The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-01-15
COLUMN.
FARM NOTES.
The .heliolrope ip i.ativo Of Peru.

-lhefe are "a cuolc iecE OF loose eartn III
ton. .est- 20 hf1
There are no horses in Greenland and
Lapiaud. go8 Trfr W hT. T
Skin eieanliness has a great effect upon
tie assinlilaiion Of food. tett
To sofien brass, heat il up 10 o cherry
red'and' plunge IL into water. ~
--The most durable woods in dry places
are ceder, oak, yellow nine and chestnut.
Sound ice, ten inches thick, viii bear a
pressure Of 1000 pounds to the square foot.
Last year Texas was an Importer CT
gain, this yearshe has surplus for exporta-
ton
IA is asserted that the dairy products Of
tho United States haye twice the value Of
The wheat crop.
1t is estimated that the amount OF grain
frozen upon the canals and the Hudson
riveris l,60S,OO0 bushels.
There u no crop raised which, yields SO
large an amohnt Of food and with 50 little
labor as Indian corn.
Farmers IN New Jersey and Ponnsylva-
MA are giving considerable attention TO the
culture OF jute plants
The most fertile farms in New England
to-day arc, rule. those that are devoted
20 stock and dairy farming.
A Kentucky firm contracted to furnish
100000 turkeys TO the Eastern market dur
ing the season ofcRristmas holidays.
-Piauts grown in the house are best kept
IN sood shape by piuching the end buds of
those shoots That grow too vigorously.
The popping properties Of corn depend
upon an oil which expands on the applica-
tion OF heat and bursts open the seed.
1t isnot merely for laying on fat that
oil meal Is valuable, but also in the increase
of the festlizing qualities Of the manure
rle.-
-Nowis the time to thin out poultry;cull
out all she hens over two years old and
keep nosmore cocks than are wanted for
next seasons use.
-Decsyed grain Of any kind is highly in
furious 70 stock. It has a parolyzing effect
upon the animal fed with it, oftentimes
causing death. a
"A cnrnpany has been organized in New
Orleans, with acapital of$IOO,oO0,to manu-
fscture jute bagging, which has hitherto
been imported. s' III
-Irrigation and drainage are often success
fully united. Water from drains in uplandi
can be successfully employ ID for irrigatins
the lands below. a..
The entire length of the intestinal
canal of the horse is ninety feet, the small
intestines being sixty-six feet in length and
the large'ones twenty four.
The pfoprietors of many private garden!
IN England spend from $4,000 to $4,000
per annum in labor and materials alone in
identifying their grounds ~
AT the Board Of Trade at Little Falls,N
Y, there was sold during the season Of 1885,
cheese to the value Of $l,7l4,s63,s2 being
$565,297,2S more than was sold in 1879.
"A new variety of grapevine, which grow
ana produces iIui' III the open ar al war
~" anu ns"' nss lu'eiy osen ofougnV 10 tn
no'ce oi 'ne o'' re'ersourg HORTICULTURE
0o''e.y'
o00u swee' u'llN contains one-iour'l
'"ore sugar tnan ou.'er TINS sugar turns
's ~ .ls Nv - ''o4 Oe'IiOIe
way 'o'N' "'0"'" - oe
..,,N n,''> 80 ~ '"'i', =. $50 9-'u''
h.shas. .@ess "1e' ueo y. oiusr- s, .e'
10 ~ so- sD' 1'1 O''er 'Io" '"e sne'.'
"v ''r,, n'a"u,'"s ior sears' !. san OLD saying
a hlock .sh tree with hoort;o,,,, G,
4 ured grains. taken ont Of a marsh in C,ro
IA when ont nm sold in Now Wi, =, sooo,
the stumn was sold Tor sIoo ,hn rrod,,,
being ussd for making into vanaars
4 --.Jes.a Owen. or Cbomrrr COUNT NJ,
York msds from. anna ror,aa oe.,,h.1oo,
y.;ied on s,vto sonora roa. ~ ,and -.
gallons of syrup. The seed was planted tb
H same as corn, in hills, and cultivated bot
4 ways. -..
In Germany ths do;rvmor ,.nd, b
4 b,t,.r tbroroh tho moi, 30 ,hn ,on.,,,,,o,
t.h,e In r;n,or u +. .ont =. ua.os,.o.
,onor ana vronnoa - oo.s.,a,, noan.
summer n lin cor. ~ ,soodon horns =, 4
expressly for that purpose.
In the nroosss Of droso;nc ho,,. r.. r.,
ush b.con ,ba ba;r Il ranonod H., ho;,,
sineod instead of I,o,ns .saIdad 81. har,
fore The anina, n,ust not i. ,oo r., ana ohm
~ Hoe snitohla eor. r,o,,i,,, ,t,;a .;n :,
bacon. for which 'hsre'' I, aro,,,iro d.,
-. oro.. la, ~, ;s.-
., -
,s"u "n'en Y'ii grow goou corn
""eaS W" gro" iaspoerr'es' me groun
Il ooa,;nn of ad',,e - w ',s,,,' 49, p,, ,,r1
p,..,o.,'. o,, -. ,.1.
80. 49,, -" .''' y
80 : ','r 80 a.
=. ~ s,,;',o,.S s,, = .''''' '""' WV
iady VINO mas raised large numo
O' mems says 'ha' alser yainly trying the
's'"eu'ss 'oi i'ee' she mas