegetables for
: fowl stock, the dry-feed system bei
the handiest, of course. But there
: nothing that is SO great help to
{ poulterer, first and last, either in
; cost or through the benefits to be
: rived to the stock, as regular f
4.eyerx-day-nf.aNoked Vegetables
have tried this practically for ye,
and we have found it highly advar
Ceous aa compared with arv ot