Connecticut western news., 1881-05-04
FARM AND GARDEN.

Coop SoAREcRows.-The Agricul- turist, after telling us that the crow soon comes to learn, and, consequently, not to fear the ordinary scarecrow in the corn field, goes on to say that the corn may be protected by means of "scare- crows," of which there are several very effective kinds. Crows are very keen, and are not easily fooled; they quickly understand the ordinary dummy" or straw man, which soon fails to be of ser vice in the corn-feld. It has no life, no motion, and makes no noise, and the crow soon learns this and comes and sits upon it's outstretched arm, or pulls the corn vigorously at it's feet. A dead crow, hung by a swinging cord to 8 slender pole, is recommended as far bet ter than straw man, as it, in its appar- ent struggles to get away, appeals i'm pressively to the living crows sense of caution. But the crow may not be at hand to be thus employed, and if he were, the farmer cannot afford to kill it. Better than dead crow is a glass bot tie with the bottom knocked out, which may be done with an iron rod. The bottle is suspended to an elastic pole by 0 cord tied around it's neck: the end of the cord should extend downward into the bottle, and have nail fastened to it and within the bottle, to serve as clap per. If a piece of bright tin be attached to the cord extending below the bottom less end of the bottle, all the better. A slight breeze will cause the tin to whirl, and, in the motion, cast bright refec- tions rapidly in all directions, while the nail keeps up rattling against the 1n- side of the bottle.
 A WORD IN FAVOR OF CARRoTs.- Benj. Smith, Essex County, Mass, writes: 'I always like to have crop of carrots to give out with dry feed. They add both to the color and flavor of milk when fed to COWS, are good for poultry when cooked and can be fed with profit to any sort of stock. They are especially valuable as 8 preventive to constipation when grass is gone and dry feed is in order. To insure good crop carrots ought not to be planted much later than the middle of May, though I have had first rate yields from planting as late as June 1. I plant in rows fourteen inches apart and thin to plants three to five inches in the rows. Long Orange is g standard field carrot and good for stock. Short Horn, standard early sort, is first rate for milch COWS, being some what sweeter than the Orange. A gooj carrot for the table is the early Scarlet Horn."
 EXPERIENCE WITH ENsnAaE. -Josept Lippincott, of Mt. Holly, N. J., says built 8 silo in September last, 19x1O; feet in the clear, and filled it the last O September with corn when just in thu silk, cut with fodder cutter in half inch lengths. It was firmly packed b, men tramping upon it. When the silt was filled put on about one foot o rye straw, then two-inch plank cross wise, then about 1000 pounds of eartl to the square yard. It was opened o, December % and found in splendit condition. The COWS eat it with grea relish. It increased the flow of mill considerably and the milk was of first rate quality. I fed about two quarts o meal and bran to one bushel of ensilag per COW, and in the seventeen years
 have been in the milk business I hay never fed anything that gave me a much milk and of so good quality a this ensilage, or sauer .kraut, or swill as some call it. I have fed almost al kinds of feed, cooked, steamed an' raw, wet and dry, but I never hay found anything that gave me such goo satisfaction as this ensilage. I like i so we'll that I shall try to put up iron 200 to 300 tons the coming season. is success beyond doubt. Ther have been a great many farmers here t see my silo, and they all think it a goo thing, and there will be good man, silos built in the county of Burlington New Jersey, the coming season. On of my neighbors has built one alread
 6Ox2O feet and 15 feet deep. He is keep ing 50 COWS now aud expects to kee] 100 instead of his present 50. I ar keeping between 30 and 40 head a present, and intend to keep 100 head O the same land that now only support half that number.