The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-10-13
FARM NOTES.

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ohosl nne wooi Gonns DM.i IA -. 60
plopolsion VI la@ e 49, "out - ,;tro.
eainS aoou' oiA'een Pei oes' A
gen.
:. SUCH has been the recent damAge 70
desc;ancv IN he Tinted Kingdom is es-
t;matad a. Ios 0Oo OO1 busbels.
IT,. ..a-;o,D -, screooa in snread-
;r. @ a., alnaaca - ar rata of increase in
,adss,Iat;ar s y herca iaraer onantit;es will
bp;IhI bpna;IahIa raar hv year for exnort
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uEksE are easny AsPs, siass au
M, waIer ioih h sne sn, a.n 80
.s nnsI, I,n.J ~asn .s...na E pt.s at ~ tha;r Ill
Asa ooneo Po'"''o'' A'"Ae 1p ''A
vi nre'
1T HAS been proved py experiments
that II Young turkeys be fed on soft food
mixed with miik instead Oh water mucn
superior anu more tender meat Will De
produced.
The digestibility OF fodder plants Is
larg ly determined by their age. All the
consti.uehts Oh young plant are more
uleesuoie tnan III Ine Saine PiAn' oi
efeaser age.
In THE fattening OF wethers to finish
as shearlings, English breeiers state
that the Cotswold and Leicester grades
can be made up to 200 pounds, the Ok
ford Downs, to $50 pounds, and the
Southdown grades TO l60 pounds, live
welght.
THE poison of n sting from bee. wasp
or hornet NAV ba almost inafantIv nen-
tralized INV The application of little
LIQUID ammonia. and II is said that the
poison and sting NAV be forced out by
pressing the barrel OF n small kew firmly
for a minnie over the wound. No main
or awellino will result
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,ood - hen hay ,o .s 49,. ~ 80 soiIn~ iss non .ui
cantratad foo5 "a ,ra.tsf,,I and "ro,vds
tha It, 80 =, a. sta,,aoh hoso.o
,,ror,ar - J;a.s.;on noc,rs Th;s a,,bor;..
crla;ms fiat the bav sbouid ha % I'd ar:t
10 avoid tbe above-mentioned tronble
A hearty drink of water upon a full
stomach also operates TO pusb its con-
tents into the intestines before there Ia
proper digestion.
p,ov Invor A..
~ AZ ..,,.a 1850 o--" o ~ s@s VIZ ple'euoe
,,ara.ra VIC Pat ras.ay ysn 81 ~ ufs'S &c t, 'ein
bos banafc;a, va aeoSt nnt, y. AZ Lna aanna aua
and Laar;nr - hrt.ar Ipn Ip..a ao ,,o. Law.
"a o;r oyvsan consnr,as -rhat !. a.IIaS
~r,;lt ojns y h,t =, oonfnanon. u Laa
verv Jeieter;ona effact Tn tha ,n.,rs.a nHs .
tnrs ~ choasa erner;,,ants - ~ sIo ia ,"I,ao aLas
that warm m air r;nans tha ohaaao u 'nown no~na
nn;cLlv thon m oold a;~ u and 1r1S rros,,.a. aofe
more intense odor
AI,,fosr as mncb cara |. takar N d~v
bav in Norway oa fiah for tha ,raathcy,
has its vicissitndes and the % v;ntsr =
long and wearisome to man and hoast
Hay ia hung mn 10 drv Stakes arc sat
about three feet high and nins inserted
upon which slender poles are laid Tho
poles are 40 ARRANGED that when gross =
placed upon them thew shed rain The
sun and wind soon do the making aided
by stalwart females. employed IN turn.
ing aud handling the hay.
AN Iowa farmar o;vas b;s ,,,..h>5 g.
raising potatoes as follows. % 1PIant M
them in good rich soil. close TO the house
or BARNARD where the chickens run tba
more chickens the better; hoe them as
soon as they are out of the ground, then
pSow them at least once week till they
are In bloom The chickens will keep
the bugs off If the latter are not too
numerous. IL there are more bugs than
the chickens can consume knock them
off the vines just before the plow and
plow them under every day till they dis
appear. In this way I have raised
plenty, while my neighbor's crops were
all destroyed" l."
The value of a bulky food as bav mr.
straw, is far greater when given to a
ruminant animal than when consumed
by horse or pig. Concentrated, easily
digested foods, as grain and oilcake.
have clearly value above their com.
position when added to N poor ar 4 bulkv
food. as straw chaff or 10 a waterv food
like turnips. because thew are tbe means
of raising the def In n no;nt ot Which
the animal will thrive On the other
hand roota and oreep foddor ayan ,vLan
wateyv and nooy in cononos;t;or n,e,,
have a considerah,a affect wban oddod -
moderate nronort;on 10 drw Tod ~ --'
r..
- fAers Vi NorwAy anu sweden
,ast ..s;as as sn9 e,.nhn eIel sHele - az
Iav ars -, ,u;th su,, ops 80 y. oal
- S.o"H :a VIZ. ou.y nom sln W
tea go we1A' nselVenus nun seeo- time
ss.rJa' %a az. nsel acoiinin:l1a'lo1 ~ many
sJn sSIa nowels W iucre''Se ~ SIG anu oeptn
red =, ~. nIo n,an,s - s,p piesanE eSsan unge ol
NJ frnita ia incrsosad I Ia | tha;. nJ nIor , aI,
devalonad Ia tl,an n"u rn sne Iaeo;oa. "c,, =,
sweetness The dayelonment - assen- ~
tial oils in certain YIonts Il areoter a. % than
in the same nlan+s ~ orovn - p @ IT, ' Iot;
tudea IT, Ia an astoh1;shaJ 60 a.,
ligbt beara tba so,ns raiat;or - sron,. '
ma heat does to s,rsa.nas. A W. AAo1'
A -. '"e s
LOWING aa ;rOnortan eAfdener stsae makes .ne aot-
wear an a test of q frsonan. nract;cs
among growers OF melons and snashes
I pinched the ends of the long main
shoots Of the melons, squashes and eu.
cumbers, and left some to run at their
own will. One squash plant sent out a
single stem reaching more than forty
feet, but did not bear any fruit. An
other plant was pinched until it formed