The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
FARM NOTES.


Pros are able TO consume far more
food in proportion to their weight than
either sheep or oxen.
CoMBs and wattles of fowls may be
prevented from freezing by oiling them
30 rs 10 prevent their getting wet.
A. B.sGoFr, Of Michigan, is said TO
have exhibited an onion seventeen inches
in circumference, weighing upwards OF
two pounds.
GREEN manuring, or the plowing in OF
green crops, is especially adapted for
light, sany soils, which, need hnmus to
increase their retentive power. ~
SHEEP busbandry 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. Ill4 ThiI.
SHEEP should be tagged regularly,
and kept clean. They should be culled
every year, and those in any manner de-
ficient in form or age should be put in
separate pasture and fattened for the
butcher.
1T IL 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 - much per acre as the
hay crop. A4a hA--- ~
IT Is claimed for corn fodder preserved
in silos, that it has the merit of exciting
to its highest point the appetite for oil
cake in the feeding Of animals, which at
the commencement is Commonly 20 re-
pugnant.
IF THE cucumber which growu nearest
the root be saved for seed 1oE . num-
Der of years in succession, the rssultwill
be smaller and earlier variety. II the
fruit on the extremity be saved it will
produce larger and later variety.
CHICKENS which, from natural disposi-
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
divulge 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 prepara-
tion Of food that is all there il to it.
PRoF. BEAL, ut the Michigan Agricu'-
trral College, has one hundred different
grasses and clovers growing, each in q
separate bed, in the garden attached to
the college. It has taken several years
to make the collection, 10 which addi-
tions 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 q favorable temperature. If
the temperature Of the cream is too low
the butter will be long in coming. and
will be hard Ia 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
In quantity.
TIE seeds o. golden .millett form an
excellent grain for feeding chickens
during the first three weeks Of their
lives. Very small chicks need very
small seeds, - is shown by their con-
slant search for The minute seeds Of
grass. Small whcls seeds are the best
provision in the grain line for young
birds. 4Aa s y l..s. -l u
OK THE fifth story terrace OF q gigantic
house in Washington street, Paris, twenty
yards long, sin and One half feet wide,
and overhaul eiuk the street, the owner
has an aerial harden where he success.
fully growT pears in twenty varieties,
currants, gooseberries, and roses, all ol
quality aud beauty equal to the those
that have their footing on the solid
earth. -.
Wm~people zee o horse's'head sirawr
up by the bearing rein, and see him step
ping short and champing his bit, anG
hinging his foam flakes to the right anG
left, tossing his head and rattling the
harness, they assume that he is acting
in the pride Of his strength and fulnes.
of spirit whereas, the animal is really
suffering agonies Of pain, and is trying
to gain by these movements momentar,
relief. ~ .
HERR SrrBLEa's researches do not con
firm the theory that light hinders germ
inaiion Of seeda generally. He admit
the probability, however, that light ma,
not be advantageous in the case OF seed
that germinate quickly and easily, sucl
rs clover, beans, or peas. He says tha
the termination of certain seeds, es
pecially those Of the grasses, will no
take place at all, or with great difficulty
IN darkness. .r.1- 80, ...a
The SCOT OF soft, or rather bituminou
coal, busted upon onions when wet wit
dew, Is said to be remedy for the mag
got. The mother fly closely resemble
the house fly. As SCOT is a good fertili
ger, nothius is lost by its application
even II it does not always destroy th
maggot. II SCOT from this variety Z
coalswill dest>oy the maggot, It Nigh
be we'll 70 fry soot derived from 81
burning Of pitch' pine or other sol
woods.
The scales which drop on from iro
when being wcfked At fcrges, iron trim
mings, hlinG = other ferruginou
material, ed into the soil abog
fruit troea. more minute pan1iDo1
spread thlrlJ 116 u6UN ned m
the earth cffl.ker bsdseQ ip,po& ~
extremely vS1n&hle. They axe eGpetiSII
valuable 10 The peach tree, and, In fac
supply necessary ingredients TO the sol
For colored flowers, they heighter th
bloom they are also found to be ben,
fetal TO the pear trees when worked
- round their roots.
A FARM can be stocked with shee
cheaper than with any other animal
Sheep will come nearer to utilizir
everything which grows on the farr
Less labor will be required for gettir
feed and stock together. The returl
will come In sooner and oftener this
with any farm-stock except hogs. lie,
money Is required for shelter and fcncin
and less labor is required in herdin
whep outside pasturage is accessib
udPreferred. And finally, handson
incqne on the investment can be HI
without the sale Of the animals ther
selves.
JgnPH HARRrs says we can make o
landS1cor by growing clover and seliil
it, n, We can make them rich by gro
ing clover and feeding il out on d
farm. Drain when needed, .cultiva
thoIogghly so as TO develope the pla