Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-01-15
To The Farmers.

nc CdAt'C VI SCtli COuAtJ, MIS-
arc reported 20 be dying trnEi
greediIy eating ac0rns.
The fodder from an acre Of corn
which yields fifty bushels is equel
10 value to II ton Of hay.
American hams are sent to Eng
and, recovered, branded with
new names and sold as English
meat.
AT q recent fair Of The Missippi
Valley Horticultural Society at
81. Louis. Mo-, there were exhib-
tied 2i9 varieties OF grapes
The meat Ct turkeys thar are
kept supplied with charcoal dur
ing the period of fattening is sail
to be superior in points of flavor
and tenderness. 4afe 9t
Ii always pays to kabp young
stock in a thrifty, growing condi-
tion. Better to feed little corn
and roots now than IT, defer it
until next February.
The poultry keeper who sue.
ceeds the best, is the one who
takes the best care of his flock.
There is no more Luck about it
than there is about boiling water.
On land that needs it, nothing
pays so well as drainage, and tile
drainage best Of all. This with
thorough culture and proper man
agement, most in the end sue
eeeds.
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The introduction OF a pure
bronze goDbler among q flock Of
mongrel turkey hens willadd from
three TO five pounds extra weight
per head to the turkeys raised for
ahe first season.
Do not undertake to keep sheep
on low, undrained lands. They
will surely contract disease, and
q sick sheep is about as mean
thing as we know Of, not except
ing sick chicken.
Horn shavings are valuable as
manure, by reasons of their slow
decomposition, giving out am
monia FOR long time. They also
contain small quantity Of carbon
eAtC 0hA R1OCpboNC va
The blood of animals constitutes
but a small part, at most not
more than to 8 per cent, Of the
live weight, while in old or very
fat animals the proportion sinks
As low as from 4 TO 6 per cent.
Good sweet milk contains one
fourth more of sugar than of but
ter, this sugar turns to acid, and
If this acid is too much developed
before churning, the coveted
aroma of good butter is lost.
In Hungary and other countries
in Europe alum-tanned leather,
said to be equal to bark tanned, is
used to considerable extent for
harness The process, it is said,
may be completed in twenty-four
hours.
Minnesota is grinding her i'm
mense crop of spring wheat-40,-
100000 bushels-into flour, and
shipping it into New York and
Europe ION direct orders. The
crop of that State has thus ceased
to be factor in the speculative
wheat trade of the West.
A valuable heifer belonging TO
an English farmer, recently broke
its leg, hecessitating amputation
The animal has since been fitted
with wooden one, on which it
seems to move about with ease,
thus proving that it is not neces-
sary to order the destruction of
valuable stock because of such
accidents. wh.a.
One Of the best things in the
world to give horse, after he has
been driven, is quart of oatmeal
stirred in pint of water. 1t re-
freshes and strengthens him, re-
heves his immediate thirst, and
prepares his stomach for more SOL
id food. So says Joseph Harris,
after twenty years trial of it. a
The manufacture of butter and
cheese in the West has assumed
enormous proportions. Since the
introduction of the central factory
system the quality of the product
has been steadily growing better
till now is Is unexcelled Twenty
years ago Chicago imported the
better grades of butter and cheese
from the East. Now she ships to
them and sends large quantities to
Europe also.
To prevent fencesposts from be-
ing lifted or thrown out of pcrpen-
dicular by frost. q correspondent
recommends cutting a couple of
notches opposite each other near
the lower end of the post, into
each of which q fat stone should
be fitted, the earth of course being
70 M M od Wary solid oa xxaII hol1 -,