Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-20
THE FARM.
Interesting Suggestions 90 the Farmer
md Gardner.

blowing sod, or for plOwlng Tor any
spring crop. \ days blowing this fall
is q saving OF 4 weeks time in getting
crops in next spring.
WHEAT looks we'll and fall sown
timothy never did better before.
TRY little manure about your apple
trees this fall; and where the crops does
not mature web try little salt next
spring.
SHEEP-raising in New England, eX-
cept parts Of Vermont, is more for NUT
ton than wool.
SHEEP are admirably adapted to aid
in clearing up new land. They Keep
down the growth of bushes.
EVERY stable and manure cellar should
nave ample ventilation. Animals, to
keep i'm health, must have healthy air.
THE average yield of English wheat
per acre is placed by MIR. Card at -
bushels for thirty years past. This is
ahead of the American yield.
An old locust post was recently ex-
humed at Easton, Pa, which formed
part of hotel sign there over one
hundred years ago. 1t was still sound.
THE most essential point about the
preservation of pork is to have 1t
thoroughly cool before sailing. Any
man that neglects that precaution will
suffer from it.
lYTHE first horticultural society III In
diana was organized i'll $50, and prin-
cipally through the effort of Henry
Ward Beecher, then pastor of u church
in indianapolis.
GOOD milk is not to be had from half
starved cows. Those who object to high
feeding may do well to remember that
good, rich manure also comes only from
well-fed cows.
BARRED wire fences receive about as
much contradictory testimony relative
TO their value and safety as Is given i'll
some Jury trials. Beinga new invention,
this is natural. When farmers get the
hang oft there will be less opposition.
A MILK can will become foul sooner
than almost any vessel in the world, If
not frequently and regularly scalded and
washed. The scalding kills the ferment
or Yeast plants which take roots between
Joints, but is useful "for this occasion
only"
4 BUSHEL of potatoes yields about
nine pounds of starch, and the country
used 1000 tons of starch last year with
which To stittGn up its clothing. The
scarcity of potatoes now has raised the
price of starch. and will doubtless de-
crease the consumption.
PEOPLE who object TO feeding turnips
to dairy COWS because it taints the milk
should remember that this result will
~ ttrrfnirNS fa1 m p1l-
ately after milking. This is an old and
often published rule, and yet thousands
have never learned it.
DIR. LAwEs says that the best results
from lime and salt to land comes from
their Use Oh rich soils. 1t Is worth while
to remember this; and also to remem-
Der that rich soils almost always give
the best rcturns in agricultural, salt or
no salt, lime or no lime.
AN army officer, General Sully, is
quoted Us describing the bad Lands"
of Dakota as Cooking like the bottom
of hell with the fires put out" In
other words, the bad lands were once
beds Of coal, as BIOLOGISTS think, which
burned for ages and left leagues OF Gin
ders.
THE rocky parts of New England(and
most of it is rocky should be the para
disc of sheep-raising, and probably
/ would but for dogs. In some parts
great fiocks were formerly kept, where
now only few are to be found.
SKUNKs are very useful to the farmer
as destr0Sers of white grubs, and rarely
do harm in any way If let alone, The
attempt To eXterminate them alOngwith
snakes, crows, owle, field mice, moles,
blackbirds, ETC., is unwise, rs most OF
them are grub eaters, and the grubs do
more harm probably than all the rest
together. This reckless slaughter Is, IN
general, foolish habit.
FRUIT trees should be planted deeper
in warm dry soils than in those that are
damp and heavy. The general tendency
is for the roots to go up rather than
down, so that planting little deeper
than in the nursery il not Objectionable.
Mutched trees will send their small roots
up into the mulch, 50 that if mulched
long there is little chance for the horse
hoe afterwards about such trees.
ICE-wATER for dairy cows is not the
thing for good results in the yield of
milk; the water should be warm always.
Inwinter it should be warmed artificial
ly, and in summer when drawn from
cold, deep wells, it should stand in the
sun until the chill is Off Study the
cows comfort, ifyOu want her to do
well for you. The return to the owner
win bein proportion to the care she
gets. ~ !
TEXAS i growing evidently in
agricultural Importance, If not In virtue.
Her cotton crop fOS 1850 was h2gt,247
bales, worth SO, 7ll,ll5 and her wool
crop 20,67f ,S39 pounds, worth %, 7oi, 522.
Her other products, such rs hides, cattle,
horses, mules, grain, lumber, and q few
others, foot up to $50, go, $50. In 1883
the total was only $3.50, al. The
extent Of new railroads opened was
1874 miles.
The consumption of mutton in his
country would be largely increased If
Americans knew better how to raise
and cook It. We are improving, but
something as good as the English mutt
ton chops at their "chop houses" is not
a common thing in this country. Some
thing is probably due to the excellence
Of English pastures. Mutton-growing
would be much more extensive and
profitable with US but for the nuisance
OF dogs. These worthless brutes are a
great drawback to our prosperity.
CHICAGO Is manufacturing "but-
terine'' ON an immense scale according
to the Tribune of that city. 1t Is lard
butter, but Is labeled "butterine, " 50
that the law shall not get the markers
in it's clutches There are two sorts of
it, one worth about y cents pound,
tho oh % mr. % xuhfIn rnQl hflffar
brings 81 to 80. It is reported that half