The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-02-24
FARM NOTES.

THERE are no horses in Greenland aid
Il 1889 sosiett in london. England,
offered premium Of G1O0 for cochineai
grown in India.
IT is asserted that the dairy products
Of the United States have twice the value
Of the wheat crop.
A COMPANY has been organized in New
Orleans, with capital Of 500, 900, to
manufacture jute baggine, which has
hitherto boon Imported:
A RECENT sale in England Of one hun
dred Hereford bulls for shipment to
Buenos Ayres, shows that even there
tho improvement Of stock has CON-
Goon swett milk contains onsafoufth
more sugar than butter; this sugar turns
to acid, and if this acid Is too much de-
yeloped before churning the coveted
aroma is destroyed.
THE past season. tsa been 4 very fns
one for seeding wheat, and there has
been full crop sown. Winter wheat is
reported in many places as having COME
up remarkably well.
TnE following may t;s accepted al ail
Approximate to the average qualities OF
milk given by different breeds Of cows:
Natives produce annually |, 794 pounds;
Jersey, $500; Ayrshire, 1900; Holstein,
4,527 pounds.
In Germany the dairyman sends his
butter through the mail TO the con-
sumer's table. In winter it Is sent in
parchment paper and wrapped in COM
mon paper; in summer in TIN cams or
wooden boxes made expressly idt that
purpose.
The Elgin, H., Board Of Trade are
doing service to Western dairyfnen by
showing up tile Chicago frauds who ute
putting up neutral lard, deodorized dead
horse grease, and other nauseous and
deleterious mixtures, under the mamie
Of Western creamery butter.
Mr.. Lakin, OF Powyke, Worcestershire,
England, says that his short-horn COW,
Old Strawberry, gave an average OF 200
quarts per year, for fifteen years, her
daughter Star gave nm average OF $500
quarts for seven years, and her grand
daughter Stella gave an average OF 1890
quarts for five years.
In the process Of dressing hogs for
English bacon tho hair is removed by
being singed, instead Of being scalded
off; therefore,, the animal must not be
too chnffy. Hogs fuitable for making
this singed bacon, for which there is Q
growing demand, are . cross with the
pure Berkshires.
Few persons are aware Of the manu-
rial advantage of sewage. It is said that
II the sewage Of London could be APP
piled TO m entireJk l,arren soil. il would
confer upon it the power Of producing
food sufficient for 1900 people, and
vet this is drained into the river Thames
to poison its waters and send pestilence
along its shores. A practical solution Of
how to utilize sewage would be o boon to
the world.
THn Bo.l,amsted experiments by DR..
J. b. 1,aws siloN ~ average product
this year of twenty-eight and one-sixth
bushels per acre for the unmanured
plots that have been in wheat without
fertilizers for thirty-seven years in sue
cession, and thirty -four aud five-sixth
bushels fJef acre fer tie ysanured plots.
This is much better result than the
average Of ten years past, not SO good
rs the preceding eighteen years, yet
little better than the average Of twenty
eight years.
IT appears from series Of experiments
at the agricultural academy Of Ellena
that Holland cows consume about five
pounds Of llay or its equivalent for every
quart Of milk, md Asrshirea nine pounds
Of similar food Tor each d,iirt Of milk.
Another series Of experiments conducted
by Villerory resulted in showing that 100
pounds Of hay produced in Hollanders
twenty-nine quarts and in HerefOrds six
teen quarts. On comparison Of these
figures with other data it appears that
the average for all breeds is about six
pounds Of hay, or its equivalent for one
quart Of milk.
SorAsHEs are Of tropical origin, and
therefore when spring opens it is use
warm and all danger Of frost II cold
nights is over. Again as they make q
very rapid growth there is no necessity
of haste in getting the seed into the
ground. Squashes are good feeders, ik-
ing rich soil. It is best to manure in
the hill. In sowing place dozen seeds
in each hill, and when danger from the
bugs is over pull up all but three or four.
A mellow, warm soil is the best. For
bush sorts make hills three or four feet
apart, and for running kinds twice that
distance. All winter squashes should be
ripened thoroughly OF they are watery,
lacking sweetness and richness, also
lacking keeping properties.
Mn. HADwEN Of Worcester, in giving
his experience with shade and ornamen-
tai trees, at the Southboro meeting Of
the Massachusetts Board, said that tho
Norway maple would succeed where
many other varieties OF the maple failed.
1t succeeds well on q stiff, heavy clay.
European larches grow rapidly under
favorable circumstances. In cnltivating
them he has had the benefit both for
ornamental and economical purposes.
Twenty-six years ago he set out q row OF
Scotch larches on the line Of his avenue
leading to the public highway. This
season he was In want Of twenty large
sticks Of timber for his COW stable floor,
and was unable to obtain what he wanted
conveniently elsewhere, SO he took out
every other one Of these trees, and they
squared eight by ten inches, thirty feet
long. Those which were left were suf-
ficiently ornamental and answered the
purpose Of shade almost a. well as before
the row was thinned out He planted a
belt OF white pine trees to protect his
buildings, and for thirty years has had
the benefit of their shade and their in
huencc as wind-break. They are orna-
mental and useful, and will be valuable
in the future as wood. He has had good
success with certain varieties Of trees and
shrubs from China and Japan, and found
them well adapted to the soil and climate
of Massachusetts,.
The Honorable Profession Of s. Askcrs., -
It is probable that few people are
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