The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-21

orR AaRIcuLTuRAL coLulIN.

Its becoming question with the Ber
kelley county people whether they car
keep their agricultural association in ex'
istence.
And speaking OF such associations, the
Panhandle Association lat WeIlsburg) is
to meet in a couple Of weeks to consider
thequestion oireogaHization. 1t is $500
in debt at the close OF its sixth season, in.
Cured principally last year,
Potato digging opened up liyelyalI along
the line Monday, notwithstanding the
ground was very wet. 1t is getting risky
now to leave them longer in the ground
Jackson County Ne,rs Of l7h,
Such items as this one from the Marshall
county Herald are met with in most
OF our local exchanges, viz, "Wheat is
looking well. The prospect for a good
crop is fattering at present, There was
more than an average acreage sown this
fall"
The small farmers in Germany cannot
hold their own, Nearly 1000 farms were
offered for sale last year, and 1000 found
no purchasers,
The London Economic estimates the i'm.
pOrtatiOn OF food into Great Britain ut
present as forty per cent OF tho total inn
ports OF the country,
There Is sufficient land in Texas to give
every person in the United States four
acres each.
A farmers convention was recently held
at Windsor, Kas,, atwhich twas resolved
that to insure the extirpation OF the chin oh
bug wheat should hereafter be excluded
from their crops,
The price Of potatoes is rapidly declin-
ing in New York. Those who bought up
large quantities and held them for rise
now have heavy burden on their hands
The Cleveland Herald says, in reviewing
thepotato market; 1.-THE Peerless are not
wanted much, and are selling at 81 Co.,"
The only surprising thing in this is
their being wanted at ALL much less that
anybody would be fool enough to pay 81 90
per bushel for cross between rotten
watermelon and soft shell turnip. The
man who invented tho peerless" potato
should be consigned to the hottest part OF
llades and roasted 1900 years II necessary,
as punishment for watering his stock"
Butter is soitening very materially in
price these days, under the influence OF
excellent fall pasture. II retailed in Wheel.
ing on Saturday at % cents. 1t Is not
unlikely to decline still further,
Our farmers are generally through gath.
ering in the corn crop, and are in most OF
cases better Oft than they anticipated.-Iy.
tl county INDEPENDENT
Tho Wool Growers Association Of Tyler
county will meet on the Cd OF next month.
Classical Instructor in I.atin-"NIiss b,
Of whit was Ceres thOgoddess2" Miss b.
"She was the goddess Of marriage" in.
structor-"Oh, no; Of agriculture" Miss
i, docking perplexed) -"Why, am sure
my book says she was the goddess Of hus.
bandry."
The Secretary.oi the Ohio State Board Of
Agriculture, Prof, Chamberlain, has Issued
letter to tho farmers Of the State, saying
that Farmers Institutes will be held the
coming season, rs last year, and that they
have made arrangements TO hold them in
twenty.iour different counties, beginning
the 2Oth OF November and closing March
LIST. Himself, or some Of the Professors Of
the Agricultural College, will attend these
Institutes.
Mamma, where do tho COWS get their
milkP' inquired Willie. "Where do you
getty our tears, my son" Mamma, do the
cows have to be spanked2" thoughttully
inquired Willie.
A trec.planting holiday has been estab-
lished in New Jersey.
One Of the best farmers OF Worcester,
Mass, saves all liquid manure in cstern
so made that no gases can escape to pollute
the atmosphere OF the stables. The amount
OF fertility that Is annually wasted in the
form OF liquid manure Is enormous, and q
means prevent this great waste should
be generally adopted by farmers.
Ladies' who do their own work will find
that, in addition to a long apron, u pair Of
calico sleeves, with rubber cord in the
top, Is dispenser Of happiness. One can
slip them OIL over cuffs and nice dress
sleeves, get tea, and even wash the tea.
dishes, without injuring the dress.
There seems to he one remedy for hcas
and cats, and about only one. Carbolic
soap put on strong will not only kill the
verlnin, but will also cleanse the dogs and
cats and make them brisk and healthy.
Tie best way to use It Is by making suds
and then with stiff brush rub II down 10
the hide.
( Corn huskings and rheumatics seem to
be on the rampage at present at Barracks
vile, Marion county, W. Va.
A few years,since, says a writer, had an
old pasture that had almost run out, cover.
ed with weeds and patched with moss 1
mixed few barrels Of salt and wood ashes
and applied about two barrels OF the mix.
ture per acre, covering about half Of the
lot. The result surprised me. Before fall
the moss had nearly all disappeared and
the weeds were rapidly following suit,
while the grass came in thick, assuming q
dark.green color, and made fine pasturage.
The balance Of the lot remained unproduC.
tive as before, but the following year It was
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