The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-28
FARM NOTES.

weigh $50 or 200 pounds, are generally
healthy. They are then in good condi-
ton to fatten.
PLASTER scattered over the floors of
the chicken house is a powerful absorb
emit, preventing the smell which arises
from the droppings.
THERE are one hundred and fifty named
and described varieties of wheat, and
yet one-half the people who grow the
grain don't know the difference-such
Is the lack of training in the natural his |
tory of plants.
MnKNG.-The best time for this is
either before or after feeding. Never
milk while the COW is eating. When a
COW has once acquired the habit of feed
ing at milking time she will often refuse
to let down her milk unless food is be-
fore her.
WHEAT IN THE WEsT.-The continu-
wheat growing in the West, followed
as it is by burning the straw, is certain,
sooner OF later, to result in exhaustion of
the soil. A crop of Indian corn, when
wheat shows signs of tagging, is gener-
ally sufficient to restore the fertility.
THE New England Farmer remarks
that cider made late in the season and
stored in a cold place, will keep sweet
because active fermentation is prevented.
If it is rich and sweet when it comes
from the press, and care is exercised in
making it from good, sound apples, it
will not become sour if kept in a moder-
ately cool cellar, in a tight cask or in
bottles.
A NERVOUS, excitable steer is not as
profitable to feed as a lymphatic one
with q broad, deep, chest, for this last
is seldom disturbed by anything-he
feeds well, sleeps well, and fats well. 1t
is just thirty years since the first Jerseys
were brought to this country. They are
making q great change in u dairy in
terests and the good results will become
more apparent in the ensuing year.
THE CABBAGE WoRM.-To save his cab
bages, and as an experiment, Nj. How
ard tells the Fruit Record that he mixed
of fine salt, and q quarter of a pound
each of red and black pepper. When the
dew was on he applied this mixture by
means of a large-sized tin pepper-box to
400 cabbages, that were doubtless as
wormy q lot as could be found. He gave
them but one dose, but it did its work SO
effectually that there has been no further
trouble on account of these destructive
pests.
CORN SrUBBnE.-Fields that have been
cleared in time should be plowed in read
mess for early sowing of oats in spring.
If roots are to follow the corn the stuble
may be plowed at once and sown with
rye. Three or four bushels should be
sown to the acre. This rye will furnish
a heavy crop of green fodder next May
or N excellent early pasture in 1.-THE
spring, or may be plowed under as a
green manuring. In either case the en-
pense of the seed, which Is the only out
lay, will be many times repaid in the in
crease of the following crop.
SHEEP IN WNTER.-Sheep need free
dom of action and variety of food more
than any of our domestic animals. In
winter they require shelter only against
heavy rains and melting SHOWS, as even
q cold storm is better than a heated barn,
at least for Cotswolds. A rough shed,
facing the south and capable of being
closed during the rain and snow storms,
is quite sufficient. They should then be
kept in small iocks, have spacious yards
to roam in, and at all times, except dur
ing the storms, fed In racks out of doors
in ordinary weather. Where cold storms
are rare, and the ground is free from
heavy snow, artificial shelter is hardly
necessary, for Cotswolds at any rate.
How TO FEED.-The trouble with most
persons who keep horses, nc matter
whether on q farm for farm work or fol-
driving purposes, is they feed too mucl
hay; and to this can be attributed the
general sluggishness often manifested by
the horses until they have been working
a couple of hours, while their wind il
also much impaired. Night is the onl,
time when hay should be fed, especial,
to animals used for quick work; aver thu
slow pillow team should have but it'll
hay at the morning and noon feeds, bu
give them a generous supply at the sven
ing meal. By doing this your horse
will keep in better spirits and condition
and free from any tendency to "po
belly" which horsemen so much dislik'
to see.
REMEDY FOR BL1aHr.-Josiah Hopes
Weschester, Pa, a veteran author, frui
grower and experimenter. in the Ameri
can Garden, says: "No sure retned.
can be suggested to prevent the blgh
in the pear nor the yellows in the peach
but the following are not injurious AMI
are certainly beneficial: Wash the bodies
of the trees as well as the larger branche
with ordinary thin whitewash o. soap
suds. Top-dress the soil beneath wit
weak lime, good rich compost, un
decaying~ vegetable matter, in fact, tina
will furnish food for your trees. A Sigh
dressing of salt used sparingly also an
swers an excellent purpose, and some GU
t~ivators recommend ground bones an
others iron filings. A heavy mulchin
with muck is beneficial to all young trees
USES FOR SAIT.-A writer in the r,
raj NeW Yorker says that the salt ques
ton is always on the carpet, and while
is very certain that salt is not a manu-
it is equally certain that its applicatio
is q decided benefit. The retardatio
and often complete ruin of crops by il
l sect depreciation is well known, but it
not at all appreciated to its full extern
Salt can act but in three ways benef
cially. 1t attracts moisture and hence
r useful in dry seasons; it drives away IL
sects, and therefore, is useful in all sea
/ ons, and when thoroughly dissolved b
3 heavy rains it acts by assisting inert
insoluble material to become fit for plal
t 1OOu. Inc nrSb moue Is sllSn1 SaL
not enough. though. to pay for the sal
the second is very valuable, paying fc
/ the salt and the trouble of applicable
/ from ten to one hundred times over, a.
t cording to the prevalence and destruc
s iveness of the insects; the third mode
S of but little value because insolubles al
generally proof against its feeble actiol
If we sum up the gain from the thr,
modes of action we perceive such a vel
decided gain that N fair trial is suf
cient to convince the most sceptical. II
; only danger is IN excess, but as fl
bushels per acre can do no harm IL
, danger is not likely ever to be alarming
as few farmers can afford to waste So
anywhere.
HOUSEKEEPERY HELPS.