The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-11-18
FARM NOTES.


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two pounds.
GREEN manuring, or the blowing in of
green crops, is especially adapted for
light, sany soils, which need humus to
increase their retentiye power.
SHEEP husbandry 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.
SHEEP should be tagged regularly,
and kept clean They should be culIed
every year, and those in any manner de-
fieient in form or age should be put in a
separate pasture and fattened for the
butcher.
IT IS 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 as much per acre as the
hay crop.
1t Is claimed for corn fodder preserved
ia silos, that it has the merit of exciting
to its highest point the appetite for oil
cake III the feeding of animals, which at
the commencement is commonly SO re-
pugnant.
IF THE cucumber which grows nearest
the root be saved for seed for num-
Der of years in succession, the result will
be smaller and earlier variety. IF the
fruit on the extremity be saved it will
produce larger and later variety.
CHICKENS which, from natural DISPOSE
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
divlllge his secret, replied: "My secret?
I have none; it is only question Of fare
Induce the animals to eat abundantly by
a large, choice variety and good prepare
ton of food that is all there is to ii"
PROF. BEA1, at the Michigan Agricu'
tural College, has one hundred different
| grasses and clovers growing, each in a
separate bed, In the garden attached to
the college. It has taken several years
to make the collection, to 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 favorable temperature. If
the temperature of the cream is too low
the butter will be long in coming, and
will be hard in texture. If 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.
THE seeds of golden millett form an
excellent grain for feeding chickens
during the first three weeks of their
lives. Very small chicks need very
small seeds, as is shown by their con.
slant search for the minute seeds OF
grass. Small whole seeds are the best
provision in the grain line for young
birds.
On THE fifth story terrace of gigantic
house in Washington street, Paris, twenty
yards long, six and one-half feet wide,
and overhanging the street, the owner
has an aerial garden where he success
fully grows pears in twenty varieties,
currants, gooseberries, and roses, all of
quality and beauty equal to the those
that have their footing on the solid
earth.
WHEN people see horses head drawn
up by the bearing rein, and see him step
ping short and champing his bit, and
finging his foam flakes to the right and
left, tossing his head and rafting the
harness, they assume that he is acting
in the pride of his strength and fulness
of spirit !; whereas, the animal is really
suffering agonies of pain, and is trying
to gain by these movements momentary
relief
HERR STEBLER's researches do not con-
firm the theory that light hinders germ
nation of seeds generally. He admits
the probability, however, that light may
not be advantageous in the case Of seeds
that terminate quickly and easily, such
as clover, beans, or peas. He says that
the termination of certain seeds, es-
pecially those of the grasses, will not
take place at all, or with great difficulty,
in darkness.
THE SCOT of soft, or rather bituminous
coal, busted upon onions when wet with
dew, is said to be a remedy for the mag
got. The mother fly closely resembles
the house fly. As SCOT is good fertili-
yer, nothing is lost by its application,
even if it does not always destroy the
maggot. If SCOT from this variety of
coal will destroy the maggot, it might
be well to try SCOT derived from the
burning of pitch pine or other soft
woods. r $50
The scales which drop off from iron
when being worked at FORCES, iron trim
mings, filing or other ferruginous
material, if worked into the soil about
fruit trees, or the more minute particles
spread thinly on the lawn, mixed with
the earth of flower beds or in pots, are
extremely valuable. They are especially
valuable to the peach tree, and, in fact
supply necessary ingredients to the soil.
For colored flowers they heighten the
bloom they are also found to be bene
fetal to the pear trees when worked in
round their roots. L1I Al5
n fhAftNl CtI NO StOCh6u WIFI Sl00D
cheaper than with any other animals.
Sheep will come nearer to utilizing
/ everything which grows on the farm.
Less labor will be required for getting
feed and stock together. The returns
will come in sooner and oftener than
with any farm-stock except hogs. Less
money is required for shelterand fencing
and less labor is required in herding,
when outside pasturage is accessible
and preferred. And finally, handsome
income on the investment can be had
without the sale Of the animals them
selves.
JOSEPH HARRIS says we can make our
lands poor by growing clover and selling
it, or we can make them rich by grow
ing clover and feeding it out on the
farm. Drain chen needed, cultivate
thor oughly so as to develope the plant
food in the soil, and then grow clover to
take up and organize this plant food.
This is how to make rich land by grow
ing clover. Draining and cultivating
furnishes food for clover, and the clover
takes it up and prepares it in best shape
for other crops. The clover does not
create plant food, but merely saves it.