Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
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-
ticient ia form or age should be put in q
separate pasture and fattened for the
butcher
IT is estimated that there is not more
than one acre of land to 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 slos, that it has the merit Of exciting
to its highest point the appetite for oil
cake III the feeding of animals, which at
the commencement is commonly so re-
pugnant
Ii THE cucumber which grows nearest
the root be saved for seed for a num-
Der of years in succession, the result will
be smaller. and earlier variety. If the
fruit on the extremity be saved it will
produce larger and later variety.
CHICKENS which, from natural DISPOSE
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
diyulge his secret, replied; "My secret?
| have none it is only question of fare.
Induce the animals to eat abundantly by
large, choice variety and good prepare
ton of food that is all there is to it. ("
PRoF BEAL, at the Michigan Agricul-
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 wears
to make the collection, to which add.
tons 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 at favorable temperature. If
the temperature of the cream is too low
the butter win be long in coming, and
will be hard in texture. Ii the tempera-
ture be too high the butter will come
very speedily, but the product will be
greasy, destitute Of grain, and deficient
IL quantity.
THE seeds of golden millett form an
excellent grain for feeding chickens
during the first three weeks of their
lives Very small chick, need very
small seeds, as is shown by their con-
slant search for tue nainsste seeds of
grass. Small whole seeds are the best
provision in the grain line for young
birds.
On THE fifth story terrace Of gigantic
house in Washington street, Paris, twenty
yards long, six and one-half feet wide.
and oyerhanging the street, the owner
has an aerial garden where he success
fully grows pears in twenty varieties,
currants, gooseberries, and roses, all of
quality and beauty equal TO the those
that have their footing on the solid
earth.
WHEN people see horses head drawn
up by the bearing rein, and see him step
ping short and champing his bit, and
fllnging his foam flakes to the right and
left, tossing his head and rafting the
harness, they assume that he is acting
III the pride Of his strength and fulness
of spirit ; whereas, the animal is really
suffering agonies of pain, and is irving
to gain by these movements momentary
relief
HERR STEBLERs researches do not CON
firm the theory that light binders 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 not
take place at all, or with great difficulty,
in darkness.
THE SCOT of soft, or rather bituminous
coal, busted upon onions when wet with
dew, is said to be 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,
even If 1t does not always destroy the
mag9ot. If SCOT from this variety of
coal will destroy the maggot, it might
be well to try SCOT derived from the
burning of pitch pine or other soft
woods.
THE scales which drop off from iron
when being worked at FORCES, iron trim
mings, filing or other ferruginous
material, if worked into the soil about
frnt trees. or the more minute particles
spread thinly on the lawn. mixed with
the earth of flower beds or in pots, are
extremely valuable. They are especially
valuable to the peach tree, and. in fact,
supply necessary ingredients to the soil.
For colored flowers they heighten the
bloom they arc also found to be bene
fetal to the pear trees when worked in
round their roots
A FARM can be stocked with sheep
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 r,tlIrns
will come in sooner and oftener than
with any farm-stock except hogs. Less
| money Is required for shelter and fencing.
and less labor is required in herding.
| when outside pastarage Is accessible
and preferred. And finally, handsome
| income on the Investment can be had
without the sale of the animals them
selves.
! JOSEPH HARRIS saws we can make our
lands poor by growing clover and selling
| it, or we can make them rich by grow
ing clover and feeding it out on the
farm. Drain when needed. cultivate
/ thoT oughlv so as to deyelope the plant
I food IN the soil. and then grow clover to
I taSe up and organize this plant food
/ This i how 10 make rich land by grow
| ing clover. Draining and cultivating
! furnishes food for clover, and the clover
takes it mp and prepares it in best shape
for other crops. The clover does not
create plant food, but merely saves il.
( JAMES J. Fl. GREGORY, Of ATarblehead.
| practises the following for excluding the
| frost by kerosene. He states that the
| temperature In his vegetable cellar
sometimes went few degrees below
| freezing. making the mir Just cold
| enough to spoil the contents. He pro-
| cured a kerosene stove. which had six
! large burners and held two gallons OF
oil. Whenever his two Thermometers in
| the cellar indicated danger. he lighted
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