The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-15
THE FARM.

make q small enclosure for his hogs and
move it around as circumstances require.
1t will make pork-raislng more profitable
than to keep hogs confined in pens all
the time.
TIE most dangerous insect to farm
crops is the wheat nudge. Late sowing
of wheat Is sometimes a remedy, though
this has its disadvantages. All insects
found in cleaning wheat should be de-
stroyed at once, and wheat stubbles
plowed Immediately will be likely to de-
stroy all those wound up in cocoons on
the ground.
CAUSE AND EFFEcr.-When fattening
quick as possible. Any stint in feeding
Will make the meat tough and dry.
Stall-fed animals will fatten more readily
than others, and younger animals re-
quire. richer food than older ones. In
winter fattening much depends upon the
warmth OF the stable. The warmer the
cattle are kept the less food will be
needed
SHEEP do not impoverish land. Rug
ged canyons and mountain slopes, at
present not available for other use until
better roads are built to market, may be
u.iiized q long way IN advance of the
the march of improvements. Time will
surely enhance the value of these pos
sessions as surely as roads, settlements
and school-houses draw nearer to them.
And, in the meantime, the hardy pioneer
need wait but short while for their oom-
ing.
CASTOR oil is undoubtedly the best,
and therefore the cheapest, for iron
axles-whlch should always be wiped
clean. Correspondent informs us that
his market-wagon would run only twenty
miles before requiring to be regreased,
when lard was used, but with castor oil
it ran sixty miles, and was good for
twenty mora big difference, and worth
remembering. He further remarks that
ga wheel well fabricated will turn one
half easier, and wear as long again, a
gain Of one hundred and fifty per cent"
by the liberal use of oil
NUTRrrIvE MATTER IN HAY AND Corn.
The average results of experiment and
theory, SO to speak, make 81 pounds Of
Indian corn, equal to 100 pounds of hay,
or 1 LAD pounds of Indian corn to the ton
Of hay. But it must be remembered
that the nutritive effects of food upon
an animal are varied by many causes,
and also that the comparison of foods is
affected by the object sought, as fact,
growth, labor, milk, &c. The above is
the relative amount of nutriffve matter
in corn and hay, as determined by ex
pertinent and theory.
IT Is evident that the changed condi-
ton of our agriculture must soon COM
pei the employment of skilled hands,
and these skilled hands must be edu-
Gated before they can be employed.
Agricultural laborers are composed too
largely Of a floating, unsettled class, and
this must be changed before amendment
in the degree of skill can be expected.
They must be composed of a class with
settled and definite ends and aims, who
are educated to the business as earnestly
as mechanics. With such assistance agri-
culture will attract capital, and afford it
q safe investment. Skilled labor is the
immediate demand of the future in agri-
culture.
Coop FARMNa.-It is one sign Of a
good farmer if he prizes manure It
does not require a good farmer to raise
bountiful crops on q farm already rich,
but the art lies IN so managing the farm
that it will produce good crops every
year without losing in fertility. A mnn
may make money from his farm while he
is wasteful of fertilizers, but he is not q
good farmer, for he is constantly running
his land into debt. Good farming con-
sists of such management as will make
the farm produce the best possible re
suits without deteriorating the soil This
can only be accomplished by o rigid
economy in the making aud use of ma
nure, and a systematic rotation of crops
that will be the least exhaustive to the
soil.
WHERE sheep IRE kept for the double
purpose OF direct income in wool, NUT.
ton, etc, and the manure they make, il
is important that the extra food, or that
outside of what the pasture furnishes,
should be chosen with care. 1t would
be wise for the American farmer to be.
come better acquainted with ~cotton-seed
cake, linseed oil cake, and like concen.
trated foods. By feeding, and feeding
literally of such foods, the sheep no.
only grow rapidly, but the manure they
make is rich heterogeneous matters and
valuable fertilizing salts. The growth
OF animals is a means to IN end, ant
when the most money is made from the
flock and the land enriched, the most
rapidly the end is gained. The profit Of
sheep as fertilizers depends largely upor
the kind of food that is used.
P1oKINe FRUTT.-The following sag
gestions in regard to picking fruit fol
canning are furnished by a gentleman
conversant with the business: "It pay
to pick your fruit carefully and in time
if in right condition one day the mex
will be too late to pick. Go over you
trees many times. Don't try to pick al
at once. IF green, you lose weight. I
too ripe, it is spoiled for canning. TIL,
proper condition for apricot, plum, peacl
and nectarine is when fully matured
but before s~oftening. Use shallow boxes
Shakes make good boxes and are cheap
Above all, bring to the cannery, or sen,
to the market, at the earliest possibl,
moment after picking. It is not too lat
to thin out some fruit. Trees that over
belr do not yield marketable fruit"
Fowls IN ORcHARDs.-Last fall, say
the Poultry World, we visited an OF
chard in which fowls were kept, tn
owner Of which told us that before tn
fowls were confined in it, the trees mad
little or no growth, and only a CORES
ponding amount of fruit was obtained
But what a change was evident now
The grass was kept down, the weed
killed, and trees presented an appear
ance of thrift, which the most enthusiasts
tic horticulturist could not but admir-
and envy. The growth of the trees wa
most vigorous, and the foliage remark
ably luxuriant, the fruit was abundant
of large size, and free from worms an
other i~mperfections. The excellenc
was accounted for by the proprietor
who remarked that the "hens ate al
the worms and curculio in their reach
sven the canker worm" He found les
trouble with their roosting In trees tina
ne expected, and that a picket fence 81
feet high kept them within bounds. Hi