The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-29
Facts for Farmers.

Never let COW 80 INTO W inter quar-
ters in poor, thin condition.
A man in Easton, Ne, has this year
harvested 10000 bushels Of potatoes
from As acres Of ground,
To remove iron mold from linen, wash
the spots in a strong solution Of cream
Of tartar and water; repeat If necessary,
and dry in the sun.
Buckwheat is one Of the most staple
articles of poultry food. 1t is very fat
tening, an egg-producer, and very much
relished by poultry.
Machines for shearing sheep and milk
ing COWS have not proved successful
These processes are best performed in
the old fashion wayei.
The French farmers do not take
kindly to scientific agriculture, as the
savants understand the term. They cul-
tivate well, and save in every possible
item Of cost.
One hawk has destroyed for Mr..
Charles Gillen, of Chester county, Pa,
over thirty chickens in one month. 1t
is of the kind known as the long tailed
pheasant hawk.
An old farmer the first time he ate an
oyster stew, was asked how he liked it,
"Wel," he answered, Il liked the soup
well enough, but | wish they'd left out
them pollywogs."
Those intending to plant an Usage or
ange hedge should plow the ground now,
so the sods will rot, and keep the soil
mellow with the cultiyator until the
plants are set out.
1t is stated that on James L. Rays
tana, this season, one acre yielded l02
bushels of wheat, the largest yield of
wheat ever recorded.
Rot among sheep is late disaster an
nounced to have overtaken English
focks 1t is laid to the deluge of rain
there for the past year, keeping the
ground so wet as to be unwholesome for
sheep pasturage.
Those intending to make new straw
berry plantations in the Spring can not
do better than to pillow or spade uI the
soil now. The grubs of May beetles. so
destructive to this plant, will thus be
exposed to frosts and killed.
To remove the lids of tin cans, place
shovelful of live Goals on the top,
which will speedily uusolier them they
can then be removed by the aid of an
old case knife; care mnst be taken, or
the side seam will also open.
Oats should be bruised for an old
horse, but not for a young one, because
the former, through age and defective
teeth, cannot chew them properly the
young horse can do so, and they are
thus properly mixed with saliva and
turned into wholesome nutriment.
A good test of the hardness of any
variety of forest trees is found in the
ripening of its seeds (fruit) If a va
riety does not perfect its seed in given
locality, it is regarded as very good evil
dence that it is not sufficiently hardy to
be generally cultivated in such sections.
There was imported into the United
| States in the nine months ending Sep
TENDER |, 1879, the enormous amount
of 4,25l, 949,3l9 pounds of brown
sugar; 100000 gallons of molasses,
and 45,0O0,0 900 pounds of melado and
syrup. These We're appraised at $685.
lll,02l.
Kind treatment and every care are due
to an animal from whose services man
derives such important benefits but too
often does man forget that he has duty
to perform, not only toward his fellow
man, but toward those domestic animals
which Providence has intrusted to him
for his welfare.
1t has been many years since we have
had as propituous time for reducing or
extinguishing mortgages. Farmers should
indulge in no unnecessary luxuries till
the farm is relieved of blister, and
creates many heart pang besides Get
the farm free, then keep out of debt and
all will be serene
1t is said on good authority that beef
keeps up as high as it was seven years
ago This shows the necessity of farm
ers who wish to increase their profit
making use of superior bulls to cross on
their CON mon stock. Among the best
for the purpose of beef are the Short
horns, the Herefords, AMI the Devons.
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