The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-06-02
FARM IND HOME.
Farm Rak6ssas,


man who shoots buffalo. Trees may
need watering, but in time they bring
showers. Where trees are on the plains
there the rain falls, if it comes at all.
GARBAGE FOR THE TABLE.-The Gar
deners' Magazine says all yellow and
white-hearted cabbages, Savoys includ-
ed, are not good for table use, "that the
yellowish and very pals green sorts are
comparatively worthless, while the dark
green sorts are full of flavor and sub.
stance, the very perfection Of what a
cabbage should be that is to bo cooked
for Christian to eat"
RosEs.-The Rural Home communi.
Gates an important fact in rose culture:
LIVERY rose will not come from the
slip. OF the three great divisions into
which the rose family is separated
namely, the damask, the noisette and
the tea-the last two may be propagat,
ed with more or less readiness from the
slip CT by budding; the first only by di-
viding the roots and planting the seed,
which latter method is resorted to, how
ever, only when it is desired to obtain
new varieties"
The WEEv1L.-A correspondent writes:
II have observed Of late numerous COM
plants of the difficulty of guarding pea
and bean seed from the weevil. Your
subscriber has found an effectual reme-
dy, and gives it for the benefit of those
seeking such. After harvesting dry
thoroughly in the sun, and afterward
place in jars, cans or barrels that have
been thoroughly heated before the fire,
placing in each vessel bottle of turpen-
tine, not corking the bottle, but simply
tying piece Of cloth over its mouth.
Cover the vessels as alright as possible,
and afterward expose to the sun occa-
sionally. The fumes of the turpentine
engcndered by the heat kill the egg Of
the weevil deposited in the seed when it
is green. THIS is aa effectual remedy,
and should be known to all ed-growers
North or South. York Herald.
FRENCH FowLs.-The French fowls
are not nearly so popular in America as
they deserve to be. The Creve- occurs
and Roullans are both prolific egg pro-
lucers, grow rapidly, and have white,
juicy flesh. The latter have plump
l,reast, fine-havorcil flesh, remarkably
light bones and gray legs. If properly
fed the hens will lay on without stop.
ping to sit. They thrive we'll in confine-
ment. The Creve-ceurs are also non
sitters, and are not surpassed for white
ness of flesh by any variety. Their
black legs are often objected to by cooks
and dealers, but they have no effect
upon the color; flavor or tenderness Of
the flesh. Young birds will fatten when
three months old, andhave been made to
weigh four pounds at that age. At 6
months they will weigh seven pounds.
The Corswo1D SHEEp.-Mr. Joseph
Harris has the following in praise Of this
breed: eff we'll fed and provided with
dry quarters under foot, there are no
sheep which will stand exposure to Our
severe weather better than the Cots
wolds. The Cotswold ewes are good
breeders and good nurses. They fire.
quently have two strong lambs, and &C.
casionally three at a birth. I have
never had pure-bred Cotswold eve in
the flock that would not breed. We let
the ewes have their first lambs when
years old, and they frequently continue
good breeders till 10 years old. The
Cotswolds are the hardest of all En-
glish breeds Of sheep. OF all the we'll
established breeds tho Cotswolds are
the largest. The celebrated expert
ments of Lawes and Gilbert proved be-
You'd all question that the Cotswolds
produced more mutton and more wool
than any other breed; and, not only
this, they gained more in proportion to
the food consumed than any other
hreed.
CONTROLLING THE Sex OF Fow1s.-
Both English and American poultry
fanciers have experimental considerably
for the purpose of establishing some
method by which to control the sex Of
their pets. In late number of Cdsseys
Magazine writer sums up the results
of the experience of British breeders as
follows l. A cockerel mated with not
more than three adult hens will give al
most always a larger number of male
than female Enthusiastically will this
be the case with the earlier broods.
Later broods will be more uncertain. 2.
Mating an adult cock with not. more
than three pullets will be uncer-
tain in its results, one sex as
likely as the other to predominant.
3. Mating an adult cock with five or
more pullets will give an excess of pull
let's, but, as in the first instance, there
will be most male birds from the earlier
eggs. 4. Young birds or adult birds
mated together will give uncertain re.
suits, but the fewer the hens and the
more vigorous the cock the greater will
be the proportion Of the males, and they
will be the most numerous from the ear
ly eggs.
Two DOLLARS PER HEN PER YEAR,
A Massachusetts, correspondent of the
Poultry Yard gives the following fig
ures: The following table will show at
glance the number of eggs that an or.
binary hen will lay per month for each
month in the year and the price that
eggs have averaged at retail in the Bos-
ton market:
No. Average