The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11
FARM NOTES.

The students at the Iowa College
Farm last year made all the sugar they
used, from orange ia Iowa people
are going largely into the making OF
sugar from sorghum.
1T Is found in my own experience that
urine collected into tanks from fifty
COWS tied up during the winter months
is sufficient to keep In q high condition
seven or eight acres of meadow land
London AGRICULTURAL Gazette.
INSECTS as they relate to man are o
ious, beneficial or neutral. Those
ranked a. beneficial may be directly
beneficial, like the silkworm or honey
bee, or are indirectly beneficial as de-
stroysrs of noxious insects.
SPEAKING of the pioneers of cattle
breeding, the LiOe Stock Record re-
marks "The distractions now in the
way of breeders are by no means those
which met Bakewell, Ceilings, Bates,
and Booth. They had to lay the foun-
dation and build from the ground up,
while at this time these are found ready
to hand, and it only remains with the
present breeder to keep them up to the
standard of excellence of judicious cross
ing and true breeding"
OoUNT THE Cosr.-No man Is ht to
manage q farm who does not think be-
forehand what is best to do, and which
is the best way to do it. Work with
out thought, without plan, has been the
blunder of many who pretend to be
farmers. Raising crops without knowl-
edge as to their cost, or thought as to
whether they will sell or not, has slapped
many a fortune. More forethought in
the management Of q farm is required
than in most any other pursuit followed
by man, and the forehanded farmer is
always the one who counts the cost, and
closely calculates all matters that apper-
tain to-the farm, not tina a farmer Is
necessarily obliged to make shifts and
turns in order to succeed, but simply
to count the cost.
BAILEY HoRsEa-It is rarely well to
whip or kick or scold o balky horse, as
is the common practice. One of the
best methods is to feed where he stands
with any accessible food, such as oats,
ears OF corn, OF ven grass by the way
side, OF hay from the wagon, which can
be provided for the emergency. For
getting his whim he will generally start
without trouble. Another good way is
to do something not harmful, but new,
which viii direct his thoughts, and be-
fore he knows it he will be jogging un-
consciously along. Sometimes, If one
can spare the day, it is best to wait till,
from uneasiness and hunger, the animal
submits to the will Of his driver, and
the triumph In this instance is generally
complete. In any event, it Is poor pol
icy to whip and abuse the animal, be-
cause it does no good
INDICATIONS, OF TIE WEATHER.-Ihe
color of the sky at particular times
affords wonderful good guidance Not
only > rosy sunset pressages good
weather, but there are other tints which
speak with equal clearness and accuracy.
A bright yellow sky in the evening indi-
Gates wind /; q pale yellow, wet ; a neutral
gray color constitutes a favorable one in
the morning. The clouds are again full
of meaningin themselves. IF their forms
are soft, underlined, full and feathery,
the weather will be fine if their edges
are hard, sharp and definite, it will be
foul. Generally speaking, any deep,
unusual hues hetoken wind and rain !;
whilethe more quiet and delicate tints
bespeak fair weather. It is very true.
however, that all signs m regard to the
weather some times are deceptive and
fail.
SErbNa By WE1aHT.-It cannot be
denied but what the fairest way in dis
posing of articles from the farm is by
weight. It is the only proper way ; and
why? Let ms take eggs, for instance I
A dozen of large eggs, under the pres
emit system of traffic, brings no more
than a dozen of small ones. No one will
pretend to say there is any justice in
this. Then take potatoes or turnips, or
apples or onions, or fruit of any kind. A
person who understands "dark ways"
can make, by measuring by the bushei
or quart, q good deal more or less, ac-
cording to the interests that suits him.
In all the berries sold In this market by
the quart there is leakage In the meas
ure in most instances. Honest scales
won't cheat It is just as right to sell
wool by the fleece Is Il Ii eggs by the
dozen or hay by the load-as to sell po-
tatoeS, tomatoes, wheat, rye, barley,
oats, corn, apples, berries Ivy the quart
or bushel. There is NO justice in it,
neither is there any representation in it.
The only fair way In either Buying OF
selling farm products Is by the weight.
THERE is q good deal said about sheer
breeding in this country, andthe advan.
tages respectively presented by the
grassy mountain OF Western prairie lan6
o rsheep culture are commented on by
exchanges and correspondents. But
Australia, it is probable, exceeds any
other part of the world for sheep. The
Gotof nnaent Gazette for Canterbury aui
Otago, New Zealand, gives q list Of
few owners and iocks, as follow, In thu
colonies of the antipodes
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