The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-26
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WESTERN PorAroEs, The Early Ohio
is said to be better adapted for Indiana
than the Early Rose. It is earlier, and
does not run to small tubers.
ANGLEwORl1s. Flower beds and lawns
may be protected from angleworms by 4 ]
dressing Of salt now and a heavy appli-
cation of lime in the early spring.
KEEPING GRAPES. Bunches Of grapes
were kept three months BY an Australian
grower by dipping the ends Of the stems
in wax and packing in kiln-dried ground
bark.
VERA1N. Vermin, says an authority,
thrive best where places are kept dry,
and washing OF sprinkling pigeon-cotes
daily is an infallible means of DESTROYING
all parasites.
RABBITS. -Axle-grease and lard, well
mixed in equal proportions, and rubbed
on young trees, will protect them from
rabbits. Very little need be used, as
only the scent is necessary.
CoRNsrA1Ks.-Mr. George Conner, Of
Burlington, Iowa, considers ton Of
cornstalks worth more than ton Of hay
for COWS. He feeds to each mich COW
one bushel of fuely-cut stalks, two quarts
of bran and two quarts Ct cob-meal mixed
and wet with water, both morning and
evening.
WARM FooD FOR HENS. The value of
warm meal for hens cannot be over
estimated. The cost need be little or
nothing. Vegetable parings and kitchen
refuse of all kinds, boiled soft and thick
ened with bran, is all that is necessary.
Do not give more at time than they
will eat clean. Try it, and see if you do
not get more eggs.
PACKAGE FOR BUTTER. Can we not.
asks the Live Stock Journal, invent
simple and easily-constructed package
for butter, which may be sealed air-tight
and easily opened? Glass is, probably,
the best material from which to make it.
as it is light and strong, permits nosoak-
age and imbibes no taints. Such apack-
age can be incased in wood to protect
it. There must surely be some easy way
of making self-sealing glass package
for butter, when they are so extensively
used for fruit. Three-fourths of the
bad butter in market is spoiled after
packing.
PLow1Na.-Last year farmer plowed
forty acres in the fall and in the spring
started to pillow it again, when an old
resident remarked that he was having
his labor for nothing, as spring wheat
did just as well on fall blowing without
blowing again. As he had plowed deep
and well he thought he would try it,
and, after narrowing the whole, he
sowed his grain. The UNEMPLOYED land
was the first to show the grain, and on
it throughout the wheat was deeper
color. thicker and taller, and the dividing
line perceptible. Our informant has no
doubt that the twice-plowed land yielded
five bushels more to the acre than the
once plowed. This was ample remunera-
ton for the extra blowing. Henceforth
our friend will be an advocate of thor
ough cultivation. Oft-stirred ground
absorbs and retains more moisture, be-
side offering less obstruction to the pen
etration of the roots to great depths,
one great condition of continued growth
through the drought. -Ne,O York Her.
aid.
CALvEs.-A writer Of much expert
ence in rearing calves says: eve try
to have our calves fed on skinned milk
only, after they are weeks old, but
sometimes the change from fresh milk
at this early age leads to securing, and
the time has to be extended. After that
time we give them only skinned milk
until they can be gradually brought to
full hay diet. If calf needs extra
feeding to bring it to thrifty condition
we give it about q pint of oats a day,
previously soaked in water. We avoid
bran with calves for fear of loosening
their bowels too much. and we avoid
corn meal for fear of inducing ten
dency to take on fat in the carcass. We
even avoid giving the most nutritious
hay, and this for two reasons first, to
prevent fattening, and, second, in order
that the calf, in satisfying his appetite,
shall consume large bulk of food and
SO develop the capacity of his digestive
apparatus and create permanent desire
for large feeding that will continue
when the richer feeding of maturity be-
comes necessary. As a rule, we hold
that the young Jersey should be
'tgrowthy,' deep-fanked and loose
jointed, and should have generally the
characteristics which farmers know as