The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-10
FARM NOTES.

A. B. Corr, of Michigan, is said to
have exhibited an onion seventeen inches
in circumference, weighing upwards OF
two pounds.
GREEN manuring, or the blowing in of
green crops, is especially adapted for
light, sany soils, which need humus to
increase their retentive power.
SHEEP husbandry in the Western
States and Territories is becoming one of
the most profitable financial investments
of the day. Under proper management
the same might be said of other sections
of the country.
SHEEP should be tagged regularly,
and kept clean. They should be culled
every year, and those in any manner de-
fcient in form or age should be put in a
separate pasture and fattened for the
butcher.
IT Is estimated that there is not more
than one acre of land to a farm in Yer
mont planted to corn. This seems strange
for a dairy State, and when the corn
fodder is worth as much per acre as the
hay crop.
IT Is claimed for corn fodder preserved
in silos, that it has the merit of exciting
to its highest point the appetite for oil
cake in the feeding of animals, which at
the commencement is commonly 30 re-
pugnant.
If THE cucumber which grows nearest
the root be saved for seed for a num-
Der of years in succession, the result will
be a smaller and earlier variety. II the
fruit on the extremity be saved it will
produce o larger and later variety.
CHICKENS which, from natural d1sposi-
ton, or from being kept on food too
stimulating in its character, begin very
early to lay eggs, are generally ~stunted
in growth and, consequently, never be-
come the fine, large birds so desirable
for the table or the market.
A CELEBRATED French agriculturist,
who for many years, held first rank in the
art of fattening sheep, when urged to
divulge his secret, replied: "Mys secret?
1 have none; it is only a question of fare.
Induce the animals to eat abundantly by
a large, choice variety and good prepare
ton of food that is all there is to it.
PRoF. BEAI, at the Michigan Agricu'-
tural College, has one hundred different
grasses and clovers growing, each in a
separate bed, in the garden attached to
the college,. 1t has taken several years
to make the collection, to which addi-
tions' are constantly being made. Sets
of six of these plants have been sent to
several different colleges.
FINE butter can only be obtained by
churning of q favorable temperature. Ii
the temperature of the cream is too low
the butter will be long in coming, and
will be hard in texture. If the tempera-
ture he too high the butter will come
very speedily, but the product viii be
greasy, destitute of grain, and deficient
IL quantity.
The seeds o. golden millett form an
excellent grain for feeding chickens
during the first three weeks of their
lives. Veryssmall chicks need very
small seeds, as is shown by their con-
slant search for the minute seeds OF
grass. Small whole seeds are the best
provision in the grain line for young
birds.
On TEE fifth story terrace of a gigantic
house in Washington street, Paris, twenty
yards long, six and one-half feet wide,
and ~overhanging the street, the owner
has an aerial garden where he success
fully grows pears in twenty varieties,
currants, gooseberries, and roses, all oil
a quality and beauty equal to the those
Gldbs udfc Z blOh 1OOhluS jill Tx oO1lO
earth.
WHEN people see o horses head drawn
p.p57 5avf 5vHuu vnampru -rIr uIu, TINT
finging his foam flakes to the right and
left, tossing his head and rattling the
harness, they assume that he is acting
in the pride of his strength and fulnesS
of spirit whereas, the animal is really
suffering agonies of pain, and is trying
to gain by these movements momentary
relief.
HERR STEBLRR's researches do not con.
firm the theory that light hinders germ.
ination of seeds generally. He admits
the probability, however, that light may
not be advantageous in the case of seeds
that terminate quickly and easily, such
as clover, beans, or peas. He says that
the termination of certain seeds, es.
pecially those of the grasses, will moi
take place at all, Dr. with great difficulty
in darkness. =
THE SCOT of soft, or rather bituminous
coal, busted upon onions when wei with
dew, is said to be a remedy for the mag
got. The mother fly closely resembles
the house fly. As SCOT is a good fertili:
ger, nothing is lost by its application.
exea il it-does not always destroy the
maggot. If SCOT from this variety O.
coal will destroy the maggot, it might
be well to try SCOT derived from the
burning of pitch pine OF other soft
woods.
The scales which drop off from iror
when being worked at FORCES, iron trim.
mlngs, filing OF other ferruginous
material, if worked into the soil about
fruit trees, or the more minute particles
spread thinly on the lawn, mixed will
the earth of flower beds or in pots, art
extremely valuable. They are especially
valuable to the peach tree, and, in fact
supply necessary ingredients to the soil
For colored flowers. they heighter the
bloom they are also found to be bene
fetal to the pear trees when worked il
round their roots.
A FARM can be stocked with sheer
cheaper than with any other animals
Sheep will come nearer to utilizing
everything which grows on the farm
Less labor will be required for getting
feed and stock together. The, returns
will com in sooner and oftener thai
money is requiredfo for shelter and fencing
and less labor is required in herding
when outside pasturage is accessible,
ohu piCAOklCo. AIu huaI1y, d uduuSOiu
income on the investment can be hat
without the sale of the animals them
selves.
JOSEPH HARRIS says we can make on
lands poor by growing clover and selling
it, or we can make them rich by grow
ing clover and feeding it out on tn,
farm. Drain when needed, c%ultivat
thor oughly so as to develope the plan
food In the soil, and then grow clover 4
take up and organize this plant food
This is how to make rich land by grow
ing clover. Draining and c~ultivatin,
furnishes food for clover, and the Glove
takes it up and prepares it in best shap
for other crops. The clover does no
create plant food. but merely saves it.
JAMES ]. II. GREGORY, of Marblehead
practises the following for excluding tn